Printing Issues on IWP Pages

[Tony Martin]

Hello! I have run into some snags with printing issues and IWP. I'd like to create some sort of scripting routine within the DB to make printing easier (page setup issues, hiding status area - then open a print dialog box, etc), but of course these script steps are incompatible with IWP.

Has anyone else run into issues here? And if so, what solutions did you find? Any help would be appreciated.

[T-Square]

Once you are in IWP, the question of printing is taken out of the developer's hands. IWP pushes database information out to a web browser, which is completely outside of your control. The browser is what renders your db screen, and it's the browser that decides how to print (which gets pushed off to the operating system). All of which is to explain why as an IWP developer, you don't have control over the printer dialogs.

That said, you might want to create print layouts, script a print button to go to them in a new window, and place a "Close this Window When You're Done" link on the top of the layout. Although kludgy, it is commonly done in web interfaces, and your users will be familiar with it.

HTH,

David

[tsturgeon]

Print is not a supported script in IWP.

tsturgeon