Stephen,
Thank you so much for your help! Since this is pretty new to me, I will need to spend
time playing with the code
to make it fit into my program. Again thanks a lot!--Nathan
Stephen Kellogg wrote:
> Here's my .02cents worth. I will point out that (at least in IE 5.5 not sure
> about NS or lower versions of IE) you can print directly to someone's
> printer when a page loads, without popping up a dialog box and without them
> having to click on anything. I have been doing this now for sometime
> internally for printing reports. Keep in mind that formatting using an HTML
> printed document can be difficult to control with such a wide range of
> systems and setups but... I think if it's kept simple it can be done. PS you
> can print anything that prints normally with an HTML page, logos included.
> ;-) Keep reading if your interested.
>
> My situation was as follows:
> What I needed was to query a db (using CF) and have results printed
> automatically. I only needed it to work with IE 5.5 and I didn't care if it
> displayed on screen.
>
> I found some code here
> http://www.javascriptcity.com/forums/index.php3?action=faq#qj6
> but had to modify it...
>
> This code still popped up the print dialog box and I can do that by putting
> onload="window.print();" in the <body> tag.
> What I wanted was to print the cfm (htm) file when it loaded, without
> popping up the print dialog box.
>
> I tweaked the code a little and ended up with this:
>
> <SCRIPT>
> <!--
> function printit(){
> 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, 6); //Use a 1 vs. a 6 for a prompting dialog box
> WebBrowser1.outerHTML = "";
> }
> }
> //-->
> </script>
>
> You also have to put onload="printit();" in the <body> tag for it to print
> when the page loads or you could associate it with a print button etc (just
> set whatever you click on to call the printit() function).
>
> The modified code prints the cfm (htm) file to the users default printer
> using default settings without putting up any dialog boxes but it still
> displays the cfm (htm) file onscreen. Again, I know it works in IE 5.5 not
> sure about anything else. I haven't tested it in NS. I didn't have a need to
> support NS or any browser other than IE 5.5.
>
> One thing to "get around" displaying onscreen would be to use a hidden frame
> for the "printing" htm page and put up a generic display page.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Stephen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Olive, CIO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 9:38 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Print without bringing print dialogue?
>
> actually, you can't. it's a JS security feature.
>
> chris olive, cio
> cresco technologies
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.crescotech.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Chen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 12:46 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Print without bringing print dialogue?
>
> Hi, All:
>
> I posted this before the list went down a few weeks ago. I don't know if
> it went though so I re-post it.
>
> I need to know how to print a cfm page without bringing up the print
> dialogue from the browser. If I use window. print() method, the print
> dialogue will popup. But what I need is to send the displayed
> information to the printer directly without bringing this print dialogue
> box. Is this possible? Any hint or suggestion will be appreciated.
>
> Nathan Chen
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at
http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
