Publisher + Web-application

[stolin]

Huston, I have a problem. It is about publisher, web-application and printing
the result document. I have a publisher file which I fill with data from a DB
using PIA. Everything goes smoothly on the server side. But how can I present
the result for the client. At first I thought to save the file as a picture
as it is possible in the application and then present the picture to the
client in IE. But unfortunately I can’t do it through PIA as SaveAs takes
only publisher or text as PbFileFormat.

Is it any other way to do it so that client doesn’t have to have publisher?

 

[Ed Bennett]

But how can I present the result for the client. At first I
thought to save the file as a picture as it is possible in the
application and then present the picture to the client in IE. But
unfortunately I can't do it through PIA as SaveAs takes only
publisher or text as PbFileFormat.

Which version of Publisher are you using server-side?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Stolin -

It's Houston, not Huston. ;-)

 

[stolin]

Publisher 2003 is running on the server and the object libraries for Office
and Publisher are 11.0.

Thank You in advance.

 

[stolin]

I humbly apologise for insulting all the Houston community.

Stolin -

It's Houston, not Huston. ;-)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Huston, I have a problem. It is about publisher, web-application and
printing
the result document. I have a publisher file which I fill with data from a
DB
using PIA. Everything goes smoothly on the server side. But how can I
present
the result for the client. At first I thought to save the file as a
picture
as it is possible in the application and then present the picture to the
client in IE. But unfortunately I can't do it through PIA as SaveAs takes
only publisher or text as PbFileFormat.

Is it any other way to do it so that client doesn't have to have
publisher?

 

[Ed Bennett]

Publisher 2003 is running on the server and the object libraries for
Office and Publisher are 11.0.

SaveAsPicture is a method of the Page object, as only one page can be stored
in one image.

Syntax:
Document.Pages(x).SaveAsPicture("FileName")

Alternatively, if your clients wanted higher resolution, lower download
sizes, and an easy print option, you could use a server-side PDF component,
print the Publisher file to a PDF file, and present that to the user.

 

[stolin]

Thank You. That helps.

I thought about PDF as well. Can You recomend something that doesn't cost to
much?

 

[Ed Bennett]

I thought about PDF as well. Can You recomend something that doesn't
cost to much?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/