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  • Mike
    #1

    print pdf using javascript

    Hi,

    I have a web application written in asp.net and C#. It generates a
    bunch of pdf file using crystal report. Now I need to batch print all
    those pdf files from a web page to user's local printer.

    Could anyone provide any suggestions?

    By the way, I found some javascript code which was claimed to print
    pdf from a web page. But when I tried, the page pops up a warning
    message:

    "File does not begin with '%PDF-'. "

    Since title of the pop up window is 'Adobe Reader', I guess that the
    message is emitted by Adobe Reader. Does anyone know what the message
    mean ?

    My code is :
    <html>
    <head>
    <script>
    function doit() {
    var x = document.getEle mentById("dooda d");
    x.print();
    }
    </script>

    </head>
    <body>
    <embed id="doodad" src ="c:/test2.pdf" width="0" height="0"
    name="whatever" >
    <button onclick="doit() ">howdy</button>
    </body>
    </html>


    Thanks ahead !
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    • Conrad Lender
      #2
      Re: print pdf using javascript

      On 2008-11-15 05:51, Mike wrote:
      I have a web application written in asp.net and C#. It generates a
      bunch of pdf file using crystal report. Now I need to batch print all
      those pdf files from a web page to user's local printer.
      I don't think that's possible, or at least not without the help of
      ActiveX objects.
      By the way, I found some javascript code which was claimed to print
      pdf from a web page.
      If that's the code you've posted, it would only open one PDF document
      with the Acrobat Reader plugin (if it even works).
      But when I tried, the page pops up a warning
      message:
      >
      "File does not begin with '%PDF-'. "
      That means that the PDF plugin doesn't recognize the resource as a valid
      PDF file ("%PDF-...." is the PDF file header). The file may be missing,
      or invalid, or the security settings don't allow opening local files.
      <script>
      function doit() {
      var x = document.getEle mentById("dooda d");
      x.print();
      DOM nodes don't have a print() method.

      Why don't you just merge the PDF files on the backend, and let the user
      print it all from a single file?


      - Conrad

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