Re: [PLUG] I need to control a Windows machine from Linux...

[jimjawn <jimjawn@gmail.com>]

I'm not sure there is an easy way to do this.  I remember trying to skip the print dialog window from _javascript_, but there wasn't a way to do it.  I believe the rationale was primarly because if you can skip the print dialog and send something directly to a printer, even if it is a spool file, every tom, dick & harry would be sending print files to users pc's with advertisements for viagra.  
Since it looks like you only really want to print the html file, and you have access to the windows machine, you can try using windows scripting host:

http://www.codecomments.com/archive300-2005-9-580340.html

There are ways that you can render the HTML if you can embed a WebControl object...

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion/browse_thread/thread/67b71663f8c362f6/f7ffb8ff5dd34859?lnk=st&q=skip+print+dialog&rnum=1#f7ffb8ff5dd34859

Not sure if that helps or not.  But searching for windows scripting hosts scripts might be a better route than trying to skip the print dialog box.  Otherwise, I think you'll have to click print.

Jim

On 6/30/06, George Gallen < ggallen@slackinc.com> wrote:

Sounds worse than it what I need.

Here's what I need to do.

1. Create an HTML/_javascript_ page on our Linux machine,
       then write that page onto on of our windows machine.   (check, done)

2. Tell the windows machine to launch IE with this internal C:\ URL

3. Tell IE to print the HTML document (which would create a file)

4. Read the file created back into linix (check, done)

5. wrap it and sent it to a choice of printers (check, done).

It's steps 2 & 3 that I'm looking for a program to do.

Basically, I have an HTML page that loads up a bunch of images and text
associated with the images. It is formatted so when the print is made, each
printed page contains two of the images vertically. I'm using IE specifically
because I'm utilizing the image manipulation styles (DXImageTransform).
and it's ability to render an HTML page into a printed page. Then I want to
send that printed page(s) to specific printer, which could be in the building
or it could remote anywhere on the internet.

What I'm looking for is a way to tell Windows (XP in this case) to launch IE and URL
(the HTML as an OnLoad command to document.print(); so I don't need to click print)
But I will need to tell IE "print" when the "print..." box comes up. The default printer
on this machine will send to a print file and not an actual printer.

Are there any Public domain programs (win) that I can do this with?

George Gallen
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Accounting/Data Division
ggallen@slackinc.com
ph:856.848.1000 Ext 220

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