How can I use existing HTML formatting in NPrinting

[datagrrl]

Hello-

In my QVW I use the Minimalistic HTML Text Box to display a render a short piece of HTML. I am not converting this app to a printable version. Maintaining the HTML formatting is important to the customer.

Does anyone have a good suggestion for doing this? The data is a few short lines of text, but with color codes and some highlighting.

I can use the HTML reports(I am not 100% sure I can get what I need from HTML, especially the ability to spool PDFs).

Any help is appreciated.

[#2]

Do you want to deliver an HTML format report?

Do you want to deliver an HTML format email message?

Do you want to do something else?

Let me know and I'll try to answer

[datagrrl]

The ultimate goal is a PDF report, as far as I can tell the HTML report will not export in PDF, so I don't think the HTML report will work. I have messed around with HTML, but my skills are rusty. I haven't spent the time I will need to get it in order.

[#4]

You should be able to insert the text box as an image into a Word (Excel/PPTX...) report.

This should then render into the PDF file you generate from the template.

[datagrrl]

The problem is the Minimalistic HTML text box is an extension object, and while I can get the Chart to show up in Images, when it prints I am just getting a big blank page. In the preview it shows the "Unknown Charttype" in the image.

[Stephen_Jasionowski · Accepted solution]

NPrinting does not support extension objects. This would be the reason why the HTML text box isn't rendering.

[datagrrl]

I thought I had read this repeatedly, but I wasn't sure if I every actually tried it, so I checked to make sure.

[Stephen_Jasionowski]

You can vote for extension object support as a suggestion here: Add support for Extension Objects – Customer Feedback for Vizubi