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fonkfonk · Post by **fonkfonk** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:54 am

Hello,

I'm desperately looking for a way to add a print function in a webgadget; I've read that we can use javascript to ad a button in the document itself, but how can we print any web page, when loaded ?

Thanks for any answer.

Pierre

Post by **freak** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:00 pm

With PB 3.80 and it's Interface stuff, this can be done quite easy using the
IWebBrowser2 Interface of the Webgadget's WebBrowser object.

For more info about IWebBrowser2, go here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/defau ... owser2.asp

Here's the code:

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; Constants for the ExecWB() method of IWebBrowser2

Enumeration 1
  #OLECMDID_OPEN         
  #OLECMDID_NEW        
  #OLECMDID_SAVE         
  #OLECMDID_SAVEAS           
  #OLECMDID_SAVECOPYAS    
  #OLECMDID_PRINT        
  #OLECMDID_PRINTPREVIEW       
  #OLECMDID_PAGESETUP        
  #OLECMDID_SPELL            
  #OLECMDID_PROPERTIES  
  #OLECMDID_CUT         
  #OLECMDID_COPY       
  #OLECMDID_PASTE           
  #OLECMDID_PASTESPECIAL    
  #OLECMDID_UNDO            
  #OLECMDID_REDO          
  #OLECMDID_SELECTALL        
  #OLECMDID_CLEARSELECTION 
  #OLECMDID_ZOOM            
  #OLECMDID_GETZOOMRANGE      
  #OLECMDID_UPDATECOMMANDS  
  #OLECMDID_REFRESH           
  #OLECMDID_STOP             
  #OLECMDID_HIDETOOLBARS      
  #OLECMDID_SETPROGRESSMAX   
  #OLECMDID_SETPROGRESSPOS  
  #OLECMDID_SETPROGRESSTEXT   
  #OLECMDID_SETTITLE         
  #OLECMDID_SETDOWNLOADSTATE  
  #OLECMDID_STOPDOWNLOAD      
EndEnumeration

Enumeration 0
  #OLECMDEXECOPT_DODEFAULT     
  #OLECMDEXECOPT_PROMPTUSER        
  #OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER   
  #OLECMDEXECOPT_SHOWHELP       
EndEnumeration 

; ----------------------------------------------------- 

#WebGadget = 1 
#Button = 2 

OpenWindow(0, 0, 0, 800, 800, #PB_Window_Screencentered|#PB_Window_SystemMenu, "WebBrowser") 
CreateGadgetList(WindowID()) 

WebGadget(#WebGadget, 10, 40, 780, 750, "www.purebasic.com") 
ButtonGadget(#Button, 10, 10, 60, 20, "Print") 

; The IWebBrowser2 Interface is now defined in a .res file (with about 2000 others),
; so there's no definition work for us to do :)

; Fred the genius stored the Interface pointer to IWebBrowser2 in the DATA 
; member of the windowstructure of the WebGadget containerwindow, so we can get 
; that easily: 
WebObject.IWebBrowser2 = GetWindowLong_(GadgetID(#WebGadget), #GWL_USERDATA)

Repeat 
  Event = WaitWindowEvent() 
  If Event = #PB_EventGadget And EventGadgetID() = #Button 
    
    ; Send the Print Command to the WebGadget:
    
    WebObject\ExecWB(#OLECMDID_PRINT, #OLECMDEXECOPT_PROMPTUSER, 0, 0)
    
    ; using #OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER as second argument will print without
    ; the printrequester.
    
    
  EndIf 
Until Event = #PB_EventCLoseWindow 

End

Timo

fonkfonk · Post by **fonkfonk** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:08 pm

Perfect !

Thank you !

Pierre

fsw · Post by **fsw** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:30 pm

ERROR:
Structure not found: IWebBrowser2

In use: 3v79beta...

Post by **freak** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 4:17 pm

> In use: 3v79beta...

Then you better grab the 3.80 final, the resident with all Interfaces was
not inside the 3.79b.

Timo

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 11:56 pm

I'm trying to POST something, wait for the result and then save the page to a file so I can read it back into my app. My thought is to use ExecWB to #OLECMDID_SAVEAS, but I need to specify the filename in the pvaIn (3rd) argument to ExecWB() but that's a pointer to "VARIANT of type VT_BSTR". How can I see what that type looks like so I can make it play nice with PB?

