Print landscape code not working

[1DMF]

Hello,

I'm trying to set a webpage to landscape when the print button is pressed (i.e. I have a button that issues 'print();').

I found some forums stating this code should work with IE7

@page { size: landscape; }

but it doesn't seem to.

Have I got the code wrong?

Can you set the print orientation via JS or CSS ?

Any help appreciated.

Cheers,
1DMF

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[Vragabond]

I read that hacks are needed to make this work in IE. See faq215-5803.

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[1DMF]

Thanks but they don't work.

The 'writing-mode: tb-rl' screws it right up seings as it's a form i'm trying to print landscape with floated fieldsets.

if I add the filter 'filter: progidXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(Rotation=1);'

I get a blank page printed, infact I get two pages printed with nothing but footers.

So I guess it's not possible to get a page to print landscape, why they removed it from the CSS2 spec is a mystery, but then again printing under windows always has been a nightmare and I guess always will be!



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