How to print document frm WordPad? Pls help!

[jche]

Hi there
I need to automate the printing of wordpad documents using VB. The following code is what I have written :-

Dim filename As String
Dim wp As String
Dim actApp As String


filename = "test1.txt"
wp = "c:\wordpad.exe c:\MyDocuments\" + filename
Shell wp

' to change focus to WordPad app
actApp = filename + " - WordPad"
AppActivate actApp

I believe the above will make the wordpad application window active. But what do I do next to change the left and right margins of the document and print from here?

I need to open up the document in order to print becoz the document contains Chinese characters. So I need to open up the document so that a Chinese translator software at my PC will display them correctly before printing. Pls help and advise. Thanks alot for your kind attention.

Rgds
jche...

 

[VBslammer]

Wordpad is not COM compliant and therefore not suitable for automation. You should use the full version of Microsoft Word to expose the functionality you're looking for.

Otherwise you'll have to write your own 'WordPad' using an rtf control. VBSlammer

Unemployed in Houston, Texas

 

[SilverSide]

Shell "C:\Program\WORDPAD.EXE C:\aTextFile.txt /p"

/p for print


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