Printing Issue

DKL01 · Jul 26, 2001

Hi,

I have an asp page (page1.asp) in which I an PRINT button. PRINT buttons takes to another asp page (page2.asp) which executes the sql query, gets the result and polulates HTML table in page2.asp. User can print this page(report) by clicking on print button available on the browser.

Now I need to change the flow here. When the user clicks on PRINT button in page1.asp the system should automatically print the report. Is there any way I can implement the print command in page2.asp and then redirect back to page1.asp.

Thanks in advance

link9 · Jul 26, 2001

You can use javascript to do it -- use an onload function:

<script language=javascript>
function printRedirect(){
window.print();
setTimeout('location="prevPage.asp"',5000);
}
</script>

<body onLoad="printRedirect();">

So that the page will spool to the printer, and then redirect itself after five seconds. Only drawback is that they will get the confirmation print dialog box -- but there isn't any way around that -- there isn't a way to get a webpage to spit off on the printer without any user intervention at all... they either have to push the button themselves, or they have to ok your .print() action.

Paul Prewett

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Printing Issue

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