Problem with printing large datagrid

[ryDen]

Hi,

I'm trying to print the contents of a datagrid. I want the format of the datagrid to remain, but it is done by css. The following code works for a small datagrid, but not for large datagrid, i.e., the contents go into more than 1 page when print manually:

Response.Clear()
Response.Buffer = True
Response.ContentType = "text/HTML"
Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache)
Response.Charset = ""
EnableViewState = False

Dim oStringWriter As System.IO.StringWriter = New System.IO.StringWriter
Dim oHtmlTextWriter As System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter = New System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter(oStringWriter)
Dim scr As New StringBuilder
scr.Append("TITLE>View List</TITLE>")
scr.Append("<LINK href='./Styles.css' type='text/css' rel='stylesheet'>")
scr.Append("<script>function window.onafterprint(){history.back(1);}</script" & ">")
oHtmlTextWriter.Write(scr.ToString)

Me.lblCriteria.RenderControl(oHtmlTextWriter)
Me.dagExport.RenderControl(oHtmlTextWriter)
Response.Write(oStringWriter.ToString())
Response.Write("<script>window.print();</script" & ">")
Response.End()

It seems that when I remove the following lines:
scr.Append("TITLE>View List</TITLE>")
scr.Append("<LINK href='./Styles.css' type='text/css' rel='stylesheet'>")
the code works, but my formatting is lost.

Can someone advise me on this problem?
Thanks in advance.

Russ

 

[ryDen]

Well, after experimenting, it seems that having the css and using javascript "print" function screws up when printing more than one page. Would be nice if someone could explain why though...

Thanks anyway.

 

[adamroof]

You can control your printing by linking two different style sheets depending on MEDIA

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="css\page.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="css\print.css">

that might help you out, just copy your Styles.css to a Print.css and link away.