Hiding a button during a function

smidgie...

It printed ok, but the button was on what i printed. i can't tell if the disabled worked or not from what i printed, but i want it gone completely when it prints.

here's what i tried


<button id="but1" onclick="doFmt();factory.printing.Print(false)">Print</button>

<script defer>

function doFmt() {
var temp = document.getElementById('but1').text;
document.getElementById('but1').disabled = 'true';
document.getElementById('but1').text = 'Please Wait';
try
{
factory.printing.Printer = "SATO CX400"
  //factory.printing.SetMarginMeasure(2) // set inches
  factory.printing.header = ""
  factory.printing.footer = ""
  factory.printing.portrait = true
  factory.printing.leftMargin = .5
  factory.printing.topMargin = .01
  //factory.printing.rightMargin = .01
  factory.printing.bottomMargin = .01
  factory.printing.copies = 1
  factory.printing.printBackground = true
  //factory.printing.paperSize = "Index Card"
}
catch(e)
{
alert("An unexpected error has occurred.");
}
document.getElementById('but1').text = temp
document.getElementById('but1').disabled = 'false'
}
</script>

<script defer>
function doFmt() {
document.all('but1').style.visibility="hidden"
window.print();
document.all('but1').style.visibility="visible"
}
</script>

//or you can put ur factory.printing stuff back in there instead of window.print() I used for testing.
no button shows on my print.

here's what i've got...

<button id="but1" onclick="doFmt();factory.printing.Print(false)">Print</button>

<script defer>
function doFmt() {
document.all('but1').style.visibility="hidden"
factory.printing.Printer = "SATO CX400"
  //factory.printing.SetMarginMeasure(2) // set inches
  factory.printing.header = ""
  factory.printing.footer = ""
  factory.printing.portrait = true
  factory.printing.leftMargin = .5
  factory.printing.topMargin = .01
  //factory.printing.rightMargin = .01
  factory.printing.bottomMargin = .01
  factory.printing.copies = 1
  factory.printing.printBackground = true
  //factory.printing.paperSize = "Index Card"
  document.all('but1').style.visibility="visible"
}
</script>


but the button is still visible when printing :-(

I think I know what's going on. This is on an ASP page. When the page gets posted back, I guess the page rerenders with the print button in tact. Is there any way around this?

Actually, it is likely that it has to do with the factory objects method of printing (although I don't know for sure)

What would help is if you could post the page somewhere where we can test it.
Just out of curiosity, did it work the way I originally posted it, with the window.print instead of the factory stuff?

I took out the factory stuff and just did the visibility stuff...worked fine.

I can't post it anywhere either because all that factory stuff is getting the print commands from an active x control on a server at my job. The control was purchased, and I don't have licensing for any other domains.