IE print templates

[xoggoth]

Anyone ever used the MS IE print templates and has a simple sample of how to call print preview? Looked at stuff on MS and it seems like pages of incomprehensible earwig.

Basically I just want to print an HTML page without all that default header and footer stuff and also scale it so it fits on the printed page.

Much ta for any ideas.

[ScotsPine]

this is very simple

with javascript and appropriate styles - let me know if you need more.

[xoggoth]

Re: this is very simple

Ta SP. Just changing styles seems like a much easier option for the scaling, no probs with that. However, no way to get rid of/modify headers and footers from jscript is there?

These templates I mentioned seem like a non starter as am using webbrowser in VB and it seems, according to MS, that there is no mechanism for using from a VB app.

One really would have thought these days that there was a decent formal webbrowser method for formatting and scaling printout from a bog standard HTML page. Even the page setup in IE is total rubbish.

[ScotsPine]

if you

are automating internet exploer (?) then it should be straightforward.

[ScotsPine]

...

you get rid of headers and footers by using style as well.....

[ScotsPine]

...

style =
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
@media print {
.hidden { display: none }
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn


javascript
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
function screenPrint()
{
document.body.style.zoom = '80%';
window.print();
document.body.style.zoom = '100%';
}
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn


then use "span class='hidden'" etc

[xoggoth]

Re: ...

Sorry SP not quite with you on 1st bit. I assume that's shorthand not actual syntax ie you mean summit like:

£STYLE type="text/css" media="print"£
span {visibility:hidden}
£/STYLE£
and stick hidden bits in a span?

How does that remove headers/footers? Maybe we are at cross purposes here, I mean the title, page 1 of 1 etc that IE sticks on when it prints, not anything actually on the HTML page.

[ScotsPine]

using

the javascript prints out the doc without any header stuff you mention. using the style, assigned to any bits you want not printed, such as

table style=hidden
td style=hidden
span style=hidden

will cause those elements not to be printed out.

so, just give your user a button to click that runs the javascript function.

[xoggoth]

Re: using

Ta for your time SP, but no can't get that to work, it prints headers and footers. As I say, the header/footer are added on by the IE dll, they are not anything in the original html so hiding anything in it is not going to make a difference.

[ScotsPine]

but

the javascript only prints out the screen - like a screen dump. i use it myself quite a lot...