Tnanks for your help Joe and yes, it is an error. Unfortunately correcting
it doesn't seem to solve the problem, sadly. Thanks again, Maz
> > Can't see anything wrong except shouldn't:
> printWindow.window.print();
b> e:
> printWindow.print();
?>
J> oe
>
>> From: "Premjit Mazumdar" <premjit@p...>
>> Reply-To: "javascript" <javascript@p...>
>> To: "javascript" <javascript@p...>
>> Subject: [javascript] Re: Printing works sometimes and sometimes not!
>> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 08:30:30
>>
>> Apologies: I left of the declaration of the printWindow variable of
c> ourse!
>> Maz
>>
>>
>> > Hi, I have a problem with the following cut-down version of a
function.
>> If
>> I> leave in the printWindow.close() line at the bottom, I find that the
>> f> irst time a user calls this function, even if the window contains
more
>> t> han one page of text, only one page is printed. On subsequent calls,
it
>> m> ay well be that all the pages are printed. I can't understand this
>> b> ehaviour - cannot see anything wrong with the code or any logical
>> s> equence to these events.
>>
>> > Can anyone help please!
>>
>> > Thanks,
>>
>> > Maz
>>
>> >
>> > function printBulletin()
>> > {
>> > var sText="";
>> > var printWindow;
>> > var bprintingConfirmed = confirmPrint("bulletin");
>>
>> > if (bprintingConfirmed == "true")
>> > {
>>
>> > // ..collect text code here and assign to sText...
>> > printWindow = window.open
>>
(>
> '', 'PrintBulletin', 'height=400,width=700,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,too
>> lb
>> a> r=no,menubar=yes,location=no,left=50,top=50');
>> > printWindow.document.open();
>> > printWindow.focus();
>> > printWindow.document.write(sText);
>> > printWindow.document.write('</DIV></BODY></HTML>');
>> > printWindow.document.close();
>> > printWindow.window.print();
>>
>> > //printWindow.close(); omitted as sometimes only
>> o> ne page is printed; subsequent prints work though!
>> > printWindow.alert("You may now close this window
>> i> f you wish.");
>> >
>>
>> >
>> > }
>> > }
>>
>> >
>>
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> Tnanks for your help Joe and yes, it is an error. Unfortunately
correcting
i> t doesn't seem to solve the problem, sadly. Thanks again, Maz