if onclick else onunload function??

venomdesign · Apr 13, 2001

Does anyone know how to script something that in a pop-up window before they can close the window they need to print the page. For example, you go to a page and you are required to print the page, so if you click the print button within the page it prints then closes the window, but if they do not click the print button and leave the page or close the window an onunload function comes up and alerts them they need to print the page before it will close and won't close unless they press the print button.

bench · Apr 13, 2001

try this but i'm not too certain about it:

<html>

<head>
<script>

Code:

function myMsg(){

if(window.print())
{
alert(&quot;Thank you&quot;)
}else{

alert(&quot;Please print page&quot;)
  location.reload()
  }
}
</script>

Bignewbie · Apr 13, 2001

can't you just print the page on both situations? i mean when a user have to print the page make the onunload event print it out. This would make the need for a print button unnecessary, and would lessen confusion otherwise set a global variable within that page that has a certain value when the print button is click. hope this helps. and i think bench is right im not so sure about the

Code:

window.print()

function either.

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if onclick else onunload function??

venomdesign

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