B4J Question Printhtml.exe Problem in Windows 8.1

[behnam_tr]

hi

i have problem with printhtml.exe in windows 8.1 and probably windows 10
but its ok in windows 7

i tested some ways but no chance

update .NetFreamwork
run as administrator
move app to c:/ and other writeable Folders
installing two or more pdfprinter
i also test Erel Example

Print with PrintHtml tool

PrintHtml is a small Windows utility that you can use to print from your app. First you should download PrintHtml.exe and also the DHTML Editing Control: http://www.printhtml.com/download.php Copy PrintHtml.exe to the Objects folder of your app. Using jShell library we call this utility to...

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After clicking on the button, a text file is created, but after that, the program has no reaction. The program also has no error.

Sub btnPrint_Action
    Dim js As Shell
    Dim params As List
    params.Initialize
    'save the text to a file. New lines characters are replaced with <br/>.
    File.WriteString(File.DirApp, "temp.txt", txtArea.Text.Replace(CRLF, "<br/>" & CRLF))
    If printer.Text <> "" Then params.Add("printername=" & printer.Text)
    params.Add("file=temp.txt")
    js.Initialize("js", "printhtml.exe", params)
    js.WorkingDirectory = File.DirApp
    js.Run(-1) 'run with no timeout
    btnPrint.Enabled = False
End Sub

Sub js_ProcessCompleted (Success As Boolean, ExitCode As Int, StdOut As String, StdErr As String)
    Log("Success=" & Success & ", StdOut=" & StdOut & ", StdErr=" & StdErr)
    btnPrint.Enabled = True
End Sub

 

[EnriqueGonzalez]

Seems that it is an old tool, did you check that the DHTML component is installed on windows 8 and 10?

according to webpage

Some users may also need to download and install the Microsoft DHTML Edit component.
DHTML Editing Control for Applications Redistributable Package

unfortunately microsoft seems to have removed that link .

 

[behnam_tr]

thanks
yes i install DHTML on windows 8
i think windows 8 does not support DHTML.