[Javascript] Printing a pdf

[Chris Tifer]

To get something to print automatically (at least open the
print dialogue), you'll need to call the window.print() method,
and since you're opening a new window and it's going to contain
a .pdf  (no script, you'll need to call it from the parent window and
target the window with the pdf

Chris Tifer
http://emailajoke.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "David T. Lovering" <dlovering at gazos.com>
To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Javascript] Printing a pdf


>
> Sounds like a no-brainer then:  just build a hot-link to the files on the
server side,
> paste them into your HTML as <a href="...">filename</a> objects, and trust
that the Windows file
> viewer will bring up Acrobat when you click on a pdf file. Works on our
server.  When the file
> appears, just click on the File "Print" option on your task-bar, and
voila! you get a print out.
>
> -- Dave Lovering
>
> "Vijayakumar, D." wrote:
> >
> > The PDF files are creted and saved in the  web server.
> > We open the PDF file in Acrobat reader when the user clicks a link in
the
> > client browser.
> >
> > D.Vijayakumar
> > Timken Engineering And Research - India Private Limited
> > Bangalore.
> > Ph: 5536113 Ext: 1074
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David T. Lovering [mailto:dlovering at gazos.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 5:55 PM
> > To: javascript at LaTech.edu
> > Subject: Re: [Javascript] Printing a pdf
> >
> > Depends.  Do you have Adobe Acrobat Reader running on your server and/or
> > client,
> > and do you have a local PostScript printer?  Which methods you use will
> > depend
> > on the answers to these questions.
> >
> > -- Dave Lovering
> >
> > "Vijayakumar, D." wrote:
> > >
> > > Pls get me the code to print a pdf dynamically which is opened in a
new
> > > window.
> > >
> > > D.Vijayakumar
> > > Timken Engineering And Research - India Private Limited
> > > Bangalore.
> > > Ph: 5536113 Ext: 1074
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