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Jun 02.2008

Hi all,
I am searching for JavaScript code to avoid the print dialog box that pops-up when we print any webpage.

I had a solution for this in vbscript , but that is not acceptable to client. Can anyone suggest me how to go about it or any pointers to do this in JavaScript or any other web technologies?

Thanks in advance.

Shailen

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@TeufelJun 02.2008 — No, that is not possible, and that's OK that way. I don't want to webpages to make my printer go empty, would you?
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@felgallJun 02.2008 — How would your page know which of my printers I want to print to unless it displays the dialog to ask me?
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@shailenauthorJun 03.2008 — @fellgal it should take the default printer set.

the vbScript I was talking about works like that.

Atleast we should have a setting on the browser to allow such features for some trusted sites, if not by JavaScript like languages.
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@Declan1991Jun 03.2008 — The idea behind a web browser is that you are isolated from the web. JavaScript is not allowed to interact with your computer (except JScript using ActiveX and that is IE only, and disabled by default) and shouldn't be. While your site may be trusted, how is the browser to know that. A lot of things like that can be set, such as changing the statusbar text, resizing windows etc.
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