disable buttons when printing an asp page

[Rahul Chatterjee]

Hello All

I have a web page which is a confirmation page giving a receipt. I have a
couple of buttons on that page - one of them is a print button which is a
javascript:window.print() command on the onClick event. The problem I am
facing is that it prints the page along with the buttons. Is there any way
to disable the printing of the buttons through the code itself. Also is
there any way to disable the header and footer url and titles that print. I
know we can do this through the settings on the print control but I dont
want the user to have to do this. When they print I want them to be able to
just print the confirmation page minus the command buttons and the URL's
etc.


Also is there any way to disable the browser back arrow function on this
page only.

Please advise

Thanks

 

[Aaron Bertrand [MVP]]

You can use style sheets to render them invisible for print but visible for
screen display. Not ASP-related, btw; please follow up in an HTML or CSS
newsgroup.

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/media.html

 

[Roland Hall]

in message
: Hello All
:
: I have a web page which is a confirmation page giving a receipt. I have a
: couple of buttons on that page - one of them is a print button which is a
: javascript:window.print() command on the onClick event. The problem I am
: facing is that it prints the page along with the buttons. Is there any way
: to disable the printing of the buttons through the code itself. Also is
: there any way to disable the header and footer url and titles that print.
I
: know we can do this through the settings on the print control but I dont
: want the user to have to do this. When they print I want them to be able
to
: just print the confirmation page minus the command buttons and the URL's
: etc.

I use two CSS files linked in a popup window for the receipt by building the
page dynamically:

<link rel='stylesheet' type='text\/css' href='/css/printstyles.css'
media='print' \/>
<link rel='stylesheet' type='text\/css' href='/css/screenstyles.css'
media='screen' \/>

The media= defines screen or printer. In the printstyles.css file, I set
any elements I want to turn off with display: none.

HTH...

--
Roland Hall
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