click here to print ??

[DOGWATCH]

this code

<a href=javascript:window.print()>CLICK HERE TO PRINT</A>

will bring up the window for printing. Is there anyway I can make it so it always makes the default set to landscape printing?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

As far as I know, the only way to do this programatically, is to use an ActiveX control - and doing this will mean it works on IE only, and then only where ActiveX settings allow it.

Hope this helps,
Dan

 

[DOGWATCH]

thanks, probably not worth the effort but you would think they would make it easier to control very basic operations of the printer.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Why would "they"? (and who are "they" anyway?)... It's Javascript, not PCL, after all!

Dan

 

[DOGWATCH]

Javascript may not be the language to do this, but printing in landscape is a pretty basic thing.

It would be nice if there was a very easy way to add a clickable link on a web page that would make the job print in landscape.

Perhaps there is a DLL or COM object out there would allow you to do this. Personally I haven't come across one.

 

[tviman]

There's a security issue here. By allowing a web browser to select print controls, it becomes an easy thing to start your printer without user interaction.

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[mb22]

where is the ActiveX settings for IE .... I have looked in the Advanced TAB on IE5 and cannot find it.... I have an ActiveReports form that uses an ActiveX control and I found out how to print DIRECTLY.

However if the user is not an Admin on the machine Win2000, the page hangs .... I don't know why.... How can I find out if a user can run an ActiveX control or ENABLE that?

Or what set should I be looking for!

 

[rockyroad]

Hi

I think this may be something that can be done with CSS...

http://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/css_tutorial/advanced/printing.html

<! I haven't tried this one myself, but I have used CSS stylesheets to style pages one way for screen and another for print -- > ...

Hope this helps...

RR

 

[AndyEdwards]

It was mentioned earlier that setting the default to print in landscape could be done by an ActiveX control. My situation is one where all the users will be on IE and this would be a good solution. Does anyone know the code to do this using an ActiveX?

Thanks in advance