Print page function

Hi gang,

On my order page I want to add a button next to my "Submit" and "Reset" that
is called "Print". So customers can print out the order page and fax it to
me if they dont feel safe emailing the page to me.

Can someone please let me know what the code is I need to make this button
print the page or point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance.

Matt

www.mattlauder.com.au

Yep the page will be sent secure. I know they could use the print icon on
their browser, I just wanted a print function on the web page.

"darrel" <notreal (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

On my order page I want to add a button next to my "Submit" and "Reset"
that
is called "Print". So customers can print out the order page and fax it
to
me if they dont feel safe emailing the page to me.

Can someone please let me know what the code is I need to make this
button
print the page or point me in the right direction?

There's a button up there on your web browser called PRINT. That's the one
you want to click on.

Do note that not all browser will print out the form fields with data in
them, however. You're better off submitting the form to the server, taking
the data, reformating, and send that back to the screen for printing.

BTW, what kind of information are you expecting people to email to you? If
it's private stuff, you really should be using a secure server to handle
it.

-Darrel

.oO(Matt James)

Yep the page will be sent secure. I know they could use the print icon on
their browser, I just wanted a print function on the web page.

Why? It makes no sense and provides no benefits.

You can't replace a browser feature in a reliable way. The built-in
print button will work always, your replacement will fail in some
browsers.

Micha

It will fail in IE5/Mac.

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"Matt James" <info (AT) matthew-james (DOT) com.au> wrote

Yep the page will be sent secure. I know they could use the print icon on
their browser, I just wanted a print function on the web page.

"darrel" <notreal (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:cme8ku$cg9$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
On my order page I want to add a button next to my "Submit" and "Reset"
that
is called "Print". So customers can print out the order page and fax it
to
me if they dont feel safe emailing the page to me.

Can someone please let me know what the code is I need to make this
button
print the page or point me in the right direction?

There's a button up there on your web browser called PRINT. That's the
one
you want to click on.

Do note that not all browser will print out the form fields with data in
them, however. You're better off submitting the form to the server,
taking
the data, reformating, and send that back to the screen for printing.

BTW, what kind of information are you expecting people to email to you?
If
it's private stuff, you really should be using a secure server to handle
it.

-Darrel

Yep the page will be sent secure. I know they could use the print icon on
their browser, I just wanted a print function on the web page.

Why? Everyone knows how to print a file. That's one of the most basic of
computer skills.

You could try to use a javascript to print it, but that only works in IE on
Windows and only works if Javascript is enabled. Google will turn up some
examples for you.

-Darrel