How to plan for printing

[RandyBlackburn]

I have a a datagrid and two tables spread across 3 pages. Unfortunatly I centered them using grid layout, and they are positionerd poorly for printing.

What is the best way to set things up so I can easiliy make the page printer ready. Or alternatively, a way to somehow reuse the controls on a printer ready page.

Thanks,
Randy

 

[ca8msm]

You should use CSS to control the page layout, then you can simply use a seperate stylesheet that will automatically get used when the user prints the page.


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[Isadore]

Randy - if it turns out that only landscape will work, well that's a browser setting and you might want to remind the client with an alert via javascript, e.g.:

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
 function doPrint() {
  alert("Don't forget to choose LANDSCAPE layout!");
  window.print();
 } 
</script>

 

[RandyBlackburn]

Thanks for the response guys.
ca8msm, does css work for grid layout? I tried it, but had probs... maybe there are too many things to change. It seems to be ok with flow layout.

 

[ca8msm]

CSS works for any layout...


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[RandyBlackburn]

I remember the main problem I had with using grid layout with the gui was that it set all kinds of styles, which I was unable to over-ride with css. Is there any way to over-ride them? I tried Important and !important, but they seemed to have no impact on the IE pages.

 

[ca8msm]

Simply remove the "style" tags for the controls you are having a problem with, and then set their style in the CSS file. You really should use Flow layout instead of Grid for all pages though.


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[RandyBlackburn]

Will do. Thanks for the feedback.