I have a asp:Wizard control in my Web Application.I need to be able to print at any step within the wizard , and print all steps up to that step not just the current step.
I've added a print button to every step page , and tried to call the javascript:window.Print(), but only the current step gets printed.
How do i get all the steps to print in 1 page?
i'd like to try and get this working in javascript first before i go down the PDF route . I've tried doing somehting like this :
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
HtmlTextWriter tw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
this.WizardStep2.RenderControl(tw);
string wizardHtmlContent = sw.ToString().Replace("\r\n", "");
string printScript = @"function printDiv(printpage)
{
var headstr = '<html><head><title></title></head><body>';
var footstr = '</body>';
var newstr = printpage;
var oldstr = document.body.innerHTML;
document.body.innerHTML = headstr+newstr+footstr;
window.print();
document.body.innerHTML = oldstr;
return false;
}";
this.Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.GetType(), "PrentDiv", printScript, true);
this.Button1.Attributes.Add("onclick", "printDiv('" + wizardHtmlContent + "');");
}
and for the aspx:
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Wizard ID="Wizard1" runat="server">
<WizardSteps>
<asp:WizardStep ID="WizardStep1" runat="server" Title="Step 1">
step1
</asp:WizardStep>
<asp:WizardStep ID="WizardStep2" runat="server" Title="Step 2">
step2
</asp:WizardStep>
</WizardSteps>
</asp:Wizard>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" />
</div>
</form>
But i'm getting a missing runat=server error on line 3 , when i attempt to render the wizard control , so i think i may need to create a new window, then output the string before i print it , but cant seem to get that working ...Anyone any ideas ?
i have found a solution for my problem , i didnt manage to accomplish it client side , but ive managed to solve it server side which is better than going down the PDF route which i didnt want to do. I found a great article here : Printing in ASP.NET
which i ammended to print all steps of my wizard control in one go. thanks for all your help.