Printing Contents of Iframe

JSMoose · Mar 20, 2005

Hello,

I am trying to print the contents of 2 Iframes...Sounds simple. When the page prints the result is the label text ("Please wait. Search is being processed ...") and 2 empty boxes.

It seems like I have tried everything and have had no luck.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

JSMoose

Source code:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<title>Querying for Search Results</title>
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 7.1">
<meta name="CODE_LANGUAGE" content="Visual Basic .NET 7.1">
<meta name="vs_defaultClientScript" content="JavaScript">
<meta name="vs_targetSchema" content="

http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5">

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function LoadIframes()
{
var ifrm = document.getElementById('ifrmSDN');
ifrm.src = "

http://www.msn.com";

var tmpifrmOFAC = document.getElementById('ifrmOFAC');
tmpifrmOFAC.src = "

http://www.google.com";

window.print();

window.close();
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>

<body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout">

<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">

<asp:Label id="Label1" style="Z-INDEX: 101; LEFT: 8px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 8px" runat="server" Font-Size="Large" Width="416px">Please wait. Search is being processed ...</asp:Label>
</form>


<iframe id="ifrmSDN" name="ifrmSDNListResults" width="500" height="500" style="Z-INDEX: 102; LEFT: 16px; VISIBILITY: visible; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 136px"> </iframe>


<iframe id="ifrmOFAC" name="ifrmOFACResults" width="500" height="500" style="Z-INDEX: 103; LEFT: 16px; VISIBILITY: visible; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 648px"></iframe>

<INPUT id="btnTest" title="Test Print" style="Z-INDEX: 104; LEFT: 104px; WIDTH: 96px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 96px; HEIGHT: 24px" type="button" value="Test Print" onclick="LoadIframes()">

</body>
</HTML>

BillyRayPreachersSon · Mar 21, 2005

Unless you are using NN4 which has quirky print behaviour for dynamic content (you've not said which browser you are having problems with), I'd try asking in the CSS forum about print style sheets which give the iframes non-absolute positions.

Hope this helps,
Dan

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JSMoose · Mar 21, 2005

BillyRayPreachersSon,

Thanks for your response. The browser is IE6.

Should window.print(); print the contents of the iframe in IE6 vice the outline of the iframe?

Thanks,

JSMoose

BillyRayPreachersSon · Mar 21, 2005

You should get the contents, but it depends on what those contents are, and how they are laid out.

As I said - you might want to ask this in the CSS forum.

Dan

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