Save HTML Page as Word or PDF file

Phil99 · Jan 30, 2007

Hi

From my site i'm displaying a html report to the user. Is it possible to save the html report as for example a word document or a pdf file?

At the moment i can only save the page as a htm file using <a href="javascript:doSaveAs()">save this page</a> which isn't ideal.

Many Thanks

Phil

vbkris · Jan 30, 2007

dont think so, however you might want to try this workaround for word.

enclose your entire page (the part that u want to print) in a div tag called "DivToPrint"

create an iframe. in your saveAs code:

function saveAs()
{
theIfrm = parent.frames["IFRMNAME"]
theIfrm.document.open();
theIfrm.document.write("<html>");
theIfrm.document.write("<content type='WORD'>");
theIfrm.document.write(document.getElementById("DivToPrint").innerHTML);
theIfrm.document.write("</html>");
theIfrm.document.close();

}

<content type='WORD'>
is the most important tag. what i have given is incomplete / wrong tag, you have to do some research and pick the correct mime type for word.

try it out...

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Save HTML Page as Word or PDF file

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