I would like to export my document has an XPS document.
I already have some printing code.

The problem which I am facing is making the whole process without dialog.

Through the print menu the user get a dialog where he can choose his printer 
of choice among available printer, which can be the XPS output if it's 
available. Then there is a second dialog letting him specify the output 
file.

I would like to be able to do everything programatically so that I test if 
the XPS printer is there and set the output file.

How do I do that?

I was thinking to set PrinterName to "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" but 
it's obviously an internationalized english sentence and that won't work in 
non english country...

Any tips?

Use the System.Windows.Xps.Packaging namespace:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.xps.packaging.aspx

-- 
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP

DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries:
http://www.miradyne.net

"Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message 
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>I would like to export my document has an XPS document.
> I already have some printing code.
>
> The problem which I am facing is making the whole process without dialog.
>
> Through the print menu the user get a dialog where he can choose his 
> printer of choice among available printer, which can be the XPS output if 
> it's available. Then there is a second dialog letting him specify the 
> output file.
>
> I would like to be able to do everything programatically so that I test if 
> the XPS printer is there and set the output file.
>
> How do I do that?
>
> I was thinking to set PrinterName to "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" but 
> it's obviously an internationalized english sentence and that won't work 
> in non english country...
>
> Any tips? 

Hi Kevin,
Thanks for the tip.
I wonder though, it looks quite hard to go from the GDI+ drawing method to
the XPS document constrution methods....
Any tips on that?
A Graphics.DrawXXX() => XPS method table?


"Kevin Spencer"  wrote in message 
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> Use the System.Windows.Xps.Packaging namespace:
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.xps.packaging.aspx
>
> -- 
> HTH,
>
> Kevin Spencer
> Microsoft MVP
>
> DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries:
> http://www.miradyne.net
>
> "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message 
> news:O9sg3Sg3HHA.5796@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I would like to export my document has an XPS document.
>> I already have some printing code.
>>
>> The problem which I am facing is making the whole process without dialog.
>>
>> Through the print menu the user get a dialog where he can choose his 
>> printer of choice among available printer, which can be the XPS output if 
>> it's available. Then there is a second dialog letting him specify the 
>> output file.
>>
>> I would like to be able to do everything programatically so that I test 
>> if the XPS printer is there and set the output file.
>>
>> How do I do that?
>>
>> I was thinking to set PrinterName to "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" but 
>> it's obviously an internationalized english sentence and that won't work 
>> in non english country...
>>
>> Any tips?
>
> 

Hi Lloyd,

How hard it is to save as XPS depends on how your document and your current 
printing code is constructed. Any document can be expressed in XML or XHTML, 
except for the images and other binary content, using markup language. So, 
you take the text portions of the document and translate them into the XPS 
XML format, with references to the binary content, which is also stored in 
the XPS file. The XPS file is essentially a compressed set of files and 
folders, like a zip file, and in fact can be opened using WinZip or any 
other zip file compression software.

-- 
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP

DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries:
http://www.miradyne.net

"Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message 
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> Hi Kevin,
> Thanks for the tip.
> I wonder though, it looks quite hard to go from the GDI+ drawing method to
> the XPS document constrution methods....
> Any tips on that?
> A Graphics.DrawXXX() => XPS method table?
>
>
> "Kevin Spencer"  wrote in message 
> news:uBc2Kmm3HHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Use the System.Windows.Xps.Packaging namespace:
>>
>> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.xps.packaging.aspx
>>
>> -- 
>> HTH,
>>
>> Kevin Spencer
>> Microsoft MVP
>>
>> DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries:
>> http://www.miradyne.net
>>
>> "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message 
>> news:O9sg3Sg3HHA.5796@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>I would like to export my document has an XPS document.
>>> I already have some printing code.
>>>
>>> The problem which I am facing is making the whole process without 
>>> dialog.
>>>
>>> Through the print menu the user get a dialog where he can choose his 
>>> printer of choice among available printer, which can be the XPS output 
>>> if it's available. Then there is a second dialog letting him specify the 
>>> output file.
>>>
>>> I would like to be able to do everything programatically so that I test 
>>> if the XPS printer is there and set the output file.
>>>
>>> How do I do that?
>>>
>>> I was thinking to set PrinterName to "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" but 
>>> it's obviously an internationalized english sentence and that won't work 
>>> in non english country...
>>>
>>> Any tips?
>>
>>
> 

> How hard it is to save as XPS depends on how your document and your 
> current printing code is constructed. Any document can be expressed in XML 
> or XHTML, except for the images and other binary content, using markup 
> language. So, you take the text portions of the document and translate 
> them into the XPS

well, here is a .. problem.
I don't use simple DrawString() call.
I used Uniscribe to decompose the text in glyphs and then I draw the glyphs 
along curve....
But I will investigate... thanks for the tip.


> XML format, with references to the binary content, which is also stored in 
> the XPS file. The XPS file is essentially a compressed set of files and 
> folders, like a zip file, and in fact can be opened using WinZip or any 
> other zip file compression software.
>
> -- 
> HTH,
>
> Kevin Spencer
> Microsoft MVP
>
> DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries:
> http://www.miradyne.net
>
> "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message 
> news:%23ABQQmF4HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Kevin,
>> Thanks for the tip.
>> I wonder though, it looks quite hard to go from the GDI+ drawing method 
>> to
>> the XPS document constrution methods....
>> Any tips on that?
>> A Graphics.DrawXXX() => XPS method table?
>>
>>
>> "Kevin Spencer"  wrote in message 
>> news:uBc2Kmm3HHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Use the System.Windows.Xps.Packaging namespace:
>>>
>>> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.xps.packaging.aspx
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> Kevin Spencer
>>> Microsoft MVP
>>>
>>> DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries:
>>> http://www.miradyne.net
>>>
>>> "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message 
>>> news:O9sg3Sg3HHA.5796@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>I would like to export my document has an XPS document.
>>>> I already have some printing code.
>>>>
>>>> The problem which I am facing is making the whole process without 
>>>> dialog.
>>>>
>>>> Through the print menu the user get a dialog where he can choose his 
>>>> printer of choice among available printer, which can be the XPS output 
>>>> if it's available. Then there is a second dialog letting him specify 
>>>> the output file.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to be able to do everything programatically so that I test 
>>>> if the XPS printer is there and set the output file.
>>>>
>>>> How do I do that?
>>>>
>>>> I was thinking to set PrinterName to "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" 
>>>> but it's obviously an internationalized english sentence and that won't 
>>>> work in non english country...
>>>>
>>>> Any tips?
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>