How :javascript call print preview

~ hernk

I found the script from jguru to call print preview from javascript.
I dont know whats the limitations, but its works perfectly as I expected.

Here is the script :
<html>
<head>
<title>Print Preview</title>
<script>
function printpr()
{
var OLECMDID = 7;
/* OLECMDID values:
* 6 – print
* 7 – print preview
* 1 – open window
* 4 – Save As
*/

var PROMPT = 1; // 2 DONTPROMPTUSER
var WebBrowser = ‘<OBJECT ID=”WebBrowser1″ WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0 CLASSID=”CLSID:8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2″></OBJECT>’;
document.body.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeEnd’, WebBrowser);

WebBrowser1.ExecWB(OLECMDID, PROMPT);
WebBrowser1.outerHTML = “”;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type=’button’ value=”Print Preview” onclick=”printpr();”>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Thanks in advance Ravi Verelly for the script.

32 thoughts on “How :javascript call print preview”

  1. Note about Scripting Support for Web Page Printing from microsoft

    WebBrowser is known to support OLECMDID_PRINT(6,1) and OLECMDID_PAGESETUP(8) printing related commands
    The trick is to create a temporary WebBrowser object with DHTML and invoke ExecWB(6, 1) on it to print the page.
    ExecWB(6, 1) could fail if a user selected the Cancel button on the print dialog

    for detail article click :
    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms976105.aspx

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  4. for Dhunk and Jack :

    I’ll try with PSP using IE7 it work, but it has some limitations.
    but I forgot whats the limitations.

    Maybe You could find with some experiment and some tricky

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  13. for some reason when I copied the code from here it didn’t work ((

    But when I modified it slightly it worked just fine. I am using IE7 and didn’t try it on anything else. I think the problem was with wrong quotes originally. Sorry, if this repeatation is inappropriate, but I thought it might help someone.

    function printpr()
    {
    var OLECMDID = 7;
    /* OLECMDID values:
    * 6 – print
    * 7 – print preview
    * 1 – open window
    * 4 – Save As
    */
    var PROMPT = 1; // 2 DONTPROMPTUSER
    var WebBrowser = ”;
    document.body.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeEnd’, WebBrowser);
    WebBrowser1.ExecWB(OLECMDID, PROMPT);
    WebBrowser1.outerHTML = “”;
    }

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  14. Oops, it didn’t work right the first time and there is no option to change what I posted. So here is another try

    !
    !
    function printpr()
    {
    var OLECMDID = 7;
    /* OLECMDID values:
    * 6 – print
    * 7 – print preview
    * 1 – open window
    * 4 – Save As
    */
    var PROMPT = 1; // 2 DONTPROMPTUSER
    var WebBrowser = ”;
    document.body.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeEnd’, WebBrowser);
    WebBrowser1.ExecWB(OLECMDID, PROMPT);
    WebBrowser1.outerHTML = “”;
    }
    !
    !

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  15. Well… seems I cannot post it right here. Tag signs are screwed up. You can delete these comments, there’s no use of them like this.

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  16. It works fine in IE .
    if it is not working-mostly because your IE already disable ActiveXobject. Please enable it.

    Firefox is not support for this code.
    Firefox browser have its own print preview function -You can call the nsIWebBrowserPrint::PrintPreview() method.

    Or simple way to do is using popup window to do the print preview job.more easier ~ ^_^

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  19. Do anyone tried using [ nsIWebBrowserPrint::PrintPreview() ] command in Firefox !!! Am new to the scripting language. Any suggestions will be highly appreciated !!!

    Thanks in Advance

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  20. Hi
    The print preview works for me. Is there a way to close the print preview window with javascript?
    Thanks!!

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  21. You may try VIEWidget from
    http://hexatech.com/viewidget

    It works with all major browers.

    It is a javascript-programmable report & technical drawing generator and print preview control.
    You may use VIEWidget to generate reports or technical drawings,
    display the results in a scrolling and zooming viewer on your web page and then print it.
    It is a very flexible and productive RAD tool as it lets you freely draw tables or
    other objects at arbitrary x-y coordinates.
    Below is a simple Hello World example with two print-preview pages generated:

    //get length unit
    var INCH = control1.getInch();

    //create document
    control1.startDoc();

    control1.drawString(1*INCH, 1*INCH, “Hello World from Page 1”);

    //…draw other stuff here

    //create 2nd page
    control1.newPage();
    control1.drawString(1*INCH, 1*INCH, “Hello World from Page 2”);

    //…draw other stuff here

    //end document
    control1.endDoc();

    //preview first page (page index=0)
    control1.setCurrentPage(0);
    control1.preview();

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