Feedback on: irt.org FAQ Knowledge Base Q73
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I discovered a way of making the above concept work in MSIE4.0 as well. Using the script provided in Q481 and a print button on FrameA.formA.printbutton, you can move focus to a visible form element (parent.FrameB.formB.textbox.focus()) in frame (Frame B)and submitting that form where the onsubmit="javascript:window.print()" for formB. Frame B will print. The key is moving focus to a visible form element on Frame B, otherwise it will print the Frame A where focus from the print button remains.
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I'm getting e-mailed on the comment above so here is a working example:
In your frame page, make FrameA and FrameB the frame names.
Html for framer page below:
<html><head></head>
<frameset rows="20%,*">
<frame SRC="framea.htm" name="FrameA" noresize>
<frame SRC="frameb.htm" name="FrameB" noresize>
<noframes>
<body>
</body>
</noframes>
</frameset>
</html>
Html for framea.htm page below:
<html><head><script>
function printotherframe()
{
parent.FrameB.formB.textboxb.focus()
parent.FrameB.formB.submit()
}
</script></head>
<body>
<form name="formA"><input type="button" value="Print the other frame" onclick="printotherframe()">
</body></html>
Html for frameb.htm page below:
<html><head>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript">
sub window_onunload
on error resume next
' Just tidy up when we leave to be sure we aren't
' keeping instances of the web-browser control in memory
set WB = nothing
end sub
sub print
OLECMDID_PRINT = 6
OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER = 2
OLECMDEXECOPT_PROMPTUSER = 1
on error resume next
'IE4 object has different command structure
if DA then
call WB.ExecWB(OLECMDID_PRINT, OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER)
else
call WB.IOleCommandTarget.Exec(OLECMDID_PRINT ,OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER,"","")
end if
if err.number <> 0 then
if DA then ' IE4 they probably cancelled
alert "Nothing Printed :" & err.number & " : " & err.description
else
handle_error ' ie3x give alternate instructions
end if
end if
end sub
'This will be interpreted during loading.
'It will write out the correct webbrowser object depending
'on the browser version. To be sure it works, make sure you
'include this script block in between the body tags.
if DA then
'this must be IE4 or greater
wbvers="8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2"
else
'this must be IE3.x
wbvers="EAB22AC3-30C1-11CF-A7EB-0000C05BAE0B"
end if
document.write "<OBJECT ID=""WB"" WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0 CLASSID=""CLSID:"
document.write wbvers & """> </OBJECT>"
</SCRIPT>
</head>
<body>
<form name="formB" action="javascript:window.print()">
<input type="text" name="textboxb" size="12" value="Print Me">
</form>
</body></html>
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parent.otherframe.focus()
parent.otherframe.print()
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I wrestled with this problem for nearly a week. Steve's solution reminded me that when you try to print from another frame, the frame you last clicked in is the frame with the focus. The following is what I came up with that works for IE4+, as well as NN4, using a standard three frame set-up ( as shown below ).
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Parent Frame</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<FRAMESET rows="90, *">
<FRAME name="header" src="name.html">
<FRAMESET cols="18%, 82%">
<FRAME name="navigator" src="another_name.html">
<FRAME name="display" src="still_yet_another_name.html">
</FRAMESET>
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>
Again, the key is to put the focus on the frame that is supposed to be printed, by invoking "focus()" first.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Navigator Frame</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM NAME="PrintA">
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="PrintB" VALUE=" Print " onClick = "window.display.focus(); window.display.print()">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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I've noticed that with Netscape 6 it is not possible to put the focus on a frame inside another frame (E.g.:parent.UpperFrame.LowerFrame.focus()), but you can only put focus on the UpperFrame.
Does anybody know a workaround?
Thankyou.
Tommaso
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Solved my problem, though I didn't use/want to use a form/button.
My implementation is: