Wordpad problems printing RTF

[simbo]

I've made a program that produces RTF files. They print fine in OpenOffice.org or MS Word.

Wordpad on the other hand, ignores the page size and margin information in my RTF markup.

I can get around the margin problem by writing to the registry keys where Wordpad stores the margins from the previous session.

What I can't figure out is what to do about the page size. What I've worked out so far is that Wordpad sets the page size according to the paper size of the default printer. I've found these settings for my printer in the registry, but what can I do if I don't know which printer my users will be using?

Any suggestions (particularly outside-the-box ones!) gratefully received

Matt

[martin]

I've made a program that produces RTF files. They print fine in OpenOffice.org or MS Word.

Wordpad on the other hand, ignores the page size and margin information in my RTF markup.

I can get around the margin problem by writing to the registry keys where Wordpad stores the margins from the previous session.

What I can't figure out is what to do about the page size. What I've worked out so far is that Wordpad sets the page size according to the paper size of the default printer. I've found these settings for my printer in the registry, but what can I do if I don't know which printer my users will be using?

Any suggestions (particularly outside-the-box ones!) gratefully received

Matt

Do you mean how do you get Wordpad to use the correct page size if your user wants to use Wordpad to print your RTF file?

Will the user be running your script at the time, or could it be arranged that they will have a script of yours running at the time?

[simbo]

Do you mean how do you get Wordpad to use the correct page size if your user wants to use Wordpad to print your RTF file?

Will the user be running your script at the time, or could it be arranged that they will have a script of yours running at the time?

Thanks for your reply.

My script will be running the whole time.

What I want is for my user to be able to print my RTF file using the correct page size. I decided to use Wordpad and RTF because all Windows computers have it, but I'm open to other suggestions.

I appreciate that this is not an RTF forum, but just for info, I used \paperh and \paperw and I'm sure this is correct because MS Word reads it perfectly.

Thanks again

Matt

[martin]

Thanks for your reply.

My script will be running the whole time.

What I want is for my user to be able to print my RTF file using the correct page size. I decided to use Wordpad and RTF because all Windows computers have it, but I'm open to other suggestions.

I appreciate that this is not an RTF forum, but just for info, I used \paperh and \paperw and I'm sure this is correct because MS Word reads it perfectly.

Thanks again

Matt

I haven't got any neat ideas. But if WordPad uses the paper size of the default printer then maybe you could automatically set the default printer to be the one the user chooses before WordPad realizes you've done it. Something like this.

Wait for the Print dialog to appear from WordPad.

Cover it immediately with your own gui which lets the user choose the printer to use, page numbers etc.

When the user clicks the print button on your false gui set the printer chosen to be the default printer.

Set the details in the real Print window using ControlCommand, ControlClick the Print button etc, then close the false print window.

Do you think that would work?

[simbo]

I haven't got any neat ideas. But if WordPad uses the paper size of the default printer then maybe you could automatically set the default printer to be the one the user chooses before WordPad realizes you've done it. Something like this.

Wait for the Print dialog to appear from WordPad.

Cover it immediately with your own gui which lets the user choose the printer to use, page numbers etc.

When the user clicks the print button on your false gui set the printer chosen to be the default printer.

Set the details in the real Print window using ControlCommand, ControlClick the Print button etc, then close the false print window.

Do you think that would work?

Thanks Martin.

Yes, I think that could work. I'll play around and do something along these lines.

Many thanks for your help

Matt