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  • Kebmo
    #1

    Print Preview using JavaScript onClick?

    The client insists on having a link or button that the user can click
    to view the printable version in the browser. I already have the css
    done for the print version, so thats not a problem. I don't want to
    create duplicate pages if I can help it (I anticipate many updates as
    the months go by, and I don't want to have to do double the work).

    I know I have seen this functionality before, but I can't seem to find
    it now. Is there existing script to open the print preview pane with an
    onClick?

    Any help is greatly appreciated.

    Kebmo

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    • VK
      #2
      Re: Print Preview using JavaScript onClick?


      Kebmo wrote:[color=blue]
      > The client insists on having a link or button that the user can click
      > to view the printable version in the browser. I already have the css
      > done for the print version, so thats not a problem. I don't want to
      > create duplicate pages if I can help it (I anticipate many updates as
      > the months go by, and I don't want to have to do double the work).
      >
      > I know I have seen this functionality before, but I can't seem to find
      > it now. Is there existing script to open the print preview pane with an
      > onClick?
      >
      > Any help is greatly appreciated.
      >
      > Kebmo[/color]

      In the document <head> : (no JavaScript needed)

      <link rel="stylesheet "
      type="text/css"
      media="all"
      href="stylesCom mon.css">
      <link rel="stylesheet "
      type="text/css"
      media="screen"
      href="stylesBro wser.css">
      <link rel="stylesheet "
      type="text/css"
      media="print"
      href="stylesPri nt.css">

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        • Kebmo
          #3
          Re: Print Preview using JavaScript onClick?

          Thanks. I have this sort of setup already. When the user prints the
          page, it uses the print-only styledsheet I made for that purpose.

          What I need is to be able to click a link or button and open the Print
          Preview pane just as if I had gone to file-->print preview.

          Is this even possible?

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            • Evertjan.
              #4
              Re: Print Preview using JavaScript onClick?

              Kebmo wrote on 27 okt 2005 in comp.lang.javas cript:
              [color=blue]
              > Thanks. I have this sort of setup already. When the user prints the
              > page, it uses the print-only styledsheet I made for that purpose.
              >
              > What I need is to be able to click a link or button and open the Print
              > Preview pane just as if I had gone to file-->print preview.
              >
              > Is this even possible?[/color]

              Using serverside jscript unser ASP:

              <%@ Language=JScrip t %>
              <link rel="stylesheet "
              type="text/css"
              media="all"
              href="stylesCom mon.css">

              <link rel="stylesheet "
              type="text/css"
              media="screen"
              <% ' ASP Jscript
              if(request.quer ystring('print' )=='yes'){
              %>
              href="stylesBro wser.css"
              <%
              }else{
              %>
              href="stylesPri nt.css"
              <%
              };
              %>[color=blue]
              >[/color]

              <link rel="stylesheet "
              type="text/css"
              media="print"
              href="stylesPri nt.css">

              .......

              <a href='?print=ye s'>Print preview</a>

              --
              Evertjan.
              The Netherlands.
              (Replace all crosses with dots in my emailaddress)

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                • rf
                  #5
                  Re: Print Preview using JavaScript onClick?

                  Kebmo wrote:
                  [color=blue]
                  > The client insists on having a link or button that the user can click
                  > to view the printable version in the browser.[/color]

                  Teach your client how to use File>Print Preview. Then she will stop wanting
                  that.
                  --
                  Cheers
                  Richard.

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                    • Evertjan.
                      #6
                      Re: Print Preview using JavaScript onClick?

                      rf wrote on 27 okt 2005 in comp.lang.javas cript:
                      [color=blue]
                      > Kebmo wrote:
                      >[color=green]
                      >> The client insists on having a link or button that the user can click
                      >> to view the printable version in the browser.[/color]
                      >
                      > Teach your client how to use File>Print Preview. Then she will stop
                      > wanting that.
                      >[/color]

                      Or let them use Fineprint.

                      <http://www.fineprint.c om/>

                      --
                      Evertjan.
                      The Netherlands.
                      (Replace all crosses with dots in my emailaddress)

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                        • D. Patterson
                          #7
                          Re: Print Preview using JavaScript onClick?

                          Another option (the one that I use) is MeadCo's ScriptX ActiveX object.
                          They also have a way to make it (and pretty much any other ActiveX object)
                          work with other browsers.
                          Check out http://www.meadroid.com/scriptx/about.asp
                          Dave

                          "Kebmo" <imagographics@ gmail.com> wrote in message
                          news:1130417726 .328931.37680@g 49g2000cwa.goog legroups.com...[color=blue]
                          > The client insists on having a link or button that the user can click
                          > to view the printable version in the browser. I already have the css
                          > done for the print version, so thats not a problem. I don't want to
                          > create duplicate pages if I can help it (I anticipate many updates as
                          > the months go by, and I don't want to have to do double the work).
                          >
                          > I know I have seen this functionality before, but I can't seem to find
                          > it now. Is there existing script to open the print preview pane with an
                          > onClick?
                          >
                          > Any help is greatly appreciated.
                          >
                          > Kebmo
                          >
                          >[/color]


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