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print() method to just print <textarea>

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Toastie

Toastie

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May 19, 2001
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i have looked and cannot find the solution
i want to just print the textarea

<TEXTAREA NAME=&quot;Order&quot; ROWS=9 COLS=58 READONLY WRAP=OFF>YOU WISH TO ORDER THE FOLLOWING :</TEXTAREA>
<INPUT TYPE=button VALUE=Print NAME=PrintForm onclick=print()>

the trouble is i have lots of content and i only want to print the textarea and i over came this by opening a new window containing only the textarea contents and having a print button on that page

any clues
 
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Here it is:

<form name=&quot;myform&quot;>
. . .
<INPUT TYPE=button VALUE=Print NAME=PrintForm onclick=printText(document.myform.order.value)>
</form>


Then place this in <head>:

<script>
function printText(content) {

w = window.open('','', 'location=no,scrollbars=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,width=150,height=100');
w.document.open();
w.document.write('<html><body onload=&quot;print()&quot;>')
w.document.write(content);
w.document.write('</body></html>');
w.document.close();
}
</script>

This opens a popup window and writes the value of your textarea to it. Once a popup window is loaded, the standard [tt]print()[/tt] function is called that opens Print dialog.
 
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sorry i should have explained myself a little more

thanks and that is exactly what i have done but with both of our methods the popup window dosent close for some reason after it prints
 
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It doesn't close because there's no any action that should do it.
You can add [tt]close();[/tt] after printing but I think that the user is clever enough to click on [x] at the top right corner.
 
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<script >
var valueTx='';

function printValutTx(valTx){
document.write(&quot;u re printing this value&quot;);
document.write(&quot;<textarea rows='8' cols='8' style='margin:0;border-top:0; border-left:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0;overflow:hidden' >&quot;+valTx+&quot; </textarea>&quot;);
document.write(&quot;<input type='button' value='&lt;Back' onclick='history.go(-1)'/> &quot;);
// window.print();
}

</script>


<TEXTAREA NAME=&quot;Order&quot; ROWS='9' COLS='58' WRAP='ON'></TEXTAREA>
<INPUT TYPE='button' VALUE='Print' NAME='PrintForm' onclick='printValutTx(Order.value)'>
</textarea>
 
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So in heinsight there is no real solution to my problem. The problem has been solved but I still feel our solution is inadequate.
Thems the brakes.
At least I can hope that in the next version of javascript they add more function to the print() method.

To all helpers everywhere including myself (because I try to be one) a pat on the back.
[thumbsup2]
 
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