I was thinking about something like that. In the posts about popup windows this is seen as a negative because it is tricky to setup communications between the main window and the popup. But there really is no communication needed in this case.
Do you see the popup window as a GWT window or just a straight HTML window? On Oct 26, 7:55 am, Jeffrey Chimene <jchim...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/26/2011 1:02 AM, Mike Dee wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I have an app that creates reports, which are basically HTML. The > > reports need to be printed and that is what I'm trying to figure out. > > > I'm porting an older app - that is more of traditional web app. > > Reports are displayed in a page - with a UI wrapped around them. When > > a user wants to print a report, he clicks a "print" link, which pops > > up a window with a printer friendly version (no UI elements). He can > > then selects the browser's print command. Works nicely. > > > I'm trying to figure out how to do that in GWT. I can display a > > report. Printing doesn't work well, because it prints all the UI > > stuff too. > > > I've looked into separate popup windows. Most of the messages here > > recommend against doing it. Instead they suggest using a Dialog box. > > I've tried it and created a Dialog with simply an HTMLPanel. However, > > selecting File->Print (in the browser) prints the entire page (the > > entire window). > > > Any suggestions on a way to do this? > > Here's one idea I've implemented. It's amenable to arbitrary levels of > complexity. > > Your UI posts a request to your server on user action (e.g. a button > click event), and opens the result in a new window: > <button type="submit"> > <form action="printTheCurrentReport" _target="_blank" method="get"> > <!-- Depending on how you manage sessions, you might want a session ID > token in a hidden field --> > </button> > > Reminder: you should have css for print media. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
