HTML tags in WORD

[LadyReader]

I am using VS2005, vb.net. In my program I build some HTML, save it to a file (myPath = something.htm) and then use WORD to print it:

Try 
			thisDoc = myWORD.Documents.Add() 
			With thisDoc.Range.PageSetup 
				.Orientation = wdOrientLandscape 
			End With 
			thisDoc.Range.InsertFile(myPath) 
			thisDoc.PrintOut(False)			
Catch ex As Exception 
			MsgBox("Failed to create Word" & vbCrLf & ex.ToString) 
			Return False 
		Finally 
			CleanUpCOMObjects(myWord, thisDoc) 
End Try

The problem:

In the generated HTML there is a table which sometimes contains text delimited by "<*" and "*>". For example:

<table>

<tr>

<td>

<* Help *> xyz

</td>

</tr>

</table>

If the text happens to not contain delimited text (i.e. just the "xyz") the technique works well. However, if there is delimited text, when I print this document the text between the delimiters does not print and the page only contains the "xyz". Moreover, opening the saved htm file with IE does show all of the text, delimited and non-delimited. Enabling the use of these specific delimiters is a user requirement.

Is there a way to edit this to allow the delimited text to print? Or, alternatively, is there a WORD option I can set programatically that will allow the same thing?

Thanks,

LadyReader

[arcon5]

Why do you use microsoft word to print?

Print straight from the HTML file using IE

[LadyReader]

No IE to print from - sorry, I forgot to specify that this a Windows app, not a web app.

However, I handled the issue by doing replacing <* with {* and *> with *}.

Edited September 8, 2006 by LadyReader