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print invis-Can I Do this?
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Are you certain about this? Normally, the user prints documents on the client-side and there is no way to make this an "invisible" process. If it truly is printing through the server-side, then I can't see any problems unless the user has to select a network printer OR you are using a Windows based server.
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Not sure if its the best way.
But you could use CSS to create some invisible pages and specify a Print stylesheet that makes them visible.
But you could use CSS to create some invisible pages and specify a Print stylesheet that makes them visible.
Here's one way to do it. In the <head> of the page where the user requests the form, put this line:
where form.htm is the URL of the application form. This tells the browser to print that page instead of the current one when the print button is pressed.
Then you just need a bit of Javascript (unfortunately you have to just hope that your users have it switched on...) :
-- Chris Hunt
Code:
<link rel="alternate" media="print" href="form.htm" type="text/html" />Then you just need a bit of Javascript (unfortunately you have to just hope that your users have it switched on...) :
Code:
<form>
<input type="button" value="Request Form" onclick="window.print();" />
</form>-- Chris Hunt
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