[Javascript] problem to print embdad pdf which is in object tag in Fire fox

Terry Riegel riegel at clearimageonline.com
Wed Jul 14 08:42:59 CDT 2010 

I am sorry I don't know what a window print box is. I also do not know what a PDF print box is.

Terry



On Jul 14, 2010, at 9:32 AM, vivek joshi wrote:

> Thanks for the solution ,but it is not working fine in IE ,In IE it shows
> Window print box rather PDF print box
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Terry Riegel
> <riegel at clearimageonline.com>wrote:
> 
>> Vivek,
>> 
>> I believe the print() method is only available to the global object window,
>> and to the object document.
>> 
>> So in your example it looks like you are trying to print a pdf. Assuming
>> that is what you are attempting to do then I would suggest creating a simple
>> html document with an iframe in it. Something like...
>> 
>> <html>
>> <head>
>> <script>
>>  function doit() {
>>   parent.printframe.print();
>>  }
>> </script>
>> </head>
>> <body>
>> <iframe name="printframe" src="mypdf.pdf" border="4"></iframe>
>> <button onclick="doit()">click</button>
>> </body>
>> </html>
>> 
>> I tested the code above and it seems to work fine with Firefox assuming
>> Firefox knows how to deal with pdf files. In other words is Firefox doesn't
>> have a plugin to display pdf's inline then it will simply download the pdf.
>> 
>> I would avoid the object tag unless you have a good reason to use it. The
>> iframe is basically a way to get another browser window in your existing
>> document. This would seem to provide the most consistent experience to your
>> users.
>> 
>> That should get you started.
>> 
>> Terry
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 14, 2010, at 6:15 AM, vivek joshi wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi terry i am not much stronger in javascript ,but i have remove the body
>>> tag from the code ,the code is not working fine . and  I tried it with
>> div
>>> tag also I am not able to do it i,if you have some code then can you send
>> me
>>> please
>>> 
>>> <html>
>>> <head>
>>> <script>
>>> function doit() {
>>> var x=document.getElementById("doodad");
>>> x.print();
>>> }
>>> </script>
>>> </head>
>>> <frameset rows='*' framespacing='0' border='0' frameborder='0'>
>>> <frame id="topframe" name="topframe">
>>> <object id="doodad" data="
>>> 
>> http://bnbussys4web1.pb.com/images/LabelToPDF.pdf#toolbar=0&navpanes=0&scrol
>>> lbar=0"
>>> type="application/pdf" width="500" height="500">
>>> </object>
>>> <button onclick="doit()">click</button>
>>> </frame>
>>> </frameset>
>>> </html>
>>> </head>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Terry Riegel
>>> <riegel at clearimageonline.com>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Sure, what does your code look like after employing David and Phillip's
>>>> suggestions?
>>>> 
>>>> Terry
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jul 14, 2010, at 5:27 AM, vivek joshi <vivekjoshi07 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> can any one please help me ,for this matter  , till now it is not
>> solved
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:22 PM, David Lovering <dlovering at gazos.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> From what I've seen, Firefox is a lot tighter about grammar
>> violations
>>>>>> (i.e;
>>>>>> mixing frameset and body declarations) in the same .html object.
>> Maybe
>>>>>> that's why your code is dying outside IE.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Break it down into the details, such as importing a PDF into a .div
>> and
>>>>>> then
>>>>>> trying to print it.  There are a number of examples out there that
>>>>>> demonstrate this method, and the ones I've used seem to port well
>> across
>>>>>> platforms.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Really, mixing Framesets and body entities is a violation of the DOM
>>>>>> structure (unless as noted earlier you wrap the body in a noframeset
>>>>>> pairing, which effectively neuters the body block).  By "cleaning up"
>>>> the
>>>>>> previous author almost certainly meant "make DOM-compliant".  Your
>> code
>>>>>> (even reduced) doesn't go through my syntax parser without throwing
>>>> flags.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- David Lovering
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: javascript-bounces at lists.evolt.org
>>>>>> [mailto:javascript-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of vivek joshi
