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Using javascript: Sending a word file straight to print!

Hi,

I would like to print a specific word file, using javascript.

i.e. something like <input type="button" onclick="Print(wordfile.doc);">

But i am unsure on the correct procedure.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Easynow

kolpdc

normal html and javascript do not support such a print-command like your's shown above. could be that there is a "special" microsoft-VERSION that is able to handle such a problem. but there is the problem then that no other browser will support this.
the ie is able to load a word-file directly into browsers view-area. you only have to put a link onto the word-document and the client-computer has to have office installed. then the user may print the document.

the javascript-code working with nearly all browsers should be:

<html><head><title>Test</title>
</head><body>
<a href="javascript:window.print()">Print this page...</a>
</body></html>

some browsers do not support it. and the code only prints the currently shown page in browser (html, ...)

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HansBaumann

Nice solution!... but (always a but) ... we've just tried to use it from a flash movie, and it gets unpredictable behavours, sometimes it prints the html page instead of the actual .doc file, other times just prints part of the document. We're using IE 6 in all cases, windows 2000 profesional and windows xp, no matter the window's version nor the explorer's it gives the same problem...

I didn't make too much tests using just the html page without flash, but, should anyone knows if the problems came from the flash movie??

NOTE: I've just used the

getURL("javascript:setPrintedPage('wordocu.doc');");

in the actionscript code...

Thanks, Hans.

Shalom Carmel

Hey,
I've never tried it with flash actionscript, but it always works fine in a regular browser.

Cheers,
ShalomC