There's an onLoad event on a PDF (sounds vaguely familiar) in which you can initiate a print. I've done this on previous projects and works just fine. I can't recall if I autoclosed that PDF as well but it seems likely.
On 8/20/07, hillj2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually, this is available. It is possible to embed javascript inside a > PDF. It depends on what you're using to generate the PDF however. I'm > sure > Acrobat can do it. There a library called iText which can. I think it > can > even go into an already created PDF and insert the necessary JS. We use a > product called pdflib (not free). By inserting PDF javascript you can get > a > PDF document to print silently (no print dialog). The trick being you > have > to somehow open the PDF first. In our app we just have a print link that > generates a PDF and spits it to the printer without the user having to > even > see the document first. We just load the PDF into a hidden IFRAME and on > the document load the embedded javascript calls the print command. > > Do some research on JS for PDFs. It's been a while since I've dealt with > that code, so I'm a bit rusty on it. Also it can be a bit cumbersome to > get > it working the way you want it, depending on your exact usecase. But it > may > be just what you're looking for. > > Good luck. > > Joel > > > > Martijn Dashorst wrote: > > > > Just think about it for 1 minute why this isn't available... (anwser > > below). > > > > Martijn > > > > > > > > Spam is of all ages, I figure that even in the clay tablet era people > > would create ads for enlargements of various body parts (just use a > > bigger nail!). So before e-mail was the prevalent means of spreading > > ads, the fax machine (documents sent through the phone line in an > > analog/copier type of fashion) was churning out forrests of (unwanted) > > ads. > > > > Now imagine a website hosted by Nigerian/Russian/Chinese/Dutch > > spammers. They would *love* a way to directly print documents without > > interventioni on the user's part. > > > > -- > > Wicket joins the Apache Software Foundation as Apache Wicket > > Apache Wicket 1.3.0-beta2 is released > > Get it now: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.0-beta2/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Can-we-do-straight-print-in-a-java-web-application--tf4289452.html#a12235547 > Sent from the Wicket - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
