Recommended binary & license file location
What's the most efficient way to deploy and maintain smsx.cab (the binaries) and sxlic.mlf (the license file)?
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More samples on using ScriptX in C# WPF desktop applications
All the samples described in the Guide for Printing in Applications are now available on GitHub. These illustrate how to print html from a .NET C# WPF desktop application that uses a WebBrowser control to display HTML.
printHTML(): how many pages printed?
A recently-reported issue saw a variation in the number of pages printed with the same document as a target of printHTML().
Using ScriptX in a console application sample on GitHub
We recently added a sample on using ScriptX within a console application to print html content downloaded from arbitrary urls. The sample contains some interesting utility code of using callbacks from the PrintHtmlEx() method and also code for wrapping the ...
New using ScriptX in applications samples
We have released two samples for using ScriptX in .NET applications on Windows to our GitHub.
Internet Explorer 11 - a reminder
Starting on January 12, 2016, Internet Explorer 11 will be the minimum supported version to continue to receive security updates and technical support on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.
ScriptX 7.7
Mead & Co today launched ScriptX 7.7, the latest version of the world’s favorite add-on for controlling the printing of browser-hosted content. ScriptX 7.7 introduces license validation that does not rely on keeping root certificate authorities up to date, as well as providing full support for older versions of Internet Explorer and Windows XP. It also features updates to the PDF printing library and a number of improvements driven by user requests.
Changes to enforcement of Authenticode code signing - SHA-1 Deprecation and browser compatibility
On 1st January 2016 Microsoft Windows will change how it enforces Authenticode code signing as explained fully in the article "Windows Enforcement of Authenticode Code Signing and Timestamping". We have been code signing all of the component DLLs in ScriptX ...
Unable to select a paper size with ScriptX
The recent hotfix to ScriptX has fixed an issue with selecting a paper size. We try and be as helpful as we can in matching the string describing the papersize to those available but the algorithm had a problem ...
Invalid HTML parameters specified for the license
This error can occur when deploying a new or updated MeadCo Security Manager license for ScriptX. What it means is there is a mismatch between a parameter given on the Security Manager object and the downloaded license file.
Quick start samples on GitHub
The samples used in the Quick Start Tutorials for ScriptX Client-side printing are now available on GitHub - MeadCo/Visual Studio Quick Starts. There isn't much in the samples which just goes to show how easy it all is, but they ...
Poor quality bar codes when printing a PDF file
If you are experiencing poor quality when printing PDFs containing barcodes please try an update to ScriptX 7.6.2.1 or later.
Printed output not as you expected?
With ScriptX every browser's settings can be scripted for specific documents so that printed output is always identical. The same margins, header and footer strings, orientation, scale, paper size and source, target printer, etc., for all types of printing.