straight forward and it works
By: Pablo Varando
A feature a lot of people always are asking me how they can print their web pages automaticaly with a button on their page. Here's the best way to achieve this:
<a href="Javascript:window.print();">Print This Page</a>
Now there's a couple of net things that you can also add to your pages, this is an example of just one of thos things. A page break, this will ensure that when a user prints the page, they receive the formatting you want.
<p STYLE="page-break-before: always">test text in the paragraph</p>
The best thing to do is to create a page called "print.cfm". I'll be making a fake query (You can replace this with your own query. The query will retrieve the data you want printed to the end user. Let's take a look at the code:
<!--- Here you retrieve the data that's going to be printed --->
<cfquery name="qGetRecords" datasource="YourDSN">
SELECT *
FROM TableName
WHERE fieldName = '#FieldVale#'
ORDER fieldName
</cfquery>
<!--- Now let's create the page that will be printed --->
<cfoutput>
<html>
<head>
<title>The site titles</title>
</head>
<body onload="Javascript:window.print();">
<!--- Display the users initial information --->
<B>User Information:</B>
<BR />
<BR />
<cfloop query="qGetRecords">
First name: #FirstName#<BR />
Last Name: #LastName#<BR />
Email: #Email#<BR />
Biography: #Bio#<BR />
<!-- now if you want each user to print in a different page then you would add this here, (else leave it out!) --->
<p STYLE="page-break-before: always"> </p>
</cfloop>
</body>
</html>
</cfoutput>
That's pretty much it!
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About This Tutorial
Author: Pablo Varando
Total Views: 62,799
Submission Date: December 15, 2002
Last Update Date: August 25, 2011
All Tutorials By This Autor: 47
Skill Level: Beginner
Platforms Tested: CF5Total Views: 62,799
Submission Date: December 15, 2002
Last Update Date: August 25, 2011
All Tutorials By This Autor: 47
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