Are all the members in IWebBrowser2 supported through PB? I'm especially interested in the Busy member, so I can tell when the page has finished loading. If the Busy member is supported it takes an argument of a pointer to type VARIANT_BOOL, is that var type defined in the resident(s) file(s) anywhere?

I know all this sounds like a dirty hack (and it is).. It seems like this is my only option that doesn't require almost 2 megs of libs to go with this application (libcurl +openssl)..

Thanks!

Post by **freak** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 2:37 pm

Yes, everything in this Interface should work.

VARIANT_BOOL is just a long variable, that can hold $FFFF (true) or 0 (false)
As everything <> 0 is true in PB, it works just as a normal BOOL.

Example:

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If OpenWindow(0, 0, 0, 600, 600, #PB_Window_Screencentered|#PB_Window_SystemMenu, "WebBRowser")
  If CreateGadgetList(WindowID())
  
    WebGadget(0, 10, 10, 580, 555, "http://www.purebasic.com")
    WebObject.IWebBrowser2 = GetWindowLong_(GadgetID(0), #GWL_USERDATA)
    
    TextGadget(1, 10, 570, 100, 20, "", #PB_Text_Border)
    
    Repeat
      Event = WindowEvent()
      
      
      WebObject\get_Busy(@IsBusy.l)
      If IsBusy
        SetGadgetText(1, "busy!")
      Else
        SetGadgetText(1, "not busy")
      EndIf
      
      
      If Event = 0
        Delay(1)
      EndIf
    Until Event = #PB_EventCloseWindow
  
  EndIf
EndIf

Timo

Post by **freak** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 3:35 pm

Ok, about the SaveAs...
I've made some code that *should* work, but it keeps crashing, anybody
else has an idea?

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; Constants for the ExecWB() method of IWebBrowser2

Enumeration 1
  #OLECMDID_OPEN         
  #OLECMDID_NEW       
  #OLECMDID_SAVE         
  #OLECMDID_SAVEAS           
  #OLECMDID_SAVECOPYAS   
  #OLECMDID_PRINT       
  #OLECMDID_PRINTPREVIEW       
  #OLECMDID_PAGESETUP       
  #OLECMDID_SPELL           
  #OLECMDID_PROPERTIES 
  #OLECMDID_CUT         
  #OLECMDID_COPY       
  #OLECMDID_PASTE           
  #OLECMDID_PASTESPECIAL   
  #OLECMDID_UNDO           
  #OLECMDID_REDO         
  #OLECMDID_SELECTALL       
  #OLECMDID_CLEARSELECTION
  #OLECMDID_ZOOM           
  #OLECMDID_GETZOOMRANGE     
  #OLECMDID_UPDATECOMMANDS 
  #OLECMDID_REFRESH           
  #OLECMDID_STOP             
  #OLECMDID_HIDETOOLBARS     
  #OLECMDID_SETPROGRESSMAX   
  #OLECMDID_SETPROGRESSPOS 
  #OLECMDID_SETPROGRESSTEXT   
  #OLECMDID_SETTITLE         
  #OLECMDID_SETDOWNLOADSTATE 
  #OLECMDID_STOPDOWNLOAD     
EndEnumeration

Enumeration 0
  #OLECMDEXECOPT_DODEFAULT     
  #OLECMDEXECOPT_PROMPTUSER       
  #OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER   
  #OLECMDEXECOPT_SHOWHELP       
EndEnumeration 

; Variant stuff

Enumeration 
  #VT_EMPTY           = 0
  #VT_NULL            = 1
  #VT_I2              = 2
  #VT_I4              = 3
  #VT_R4              = 4
  #VT_R8              = 5
  #VT_CY              = 6
  #VT_DATE            = 7
  #VT_BSTR            = 8
  #VT_DISPATCH        = 9
  #VT_ERROR           = 10
  #VT_BOOL            = 11
  #VT_VARIANT         = 12
  #VT_UNKNOWN         = 13
  #VT_DECIMAL         = 14
  #VT_I1              = 16
  #VT_UI1             = 17
  #VT_UI2             = 18
  #VT_UI4             = 19
  #VT_I8              = 20
  #VT_UI8             = 21
  #VT_INT             = 22
  #VT_UINT            = 23
  #VT_VOID            = 24
  #VT_HRESULT         = 25
  #VT_PTR             = 26
  #VT_SAFEARRAY       = 27
  #VT_CARRAY          = 28
  #VT_USERDEFINED     = 29
  #VT_LPSTR           = 30
  #VT_LPWSTR          = 31
  #VT_RECORD          = 36
  #VT_FILETIME        = 64
  #VT_BLOB            = 65
  #VT_STREAM          = 66
  #VT_STORAGE         = 67
  #VT_STREAMED_OBJECT = 68
  #VT_STORED_OBJECT   = 69
  #VT_BLOB_OBJECT     = 70
  #VT_CF              = 71
  #VT_CLSID           = 72
  #VT_BSTR_BLOB       = $0fff
  #VT_VECTOR          = $1000
  #VT_ARRAY           = $2000
  #VT_BYREF           = $4000
  #VT_RESERVED        = $8000
  #VT_ILLEGAL         = $ffff
  #VT_ILLEGALMASKED   = $0fff
  #VT_TYPEMASK        = $0fff
EndEnumeration

