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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace AutoPrint
{
/// <summary>
/// This form displays the help in HTML format. It's nothign fancy, but it gets the
/// job done, and even better, allows screenshots.
/// </summary>
public partial class FormHelp : Form
{
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Constructor
/// </summary>
public FormHelp()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Loads the html, makes adjustments to the img tags (fully qualifies the
/// filename - this is absol;utely necessary in the WebBrowser control), and
/// displays the help page.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender"></param>
/// <param name="e"></param>
private void FormHelp_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// get our data file path (the parent form saved the help files to the program
// data folder (definitely necessary for Vista, and maybe for XP).
string appDataFolder = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(ProfileBitmap.GetDataFileName());
bool valid = false;
string htmlFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(appDataFolder, "AutoPrintHelp.html");
StringBuilder htmlText = new StringBuilder("");
// make sure the file exists before trying to load/modify it.
if (File.Exists(htmlFile))
{
try
{
// read the file
string rawHtml = "";
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(htmlFile))
{
rawHtml = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
// Replace the filenames specified in the image tags with fully
// qualified paths. The .Net WebBrowser control will NOT display an
// image unless the filename is fully qualified.
int start = -1;
int stop = -1;
do
{
// find the start of the next tag
start = rawHtml.IndexOf("<img ");
if (start >= 0)
{
// while we're here, move everything BEFORE the start position
// into the stringbuilder.
htmlText.Append(rawHtml.Substring(0, start));
// find the end of the img tag
stop = rawHtml.IndexOf("\">", start);
// extract it
string imageTag = rawHtml.Substring(start, stop+2-start);
// replace the original file name with the fully qualified
// path/name
string temp = imageTag;
temp = temp.Replace("<img src=\"", "");
temp = temp.Replace("\">", "");
temp = System.IO.Path.Combine(appDataFolder, temp);
imageTag = string.Format("<img src=\"{0}\">", temp);
// append the newly constructed img tag to the string builder
// object
htmlText.Append(imageTag);
// shorten our raw text string
rawHtml = rawHtml.Substring(stop+2);
}
}
while (start >= 0);
// add any remaining text from the raw html string to our string
// builder object
htmlText.Append(rawHtml);
// load up the WebBrowser control
this.webBrowser1.Navigate("about:blank");
HtmlDocument doc = this.webBrowser1.Document;
doc.Write(string.Empty);
this.webBrowser1.DocumentText = htmlText.ToString();
// and we're out
valid = true;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
if (ex != null) {}
}
}
// if we experienced a problem of some kind, display an error message.
if (!valid)
{
MessageBox.Show("Could not find (and/or read) the help page file.", "Help File Error");
}
}
}
}
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