Don't Know If it can help ... I usually launch word in automation from within VFP on a specified document, then wait for word to complete, save in HTML for proper display in IE automation (after discarding office HTML junk with a regular expression)
When user needs to print, depending how complex documents you may get, you may use either word or IE in automation. Thierry Nivelet http://foxincloud.com/ Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud Le 23 juin 2011 à 00:33, Fred Taylor <[email protected]> a écrit : > The TX Text Control is really more or less just an improved version of the > MS RichText control. It's still just a stream of text, not free form > placement. I haven't used it since version 14 (about 2-3 years ago), so > maybe it has changed, but I doubt it. > > In that context, even Word isn't really free form placement, so maybe I'm > not quite getting what you're asking for. > > Fred > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Mike Copeland <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Recommendations for providing text editing in a VFP 9 application? >> >> User is now using Word, and are happy with it, but it would be a plus if >> I could incorporate text editing in my application. Features needed are >> -graphics insertion, free-form placement, sizing, scaling, text wrap >> -font sizing, free-form placement, use any Windows font >> >> Primarily users will be producing retail Point-of-sale price tags, like >> you would see if you walked through the home & garden department at >> Sears or Home Depot. My application won't be the source of the graphics, >> but would need to allow insertion and printing in color. >> >> I've used the RTF OCX control from MSoft in the past, but find it to be >> very limiting as to free-form placement of text and graphics elements. >> In RTF everything has to be pretty much "stream of text". It would work, >> it just wouldn't be that flexible. >> >> I've been looking at the TX Text Control ActiveX. >> http://www.textcontrol.com/en_US/products/activex/overview/ >> >> Anyone have experience with this software? >> Recommendations for this or something else? >> >> Mike Copeland >> Genesis Group Software >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
