Report File Format

lang

hey guys!

which file format is used by navision reports? is it xml or an specific microsoft format?

I need this information cause i want to edit the report "source code" before it arrives at a printer but after i started to print it. with other words it means that i like to modify the printer data stream (i will use a special software, so don't think about that point).

Thanks for your help!

kriki

Well, Navision uses the standard Windows drivers to print. So I suppose Navision uses the same fileformat as other programs.

lang

so navision sends ASCII Code to my printer??

kriki

I think it depends on the printerdriver.

lang

but navision formats independent from the printer driver.
perhaps it may be controlled by the comdlg32.ocx and is then sent via the printer drivers to a printer.

kriki

lang wrote:

but navision formats independent from the printer driver.
perhaps it may be controlled by the comdlg32.ocx and is then sent via the printer drivers to a printer.

I suppose Navision has a format that it uses in Navision, but when it sends info to the printerdriver, I think it will be the Windows-standard.

But why do you want to "edit the report "source code" before it arrives at a printer"?
Maybe it is possible to solve your problem in another way. This because I see only 1 possibility to edit it : When the printerselection comes up, save it to disk, edit it and then send the file to the printer. But on how to understand something about the file. Only if it is a generic printer it is possible.

lang

i only need to know which data stream format is created by a navision report.

kriki

lang wrote:

i only need to know which data stream format is created by a navision report.

I don't know that, but I don't know either where you want to intercept that data stream.
The only place you can do that is in Windows.

matteo_montanari

lang wrote:

i only need to know which data stream format is created by a navision report.

If Navision call gdi function like line, circle, point, etc to draw to the printer canvas, there isn't a stream format to read...

You can try some emf printer driver.... navision print, you can read a documentated file format... boh... it's an idea...

Matteo