Structure BRECORD
  *pvRecord.l
  *pRecInfo.IRecordInfo
EndStructure

Structure VARIANT
  vt.l
  wReserved1.w
  wReserved2.w
  wReserved3.w
  StructureUnion
    llVal.LARGE_INTEGER
    lVal.l
    bVal.b
    iVal.b
    fltVal.f
    dblVal.LARGE_INTEGER
    boolVal.l
    bool.l
    scode.l
    cyVal.l
    date.l
    bstrVal.l
    *punkVal.IUnknown
    *pdispVal.IDispatch
    *parray.l
    *pbVal.b
    *piVal.b
    *plVal.l
    *pllVal.LARGE_INTEGER
    *pfltVal.f
    *pdblVal.LARGE_INTEGER
    *pboolVal.l
    *pbool.l
    *pscode.l
    *pcyVal.l
    *pdate.l
    *pbstrVal.b
    *ppunkVal.IUnknown
    *ppdispVal.IDispatch
    *pparray.l
    *pvarVal.VARIANT
    *byref
    cVal.b
    uiVal.b
    ulVal.l
    ullVal.LARGE_INTEGER
    intVal.l
    uintVal.l
    *pdecVal.f
    *pcVal.b
    *puiVal.b
    *pulVal.l
    *pullVal.LARGE_INTEGER
    *pintVal.l
    *puintVal.l
    record.BRECORD
  EndStructureUnion
  decVal.f
EndStructure


If OpenWindow(0, 0, 0, 600, 600, #PB_Window_Screencentered|#PB_Window_SystemMenu, "WebBRowser")
  If CreateGadgetList(WindowID())
  
    WebGadget(0, 10, 10, 580, 555, "http://www.purebasic.com")
    WebObject.IWebBrowser2 = GetWindowLong_(GadgetID(0), #GWL_USERDATA)
    
    ButtonGadget(1, 10, 570, 100, 20, "Save as:")
    StringGadget(2, 120, 570, 300, 20, "C:\Test.html")
    
    Repeat
      Event = WaitWindowEvent()
      
      If Event = #PB_EventGadget And EventGadgetID() = 1
      
        filename$ = GetGadgetText(2)
        
        ; convert to unicode
        filename_Unicode = AllocateMemory(0, Len(filename$)*2+2)
        MultiByteToWideChar_(#CP_ACP, 0, @filename$, -1, filename_Unicode, Len(filename$)*2+2)                
        
        ; create bstr
        filename_BSTR = SysAllocString_(filename_Unicode)
        
        ; fill variant
        VariantIn.VARIANT
        VariantIn\vt = #VT_BSTR
        VariantIn\bstrVal = filename_BSTR
                
        If WebObject\ExecWB(#OLECMDID_SAVEAS, #OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, @VariantIn, 0) = #S_OK
          MessageRequester("","Saved successfully")
        Else
          MessageRequester("","could not save file")
        EndIf
        
        FreeMemory(0)
        SysFreeString_(filename_BSTR)
      
      EndIf
      

    Until Event = #PB_EventCloseWindow
  
  EndIf
EndIf

Did I mention, i hate that VARIANT sh*t ??

Timo

Post by **Berikco** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 3:39 pm

freak wrote: Did I mention, i hate that VARIANT sh*t ??
Timo

Yes, about 2173 times already

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 6:25 pm

No wonder! I'm just looking at it and I hate it..

Gotta love that motto of "make things as hard as humanly possible"...

Dremth · Post by **Dremth** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:10 pm

it says
Structure not found: IWebBrowser2