[Javascript] Re: How to modify the browsers page setup parameters like orientation and margins?

[Ed <eklinger@sunterra.com>]

Thanks.  I was able to get to the link.  I will check it out.  I was 
hoping there would be a straight forward solution for this but it 
looks like it is turnning into a research project.  Oh well.

Thanks again

Ed

--- In javascript at yahoogroups.com, "William T. Simmons" 
<tsimmons at e...> wrote:
> Ed,
> This is almost certainly one of those things that would have to be 
done via
> IE-specific DHTML. The best place to start looking would be in the 
DHTML SDK
> Reference section of the MSDN site:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?
url=/workshop/author/dhtml/ref
> erence/dhtmlrefs.asp
> 
> I hope that URL doesn't come through munged. Anyway, although I 
haven't done
> the exact thing you're talking about, I've got the hard copy 
equivalent to
> the above resource and remember seeing it when researching 
something else. I
> wish I could help in a more specific way. Good luck!
> 
> Tommy Simmons
> Employment Law Advisory Network
> www.employmentlawadvisors.com
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Klinger, Edwin" <EKlinger at S...>
> To: <javascript at L...>
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 1:18 PM
> Subject: [Javascript] How to modify the browsers page setup 
parameters like
> orientation and margins?
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm looking for a way in JavaScript to be able to set the
> > browsers "Page Setup" properties. I'm specifically talking about 
IE
> > 5+.
> >
> > I would like to be able to set the page orientation and margins. 
This
> > is needed for printing purposes and not for displaying the page in
> > the browser.
> >
> > I have a wide table that is about 900 in width that I need to 
print in
> > landscape and adjust the browsers margins to fit this table on the
> > paper. I will be opening a new window for printing this table 
using
> > the window.open()method.
> >
> > I would like to set these properties myself and not have the user
> > fiddle with them. Is this possible? Any other suggestions if not?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > Ed Klinger
> 
> 
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