Is there any way that I can set up the submit button to automatically print the module (or page) contents? The manager of the people using the form wants to make sure that no record is lost, and doesn't want to rely on the users to remember to click the print icon before submitting? For 10 additional points, is there any way that this functionality can be made to only happen on the initial submit (record not yet saved in the DB), but returning to the record via the method in Dynamic Forms Demonstration #14 (clicking the edit pencil) would not set the submit button to auto-print? It seems like both of these could be done via client-side javascript, but I can't figure out where I would alter the submit buttons js call, and I definitely don't want this functionality across the board in the other 15 or so Dynamic Forms modules that I've developed for my company's intranet. By the way, the call from the submit button is as follows:

javascript:WebForm_DoPostBackWithOptions(new WebForm_PostBackOptions("dnn$ctr1217$DynamicForms$lnkSave", "", true, "DynamicForms_1217", "", false, true))

Thanks -ToddJ

I was able to get most of what I wanted working. I found that in the module configuration, in the Custom JavaScript File section, that I could add javascript to execute on Submit/Save. I only wanted this to print on the initial submission of the form. Since editing the forms changes the URL to have the parameter DBUpdate=True, I used the following to parse out the parameters and check for this one, printing only if the parameter is not found:

var b = "False";
var a = window.location.href;
var myStringList = a.split('&');
var i = 0;
while (i < myStringList.length) {
if (myStringList == "DBUpdate=True")
b = "True";
i++;
}
if (b == "False") {
window.print();
}

However, I would prefer to not print the entire page, and would like it to be a little cleaner before printing. There is already a print button in the module; it's call is:
__doPostBack('dnn$ctr1217$dnnACTIONBUTTON3$ico4','')

So I changed my javascript to read:

var b = "False";
var a = window.location.href;
var myStringList = a.split('&');
var i = 0;
while (i < myStringList.length) {
if (myStringList == "DBUpdate=True")
b = "True";
i++;
}
if (b == "False") {
__doPostBack('dnn$ctr1217$dnnACTIONBUTTON3$ico4','');
}

This only takes you to the "prettied up" page, but does not bring up the print dialog. So I tried this:

var b = "False";
var a = window.location.href;
var myStringList = a.split('&');
var i = 0;
while (i < myStringList.length) {
if (myStringList == "DBUpdate=True")
b = "True";
i++;
}
if (b == "False") {
__doPostBack('dnn$ctr1217$dnnACTIONBUTTON3$ico4','');
window.print();
}

But this did not print. Does anyone know how I can just print the module's content automatically? I don't even really need the module contents to be printer-friendly; I just want to print everything in the module without printing page banners and other columns' contents. This is your chance to be elevated to Dynamic Forms MASTER! Thanks in advance -ToddJ

Richard,

Thanks again for your help on my other topics. Hopefully the code above will count towards paying back the favor. If you find any way to do a printer-friendly auto-print with this code, please post back what you find!

Thanks, Chad. I think that we're going to end up using your suggestion in some form, since I'm finding that when validation errors occur, the print dialog still pops up. It can be cancelled, the form corrected, and then Submit still brings up the dialog again since the form is not in edit mode, but this may be too complex for some of our users, so we may just want to jump to the printer-friendly version (the one you get when you normally click the printer icon) and have the user print from there.

-ToddJ