Calling a view in a separate window to print it

Question

Hello
BSP with MVC:
In my main view there is a print button, which should call another view, which I want to print with standard
print functionality.
How is the syntax to call a view which is part of the same BSP-Application in a Separate window?
Thanks and Kind regards.
Carola

Answer 1

Hi Carola,
you can do it in various ways, here is one of them:
Place this code before the button element:
<script type="text/javascript">
function PrintWindowOpen() {
  window_parameters = 'hotkeys=no,location=no,menubar=yes,toolbar=no,status=yes,resizable=yes,top=0,left=0,'
                    + 'width=' + screen.availWidth + ',height=' + screen.availHeight;
  window_location = 'print.do';
  myPrintWindow = window.open(window_location,'myPrintWindow',window_parameters);
  myPrintWindow.focus();
</script>
And do this for the button element you want to use for opening the print window:
<htmlb:button ...
  onClientClick = "PrintWindowOpen();"
  ... />
The javascript variable <b>window_parameters</b> is a string containing parameter to control the window that will get opened, for a full listing of what you can use see this page:
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/htmldom/dom_obj_window.asp">HTML DOM Window Object on www.w3schools.com</a>
Cheers,
Max
Message was edited by: Brian McKellar
Fixed the code
From: onClientClick = "javascript:PrintWindowOpen();"
To:   onClientClick = "PrintWindowOpen();"
It is not required, nor good, to set the JavaScript: protocol, as this is implicitly done already in browser. Otherwise, perfect example!