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Posted: **09 Jul 2011 06:54**

Hi Dos developers,

The below code is used to print HTML files from a batch file.

But the clause is it works only in NT, can any one modify so that it works in windows xp/windows7?

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL

:: Command line parsing
SET File2Print=%*
ECHO.%File2Print% | FIND "?" >NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO Syntax
:: Strip leading space in NT 4 only
VER | FIND "Windows NT" >NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 IF DEFINED File2Print SET File2Print=%File2Print:~1%
IF DEFINED File2Print SET File2Print=%File2Print:"=%
IF NOT DEFINED File2Print GOTO Syntax
IF NOT EXIST "%File2Print:"=%" GOTO Syntax

:: Actual print command
RUNDLL32.EXE MSHTML.DLL,PrintHTML "%File2Print%"

:: Done
GOTO End

:Syntax
ECHO.
ECHO PrintHTM.bat, Version 1.11 for Windows NT
ECHO Prints a local HTML file from the command line
ECHO.
ECHO http://www.google.com
ECHO.
ECHO Usage: %~n0 ^<html_file^>

:End
ENDLOCAL

Thanks,
San

Posted: **09 Jul 2011 07:40**

kumar_kondapalli wrote:it works only in NT

No. It works fine on my Win7. Can't reproduce your problem.

Regards
aGerman

Posted: **09 Jul 2011 07:44**

UMMM but i tried in xp it does not and in my win7 as .. Can you please let me know if you have modified any code ?. Also can i get the print dailog box opened so that it gives me an option to select the printers from the drop down.

Thanks,
San

Posted: **09 Jul 2011 07:51**

I didn't modify the code. I saved it as PrintHTM.bat. Because the help told me that it prints local HTML files I created a test.html with a basic source text:

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<html>
  <head>
    <title>Test</title>
  </head>
  <body>Hello World</body>
</html>

... and a callPrintHTM.bat:

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@echo off
call PrintHTM test.html

Regards
aGerman

Posted: **09 Jul 2011 21:14**

Are you getting an error message when you run it in XP?

Posted: **10 Jul 2011 04:15**

Latest only 1 line is necessary for html printing:

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rundll32 mshtml.dll,PrintHTML "test.html"

... where test.html is only an example, replace it with your html file.
I'm sure this will work in XP as well.

Regards
aGerman

Posted: **11 Jul 2011 01:14**

Hey thanks a lot guys .. It works perfectly in xp as well.

German code worked fine :-)

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