Support/Comments for Print Documents

I’m sorry but i have a problem with the install of this snippet :

In my general template, i called the snippet like :

[[PrintDoc? &print_doc=`Print`]]

Where Print is the name (or Alias) to my print document.

So, in my print document, I have this content :

[[PrintDoc? &print_doc=`16` &tpl=`Print`]] and i have affect to him a specific template. But the problem is that the snippet called always the same document in the print window.

What must i put in the &print_doc=`???????` for print the current document Id ?

Quote from: Dimmy at Sep 20, 2007, 02:49 AM

why not just use a print css? we do this always see the product pages on this site:

http://www.esailing.nl/Bavaria-eSailing251.html

and try printing them.

all done using css

greets Dimmy

Looks great, Dimmy (I wish I could afford the boat. I’ve chartered a Bavaria 34’ and it was a really sweet boat ).

Your print CSS does cut off the bottom of the ship name line (Bavaria 30 cruiser) and the two prices slightly (at least in IE6) but they’re still very readable.

Bob

I ran across this, in reference to using a print css and content getting chopped off

If you have an absolutely positioned element that extends longer than the length of the page, it will print preview and print correctly in every browser I tested on (Opera, IE, Safari, Camino) except for Firefox. Firefox will keep that absolutely positioned element on the first page and not let it bleed onto subsequent pages. The overflow element trick above does not correct this problem.

To fix this, implement the following:

<style type="text/css" media="print">
.classname
{
position: relative;
}
</style>

Therefore, when you print preview or print, the object will display properly and extend onto subsequent pages.

I’m sorry but i can’t resolve my problem with this snippet : The page called in the popup is always the same: It’s my first page.

In my general template, i called the snippet like :

[[PrintDoc? &print_doc=`19`]] where 19 is the Id of my Print Document.


In my Print document (id=19), I pull this content :

[[PrintDoc? &print_doc=`19` &tpl=`Print`]]

And i added a chunk name Print, it contains :

<table border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="left" style="padding-bottom: 5px"><div class="title">[*longtitle*]</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left"><div style="font-size: 9px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px">[*description*]</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>[+content+]</td>
</tr>
</table>



Can someone help me to show the correct install for this snippet. I don’t understand why a chunk is required and how this snippet call the id of the current document in the popoup.

Nothing functions for me. Thanks for your help

Thank’s for your help.

As for now, the snippet only shows the content of the Print-document itself. Here is my data:

In the template of the documents that is to be printed I put: [[PrintDoc? &print_doc=`348`]] where 348 is the ID of my Print-document.

The Print-document (ID=348) contains: [[PrintDoc? &print_doc=`348` &tpl=`printTemplate`]].

The template for templating the printout is called printTemplate and contains:
<table border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="left" style="padding-bottom: 5px"><div class="title">[*pagetitle*]</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left"><div style="font-size: 9px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px">[*description*]</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>[*content*]</td>
</tr>
</table>

But whatever I do the only document that shows up in the popup-window is the Print-document itself (ID=348). So far I can’t figure out whats wrong. Can someone of you that has this working properly Please post your data in the same way for us to compare?

Thanks.

Yes,it seem the process to install this snippet is not evident for someone...Isnt’it ?

You might try this:



to print the current document, although I think the snippet could (should?) be written to do this automatically if there is no &print_doc parameter.

Bob

Hm, I have tried every thing you guys said here, but for me it doesn’t work at all. The snippet only shows the print-document it self, whatever I do.

It would be wery nice if someone could lend an eye over to this and see if there could be some improvements to the snippet itself.

Quote from: Sylvaticus at Jan 07, 2008, 12:43 PM

Hm, I have tried every thing you guys said here, but for me it doesn’t work at all. The snippet only shows the print-document it self, whatever I do.

It would be wery nice if someone could lend an eye over to this and see if there could be some improvements to the snippet itself.

Sorry that didn’t work. I’m afraid I’m just guessing at solutions because I don’t use the snippet myself. I use a dedicated print .css file to control what’s printed and put a javascript "Print this page" button on the page.

Bob

Quote from: BobRay at Jan 08, 2008, 08:06 PM

I use a dedicated print .css file to control what’s printed and put a javascript "Print this page" button on the page.

That became my solution as well.