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  • MostlyH2O
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    Output to MS Word - Please Help

    Hi Folks,

    I am trying to output the content of my ASP page to an MS Word Document with
    a specific page size (8.5x11) and margins (.25" all around). I have used
    the Response.Conten tType = "applicatio n/vnd.ms-word" - along with the
    Response.AddHea der to force the download without any trouble.

    However, because this method outputs html, I can't get it to format the
    margins in the resulting word document. While I can use the "style" tags to
    fake a margin by entering a negative number (style=Margin-Left : -.75in), it
    doesn't really change the documents margins that need to be set for
    printing. and I can't set the page size either.

    So, I tried digging in to the "FileSystemObje ct" to create an RTF file.
    This sort-of works, but fills the server up with files that need to be
    manually deleted. Also, the browser has a problem refreshing when viewing
    an rtf file that has been overwritten with new information.

    Is there any better solution for generating on-the-fly Word Documents which
    require detailed formatting of margins and page size?

    Thanks very much,
    Jack Coletti
    St. Petersburg, FL




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    • Tom Kaminski [MVP]
      #2
      Re: Output to MS Word - Please Help

      "MostlyH2O" <jmc@takeitouth rmp.net> wrote in message
      news:5tRmd.3659 3$8G4.34102@tor nado.tampabay.r r.com...[color=blue]
      > Hi Folks,
      >
      > I am trying to output the content of my ASP page to an MS Word Document[/color]
      with[color=blue]
      > a specific page size (8.5x11) and margins (.25" all around). I have used
      > the Response.Conten tType = "applicatio n/vnd.ms-word" - along with the
      > Response.AddHea der to force the download without any trouble.
      >
      > However, because this method outputs html, I can't get it to format the
      > margins in the resulting word document. While I can use the "style" tags[/color]
      to[color=blue]
      > fake a margin by entering a negative number (style=Margin-Left : -.75in),[/color]
      it[color=blue]
      > doesn't really change the documents margins that need to be set for
      > printing. and I can't set the page size either.
      >
      > So, I tried digging in to the "FileSystemObje ct" to create an RTF file.
      > This sort-of works, but fills the server up with files that need to be
      > manually deleted. Also, the browser has a problem refreshing when viewing
      > an rtf file that has been overwritten with new information.
      >
      > Is there any better solution for generating on-the-fly Word Documents[/color]
      which[color=blue]
      > require detailed formatting of margins and page size?[/color]

      Why not try the Word technique with rtf? The mime-type is just
      application/rtf ...


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        • Tom Kaminski [MVP]
          #3
          Re: Output to MS Word - Please Help

          "Tom Kaminski [MVP]" <tomk (A@T) mvps (D.O.T) org> wrote in message
          news:e59frQXzEH A.824@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
          > "MostlyH2O" <jmc@takeitouth rmp.net> wrote in message
          > news:5tRmd.3659 3$8G4.34102@tor nado.tampabay.r r.com...[color=green]
          > > Hi Folks,
          > >
          > > I am trying to output the content of my ASP page to an MS Word Document[/color]
          > with[color=green]
          > > a specific page size (8.5x11) and margins (.25" all around). I have[/color][/color]
          used[color=blue][color=green]
          > > the Response.Conten tType = "applicatio n/vnd.ms-word" - along with the
          > > Response.AddHea der to force the download without any trouble.
          > >
          > > However, because this method outputs html, I can't get it to format the
          > > margins in the resulting word document. While I can use the "style"[/color][/color]
          tags[color=blue]
          > to[color=green]
          > > fake a margin by entering a negative number (style=Margin-Left[/color][/color]
          : -.75in),[color=blue]
          > it[color=green]
          > > doesn't really change the documents margins that need to be set for
          > > printing. and I can't set the page size either.[/color][/color]

          Another approach - "try reverse engineering" the document. Set it up in
          Word, then save the file as HTML and check out the resulting style code
          that's created. In some tests I did, Word seems to save the print margin
          and page size info.


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            • MostlyH2O
              #4
              Re: Output to MS Word - Please Help

              > Another approach - "try reverse engineering" the document. Set it up in[color=blue]
              > Word, then save the file as HTML and check out the resulting style code
              > that's created. In some tests I did, Word seems to save the print margin
              > and page size info.[/color]

              Hi Tom,

              I ended up combining your 2 suggestions and got it to work. While reverse
              engineering the html did set margins in the style, they were not retained in
              the print layout view of word . So, I saved my document as an RTF and
              opened it in notepad to get the RTF code. Then I pasted it into my asp page
              and set the mime type. It works.

              Thanks very much for your help. I really appreciate it :-)

              Jack


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