Printing a large form

[Robert Mark Bram]

Hi All,

I have a requirement to print a large form with many fields (entered through
a separate data entry form). Due to the nature of the field and the way the
clients wants the printed version laid out, I have to insert spaces and
force line breaks to keep the page within a pixel width. Unfortunately, this
means I cannot reliably say which rows should have a page break after them
because it may change from instance to instance..

Is there a way to tell the 'current pixel height' of a page as it is being
rendered so I can make a decision about whether or not to insert a page
break?

Has anyone else faced such a problem with page to print?

Any advice is most appreciated!

Rob
:)

[Jeff North]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:31:45 +1100, in comp.lang.javascript "Robert
Mark Bram" <none> wrote:

| Hi All,
|
| I have a requirement to print a large form with many fields (entered through
| a separate data entry form). Due to the nature of the field and the way the
| clients wants the printed version laid out, I have to insert spaces and
| force line breaks to keep the page within a pixel width. Unfortunately, this
| means I cannot reliably say which rows should have a page break after them
| because it may change from instance to instance..
|
| Is there a way to tell the 'current pixel height' of a page as it is being
| rendered so I can make a decision about whether or not to insert a page
| break?
|
| Has anyone else faced such a problem with page to print?
|
| Any advice is most appreciated!
|
| Rob
| :)

I think if you want such control you'll have to go the PDF route.

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[Robert Mark Bram]

Hi Jeff,

I think if you want such control you'll have to go the PDF route.
Unfortunately I have already suggested this and had it refused. :-/

Rob
:)

"Jeff North" <jn******@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:o7********************************@4ax.com... On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:31:45 +1100, in comp.lang.javascript "Robert
Mark Bram" <none> wrote:

| Hi All,
|
| I have a requirement to print a large form with many fields (entered
through
| a separate data entry form). Due to the nature of the field and the way
the
| clients wants the printed version laid out, I have to insert spaces and
| force line breaks to keep the page within a pixel width. Unfortunately,
this
| means I cannot reliably say which rows should have a page break after
them
| because it may change from instance to instance..
|
| Is there a way to tell the 'current pixel height' of a page as it is
being
| rendered so I can make a decision about whether or not to insert a page
| break?
|
| Has anyone else faced such a problem with page to print?
|
| Any advice is most appreciated!
|
| Rob
| :)

I think if you want such control you'll have to go the PDF route.

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[Jeff North]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:43:15 +1100, in comp.lang.javascript "Robert
Mark Bram" <none> wrote:

| Hi Jeff,
|
| > I think if you want such control you'll have to go the PDF route.
|
| Unfortunately I have already suggested this and had it refused. :-/

You may want to look at the w3c CSS options for printing pages. This
is CSS2. It's implementation is flaky between different browsers.
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/page.html
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