Inconsistent window.print behavior in Netscape and IE6

Prasoon · Mar 20, 2007

I have a JSP page on which when print is pressed - Records are fetched
on a redirected page and those are to be printed.
I use the lines -
<script language="javascript">
window.print();
history.back();
</script>
to do the same.

When browsed from Netscape 4.7, the Resultset page is printed
perfectly whereas in IE6, the resultset page is generated and the
source page is printed i.e. the one where Print command was given

Is there a workaround for IE6 for the same which will let me print the
Result page silently without changing the sequence of operations for
the user?

Tom Cole · Mar 20, 2007

I have a JSP page on which when print is pressed - Records are fetched
on a redirected page and those are to be printed.
I use the lines -
<script language="javascript">

Replace this with said:
window.print();
history.back();
</script>
to do the same.

When browsed from Netscape 4.7, the Resultset page is printed
perfectly whereas in IE6, the resultset page is generated and the
source page is printed i.e. the one where Print command was given

Is there a workaround for IE6 for the same which will let me print the
Result page silently without changing the sequence of operations for
the user?

Your code is getting run inline. What you should do is put your code
inside a function block and call that function from the onload event
handler:

<script type="text/javascript">

function doPrint() {
window.print();
history.back();
}

</script>

<body onload="doPrint();">
....
</body>

HTH.

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Inconsistent window.print behavior in Netscape and IE6

Prasoon

Tom Cole

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