I am doing something like this in javascript to print a section of my page on click of a link
function printDiv() {
var divToPrint = document.getElementById('printArea');
var newWin = window.open();
newWin.document.write(divToPrint.innerHTML);
newWin.print();
newWin.close();
}
It works great in Firefox but not in IE.
Could someone please help
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head id="head">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9; IE=8; IE=7; IE=EDGE" />
<!-- saved from url=(0023)http://www.contoso.com/ -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
</head>
<body>
<div>
<div>
Do not print
</div>
<div id="printable" style="background-color: pink">
Print this div
</div>
<button onClick="printdiv();">Print Div</button>
</div>
</body>
<script>
function printdiv()
{
var printContents = document.getElementById("printable").innerHTML;
var head = document.getElementById("head").innerHTML;
//var popupWin = window.open('', '_blank');
var popupWin = window.open('print.html', 'blank');
popupWin.document.open();
popupWin.document.write(''+ '<html>'+'<head>'+head+'</head>'+'<body onload="window.print()">' + '<div id="printable">' + printContents + '</div>'+'</body>'+'</html>');
popupWin.document.close();
return false;
};
</script>
</html>
Just wait some time before closing the window!
if (navigator.appName != 'Microsoft Internet Explorer') {
newWin.close();
} else {
window.setTimeout(function() {newWin.close()}, 3000);
}
add checking condition for onload
if (newWinObj.onload) {
newWinObj.onload = function() {
newWinObj.print();
newWinObj.close();
};
}
else {
newWinObj.print();
newWinObj.close();
}
I am also facing this problem.
Problem in IE is newWin.document.write(divToPrint.innerHTML);
when we remove this line print function in IE is working. but again problem still exist about the content of page.
You can open the page using window.open, and write the content in that page. then print function will work in IE.This is alternate solution.
Best luck.
@Pratik
This worked for me, it works in firefox, ie and chrome.
var content = "This is a test Message";
var contentHtml = [
'<div><b>',
'TestReport',
'<button style="float:right; margin-right:10px;"',
'id="printButton" onclick="printDocument()">Print</button></div>',
content
].join('');
var printWindow = window.open();
printWindow.document.write('<!DOCTYPE HTML><html><head<title>Reports</title>',
'<script>function printDocument() {',
'window.focus();',
'window.print();',
'window.close();',
'}',
'</script>');
printWindow.document.write("stylesheet link here");
printWindow.document.write('</head><body>');
printWindow.document.write(contentHtml);
printWindow.document.write('</body>');
printWindow.document.write('</html>');
printWindow.document.close();
I am not sure but i think it occurs because of the security rules of the InternetExplorer...
If you call a function like print() it asks the user manually if he wants to permit active scripting, if he clicks on the yellow bar and selects 'Yes', the print dialog appears. If you click 'No' or just don't do anything it is not executing the parts which are considered as active scripting or other security relevant javascript functions.
In your example the window is opened then print() is called, confirmation bar pops up (nothing is selected, in fact nothing can be selected due to the short time), newWin.close() is called, window closes.
You should try adding the page to the trusted sites in InternetExplorer or change security settings.
There may be a way of handling the security policies in the javascript itself but i don't know much about InternetExplorer Security Policies.
Hope this helps
Add newWin.document.close();, like so:
function printDiv() {
var divToPrint = document.getElementById('printArea');
var newWin = window.open();
newWin.document.write(divToPrint.innerHTML);
newWin.document.close();
newWin.print();
newWin.close();
}
This makes IE happy. HTH, -Ted
I've had this problem before, and the solution is simply to call window.print() in IE, as opposed to calling print from the window instance:
function printPage(htmlPage)
{
var w = window.open("about:blank");
w.document.write(htmlPage);
if (navigator.appName == 'Microsoft Internet Explorer') window.print();
else w.print();
}
For Firefox use
iframewin.print()
for IE use
iframedocument.execCommand('print', false, null);
see also Unable to print an iframe on IE using JavaScript, prints parent page instead
Close the window only when it is not IE:
function printDiv() {
var divToPrint = document.getElementById('printArea');
var newWin= window.open();
newWin.document.write(divToPrint.innerHTML);
newWin.print();
if (navigator.appName != 'Microsoft Internet Explorer') newWin.window.close();
}
Just to add some additional information. In IE 11, using merely
window.open()
causes
window.document
to be undefined. To resolve this, use
window.open( null, '_blank' )
This will also work correctly in Chrome, Firefox and Safari.
I don't have enough reputation to comment, so had to create an answer.
I was told to do document.close after document.write, I dont see how or why but this caused my script to wait until I closed the print dialog before it ran my window.close.
var printContent = document.getElementbyId('wrapper').innerHTML;
var disp_setting="toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,menubar=no, scrollbars=no,width=600, height=825, left=100, top=25"
var printWindow = window.open("","",disp_setting);
printWindow.document.write(printContent);
printWindow.document.close();
printWindow.focus();
printWindow.print();
printWindow.close();
The way we typically handle printing is to just open the new window with everything in it that needs to be sent to the printer. Then we have the user actually click on their browsers Print button.
This has always been acceptable in the past, and it sidesteps the security restrictions that Chilln is talking about.
Add these lines after newWin.document.write(divToPrint.innerHTML)
newWin.document.close();
newWin.focus();
newWin.print();
newWin.close();
Then print function will work in all browser...
function printDiv() {
var divToPrint = document.getElementById('printArea');
newWin= window.open();
newWin.document.write(divToPrint.innerHTML);
newWin.location.reload();
newWin.focus();
newWin.print();
newWin.close();
}
function functionname() {
var divToPrint = document.getElementById('divid');
newWin= window.open();
newWin.document.write(divToPrint.innerHTML);
newWin.location.reload();
newWin.focus();
newWin.print();
newWin.close();
}
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