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How to print a document without loading it?

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Aug 14.2004

Can anyone tell me the HTML source code or similar on how to prompt the printing of a document without actually loading it in the browser. In other words: Click icon / skip the browser loading document / prompt a print of the remotely hosted document.

Would be ideal for Word, Excel documents.

Is it possible?

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@sciguyryanAug 15.2004 — I don;t think its possible because the information has to be loaded into the browser so it can print it.



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    @Ben_RogersAug 15.2004 — Well, plain HTML doesn't allow you to do things such as this. Maybe you could try in the JavaScript forum..?
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    @ray326Aug 15.2004 — You can't print a document without loading it into an application that understands it. Since Word and Excel documents are not Web documents you'll have to do this in a Windowy way, e.g. using OLE or DDE to launch and drive Word and Excel to do the dirty work.
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