How can I open the print dialog

[David Waz...]

you could add a print-button -
let it go "server side" to display what you want to print, and register some
java to print the form...
then direct them back server side to restore the original page. (also java,
or a button)

"Mike John" <RiadeAsleh@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0a0f01c34271$3e395bf0$a001280a@phx.gbl...

> I want to open print dialog in modual mode ,so the next
> line of code will not execute until the print dialog
> window is close.
>
> I have used the following systax in vb,js:
>
> document.window.print()
> alert("Done print")
>
> Yes, the print dialog window opens, but the second line of
> code got executed, even thou the print dialog window is
> still open
>
> The reason of why I want to do that, is because I want
> hide some controls before printing then appearing them
> again after the print dialog window is close
>
> Sincerly yours
>
>
> Mike John
>
>
>
>

[Vidar Petursson]

Hi

[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/events/onafterprint.asp[/url]

You can also use CSS to state what should be printed
[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/media_1.asp[/url]

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Best Regards
Vidar Petursson
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"Mike John" <RiadeAsleh@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0a0f01c34271$3e395bf0$a001280a@phx.gbl...

> I want to open print dialog in modual mode ,so the next
> line of code will not execute until the print dialog
> window is close.
>
> I have used the following systax in vb,js:
>
> document.window.print()
> alert("Done print")
>
> Yes, the print dialog window opens, but the second line of
> code got executed, even thou the print dialog window is
> still open
>
> The reason of why I want to do that, is because I want
> hide some controls before printing then appearing them
> again after the print dialog window is close
>
> Sincerly yours
>
>
> Mike John
>
>
>