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 7:41 AM
>>>>>> To: JavaScript List
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Javascript] problem to print embdad pdf which is in
>> object
>>>>>> tag
>>>>>> in Fire fox
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <html>
>>>>>> <head>
>>>>>> <script>
>>>>>> function doit() {
>>>>>> var x=document.getElementById("doodad");
>>>>>> x.print();
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> </script>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> </head>
>>>>>> <body>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <frameset rows='*' framespacing='0' border='0' frameborder='0'>
>>>>>> <frame id="topframe" name="topframe">
>>>>>> <object id="doodad" data="
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> http://bnbussys4web1.pb.com/images/LabelToPDF.pdf#toolbar=0&navpanes=0&scrol
>>>>>> lbar=0"
>>>>>> type="application/pdf" width="500" height="500">
>>>>>> </object>
>>>>>> <button onclick="doit()">click</button>
>>>>>> </frame>
>>>>>> </frameset>
>>>>>> </body>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Philip Thompson
>>>>>> <philthathril at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jul 12, 2010, at 5:58 AM, vivek joshi wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi All
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> can any one please help me. i am not able to print embaded pdf in
>>>>>>>> FireFox ,the same code is working fine in IE ,the code is given
>> below
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> <html>
>>>>>>>> <head>
>>>>>>>> <script>
>>>>>>>> function doit() {
>>>>>>>> //alert("x");
>>>>>>>> var x=document.getElementById("doodad");
>>>>>>>> //alert(x);
>>>>>>>> //x.click();
>>>>>>>> //x.setActive();
>>>>>>>> //x.focus();
>>>>>>>> 
>> //window.parent.frames["a"].document.getElementById("doodad").print();
>>>>>>>>  x.print();
>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>> </script>
>>>>>>>> </head>
>>>>>>>> <body>
>>>>>>>> <frameset rows='*' framespacing='0' border='0' frameborder='0'>
>>>>>>>> <frame id="topframe" name="topframe">
>>>>>>>> <object id="doodad" data="
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> http://bnbussys4web1.pb.com/images/LabelToPDF.pdf#toolbar=0&navpanes=0&scrol
>>>>>> lbar=0
>>>>>>> "
>>>>>>>> type="application/pdf" width="500" height="500">
>>>>>>>> </object>
>>>>>>>> <button onclick="doit()">click</button>
>>>>>>>> </frame>
>>>>>>>> </frameset>
>>>>>>>> </body>
>>>>>>>> </html>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> First, you should probably filter the extra junk out of your
>> example...
>>>>>>> people don't want to have to wade through it to find what the issue
>> is.
>>>>>>> Second, you can't have a "body" tag and a "frameset" tag in the same
>>>> file
>>>>>>> (unless you include a body tag within a "noframeset" tag). I don't
>>>> think
>>>>>>> this will necessarily fix the issue you're having, but try cleaning
>> it
>>>> up
>>>>>>> first.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ~Philip
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> Javascript mailing list
>>>>>>> Javascript at lists.evolt.org
>>>>>>> http://lists.evolt.org/mailman/listinfo/javascript
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> Javascript mailing list
>>>>>> Javascript at lists.evolt.org
>>>>>> http://lists.evolt.org/mailman/listinfo/javascript
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> Javascript mailing list
>>>>>> Javascript at lists.evolt.org
>>>>>> http://lists.evolt.org/mailman/listinfo/javascript
>>>>>> 
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Javascript mailing list
>>>>> Javascript at lists.evolt.org
>>>>> http://lists.evolt.org/mailman/listinfo/javascript
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Javascript mailing list
>>>> Javascript at lists.evolt.org
>>>> http://lists.evolt.org/mailman/listinfo/javascript
>>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Javascript mailing list
>>> Javascript at lists.evolt.org
>>> http://lists.evolt.org/mailman/listinfo/javascript
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Javascript mailing list
>> Javascript at lists.evolt.org
>> http://lists.evolt.org/mailman/listinfo/javascript
>> 
> _______________________________________________
> Javascript mailing list
> Javascript at lists.evolt.org
> http://lists.evolt.org/mailman/listinfo/javascript

More information about the Javascript mailing list