I have been using the AJAX html editor to create content for a .NET project. The content is stored as raw HTML mark-ups. Now I need to take that content and inject it into a printable format. I've tried report writers like Crystal Reports and/or ActiveReports. Both make references that it can consume HTML, but only a subset is processed. (ex: bold markups work, Spans with style setting don't)
Any suggestions?
The best solution I have found is to print it via the webbrowser control.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b0wes9a3.aspx
Good luck.
If licensing software is a possibility, have had some luck with BCL easyPDF SDK. Can output html to a printable pdf. Internally I believe it uses the rendering engine of a browser. Although, in my experience it's not always perfect.
Rob:
Please send a couple examples of the actual HTML that you need processed to the ActiveReports support forums or to our support email address ([email protected]) and the team will look into adding the additional HTML elements that you need processed to ActiveReports. I can't make any commitments until we see it, but the Product Manager will give it consideration.
Scott Willeke
US Tools Division Group Program Manager
GrapeCity