acedrummond
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| Posted: 01/03/2011, 8:45 PM |
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Environment WAMP CCS 4
Question #1
I have several reports I built with report builder that work just fine.
Reports have the 'printable version' link that generates a printable version on screen.
In order to physically print I need to do Ctrl+P.
Is there anyway to automate so when I use link Printable Report it generates the report and physically prints it without have to Ctrl+P?
Question #2
I have several situations where I put multiple reports on the screen.
When I use the Printable Version Link it does not consistently paginate the report and wastes a lot of paper. Is there a way to control how this would paginate the physical report?
Thanks for any insight!
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datadoit
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| Posted: 01/04/2011, 6:09 AM |
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#1: The best you're going to be able to do is present the print dialog
with javascript's window.print().
#2: I think for much more granular control of printed output, you'll be
better served by generating a PDF of the reports. It involves more
work, but you'll be the envy of your user base.
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acedrummond
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| Posted: 01/05/2011, 9:20 AM |
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I obtained a solution thanks to Helen at CCS Support to the printing without CTRL+P and that is to use a javascript to accomplish this.
In my case since I was already using an include file with a hyperlinks I created called 'printer_output' with the html code as follows:
<A HREF="javascript:window.print()">PRINT HARDCOPY</A>
This opens the standard print dialogue so the user can choose the printer etc and obtain hardcopy on demand.
A full explanation can be found on the web a http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/javascript/article.ph...-JavaScript.htm
They explain how to enhance this too!
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acedrummond
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| Posted: 01/05/2011, 10:28 AM |
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The pagination problem is now solved too - It was a problem caused by FIREFOX in this case. To resolve I set top and bottom margin to zero in page setup!
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