from what i understand google maps loves thier iframes!
if i get the time to tinker with it i'll let you know.
-Jaimz
Jim Geurts wrote:
I'm really not all that concerned with supporting IE on the mac. I'm
fine with telling mac users to ditch IE. Google maps seems to do
exactly what I want, but I haven't dissected it to see how they
accomplished it... perhaps it's time for that :(
On 5/9/06, *Jaimz* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
well, if you want to be safe to think that your page is compatible
with
all used browsers then you shouldn't force print. IE on mac doesn't
support window.print();
you could just show the page and let them print it.
otherwise i'd say the iframe is your best bet ;)
-Jaimz
Jim Geurts wrote:
> Sorry about that. I want to print a separate page when the user
> clicks a button/span, without navigating the user to that page.
>
>
> On 5/9/06, *Jaimz* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>
wrote:
>
> i'm kinda lost about what your trying to accomplish, if your
> trying to
> print a page's content in a printer friendly form you can
use CSS
> for that.
>
> -Jaimz
>
> Jim Geurts wrote:
> > Does anyone know of a cross browser solution to print a
page/url
> after
> > a user clicks a button?
> >
> > Currently, I'm using a "hidden" iframe to do my bidding. But
> from my
> > experience, IE requires that the iframe's src attribute be set
> > initially to the url, in order for the page to open
properly. I
> > wasn't able to add the iframe to the page dynamically,
either.
> >
> > So this doesn't work with IE, but it does with Firefox:
> >
> > <html>
> > <head>
> > <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
> > function PrintAPage() {
> > $('printer').src = 'someprintpage.html';
> > }
> > </script>
> > </head>
> > <body>
> >
> > <span onclick="PrintAPage()">Print a page</span>
> >
> > <iframe id="printer" height="1" width="1" ></iframe>
> > </body>
> > </html>
> >
> >
> > _______________
> >
> > As a side point, someprintpage.html would have this bit of
code
> on it:
> >
> > <html>
> > <head>
> > <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
> > window.focus();
> > window.print();
> > </script>
> > </head>
> > <body>
> > ...
> > </body>
> > </html>
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any help
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jim Geurts
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> > http://biacreations.com
> > 410-493-9385
> >
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