artnow — Wed, 28 Jun 2000 01:48:00 +0000

Well I do appreciate all the info. I haven't had a chance to use it yet.

Thanks again

Bob

Vincent Puglia — Wed, 28 Jun 2000 00:02:00 +0000

Hi Arielladog,

just cut&pasted it for someone in javascript city.

Vinny

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Arielladog — Tue, 27 Jun 2000 23:04:00 +0000

hehe

Vincent Puglia — Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:14:00 +0000

Thanks Arielladog Kept looking for it, but couldn't find it. Then saw your post on wsabstract & thought Great! I'll cut&paste & bring it here.

Vinny

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Arielladog — Mon, 26 Jun 2000 04:31:00 +0000

I had to do this, also before. What I did was first open another printable version page that I had made. With window.open('theprintversion.html') and you could make it scroll bars , whatever. Then, I made the print version of the page and put this script in the head.

<head>
<SCRIPT>
function printit(){
if (window.print) {
window.print() ;
} else if (document.all) {
var WebBrowser = '<OBJECT ID="WebBrowser1" WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0 CLASSID="CLSID:8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2"></OBJECT>';
document.body.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeEnd', WebBrowser);
WebBrowser1.ExecWB(6, 1);//Use a 1 vs. a 6 for a prompting dialog box
WebBrowser1.outerHTML = "";
}
}
</script>

</heaD><BODY onload="printit();setTimeout('self.close',10000)">

note that if you change the 1 to a 6, you won't get a dialog box when printing from IE. THe page will automatically begin printing without the user's consent (other than the fact that they click on that page)...sneaky, ain't it¿

Vincent Puglia — Sun, 25 Jun 2000 22:06:00 +0000

Hi,

yes, window.print() works for NN; IE requires an activeX control (webBrowser), whose object ID I do not have at the moment. (I recall having posted the command/script here or on the Javascript City boards; at any rate, I'll put it up asap.)
However, both commands tend to print the page itself (graphics, url info, etc), much as the browser's FILE-Print command. If you want a "printer-friendly" solution, you may need to direct the link to a text-only page.

Javascript City

Vinny

[This message has been edited by Vincent Puglia (edited 25 June 2000).]

Suzanne — Sun, 25 Jun 2000 21:08:00 +0000

window.print() is what you need.

At least that's what JavaScript the Definitive Guide says. Page 736, but no other instructions.

Suzanne

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Gem — Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:25:00 +0000

If your site is databased it would just be a matter of calling the content with a plain vanilla template. For example if you have a review site your review for a camera may be someurl.com/review.php?id=05. This page would contain all your fancy pics and layout. Each review would be contained in a database and given an id (in the example above id=05).

Your "print this page" link would be someurl.com/print.php?id=05. The template print.php would just display plain white background and black text.

It would take quite a bit of work to set up a databased site, it all depends on how large and how detailed you want to get, but in the long run it would make maintaining your site a lot easier.

There may be a way to do this with javascript but I don't know how. I am only telling you the way I know is possible.

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