Printing .msg files client-side using VBScript in a HTML page
Question
I am trying to write a feature for our SharePoint farm that lets users tick items in a document library, choose a custom action 'Print' from the ribbon and then print out the documents client side. Most of the documents print fine - (.docx, .xlsx, .pdf), as I can use ActiveXObjects with Print methods for each of these types. However, there is no ActiveXObject for Outlook that allows easy printing of .msg files. As a result, the only method I have found for printing .msg files client side through script is by vbs:
TargetFolder = "C:\EmailExport"
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(TargetFolder)
Set colItems = objFolder.Items
For Each objItem in colItems
objItem.InvokeVerbEx("Print")
Next
This works fine in a .vbs file on my local machine, but the minute I try and place it in a .html file for testing in browser, it gives me a Permission Denied error. I am not in a situation where I can modify the security levels for Internet Explorer as the company's group policies control them.
The test .html page is like this:
<html>
<head>
<script language="vbscript">
<!--
TargetFolder = "C:\EmailExport"
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(TargetFolder)
Set colItems = objFolder.Items
For Each objItem in colItems
objItem.InvokeVerbEx("Print")
Next
-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
Does anybody have any solutions that will let me print out these .msg files client-side? I want to maintain the format that outlook prints them out in, so converting them to text files etc first isn't really an option...
2 answers
solution1
0 2012-05-10 04:36:04
You cannot access the Namespace method from within the browser environment for security reasons. (A webpage should never have a need to access local data directories.) You would need to run this as a stand-alone script through the Windows Script Host.
solution2
0 2012-05-10 07:49:09
我尝试了您的脚本，该脚本可以在HTML页面上运行，但是只有当您使用Internet Explorer作为浏览器并且用户需要在其PC上具有足够的权限并且需要将IE的安全设置设置为启用Active-X时，该脚本才能工作。
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