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Client Side Printing

i have an asp.net website.

i have created multiple reports and now one of the requirements is to print the reports on the client printer. i am able to achieve this using Javascript but all the formating goes out.

Now what other alternative i have to do the same. appreciate if some1 can help me out on this
Appreciate if some can help me solve this issue.

mstrelan

include a css print stylesheet
<link rel="stylesheet" media="print" href="print.css" />

in that css file just hide all the unnecessary elements (like nav bars etc) and set all the widths and styles to fit. in your testing remove media="print" so you can see it on screen but then add it back in to apply it to print only

AsishRaj

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i should have mentioned earlier

i printing crystal report on button click. Code snippet included

print_content only includes the crystal report and nothing else. i am having issue with Crystal Report Layout.

function Clickheretoprint()
{ 
  var disp_setting="toolbar=yes,location=no,directories=yes,menubar=yes,"; 
      disp_setting+="scrollbars=yes,width=650, height=600, left=100, top=25"; 
  var content_vlue = document.getElementById("print_content").innerHTML; 
  
  var docprint=window.open("","",disp_setting); 
   docprint.document.open(); 
   docprint.document.write('<html><head><title></title>'); 
   docprint.document.write('</head><body onLoad="self.print()" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><center>');          
   docprint.document.write(content_vlue);          
   docprint.document.write('</center></body></html>'); 
   docprint.document.close(); 
   docprint.focus();
   var hiddenControl = '<%= CR_PrintLetter.ClientID %>';
   document.getElementById(hiddenControl).style.display = 'none' 
}

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AsishRaj

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yeah, i think thats is a nice way out. appreciate if you can upload the activeX here, so that other people looking at this thread can benefit as well.

AsishRaj

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moghazali

i was trying to get it from CR site but couldnt find it

AsishRaj

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one question

does printcontrol.cab version needs to be same as the CR version installed with the VS 2008

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AsishRaj

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Thanks for the help. It took me a while to figure out how to do it. Really helpful Links