Printing Problem

[clegg]

I have the need to print a report via a browser.

The report is not displayed in the browser but the user needs to be able to click a button and it will print.

The report will be generated from database information based on parameters that have already been supplied and there is an added complication that I need to print a barcode as part of the report.

I have done this all fine and dandy in VB6 but now I need to do it from the web.

Can anyone shed any light on how I'd approach this.

Cheers
Clegg

 

[chessbot]

Javascript:

1. Opens a new window with url as somepage.php?param1=a&param2=b...
2. The new page, using server-side coding, echoes the value of the barcode.
3. In the body tag of the page, have:

onload="window.print(),setTimeout('window.close();',3000);"

This has the page print itself and then close after three seconds.

Come back if you need code help.

--Chessbot

"See the TURTLE of enormous girth!"
-- Stephen King, The Dark Tower series

 

[cLFlaVA]

Silly chessbot, he meant a ; between the print() statement and the setTimeout statement, not a comma.

He also meant that, while it will bring up the print dialog screen, it won't print automatically. You'll still have to press OK.

*cLFlaVA
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[chessbot]

yeah... thanks, cLFlaVA.

--Chessbot

"See the TURTLE of enormous girth!"
-- Stephen King, The Dark Tower series