I say that. It is from back in 2007. The later messages indicate users had problems with it. Don't know if it is supported either.
On Oct 27, 3:03 am, Fabricio Pizzichillo <fpizzichi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I found this thread, maybe can help > you.http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit/browse_thread/threa... > > regards > > 2011/10/27 Mike Dee <mdichiapp...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > It seems easy to popup a new window, but I'm not sure how to stick the > > HTML into it. If Window.open would return a reference to the window, > > I could see a way to do it. > > > Here is another idea. I can create another module to the GWT app. > > It's sole purpose is to handle printing. > > > The GWT app I'm working on is based on Activities and Places. The > > layout is based on a DockLayoutPanel, which contains a bunch of UI > > stuff (that appears when printing and is not wanted). The new module > > will simply contain an HTML panel. > > > So the benefits of a new module are: works in standard GWT environment > > (without much hacking) and allows a different layout from main app. > > > On Oct 26, 9:07 am, Jeff Chimene <jchim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 10/26/2011 08:38 AM, Mike Dee wrote: > > > > > 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? > > > > The latter. This is one of those cases where I think that using GWT to > > > create the child window doesn't get you anything except a "problem > > > solved!" endorphin rush. As I said earlier, the solution can be made > > > arbitrarily complex, so I'm sure that someone will chime in with a > > > reason to implement the popup using GWT methods. > > > > To follow-up on the CSS: I've noticed that when there's a reference to a > > > CSS with media type "print", then FF opens a print dialog automatically. > > > I think Chrome does this too. > > > > > 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. -- 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.
