The page I am working on has a javascript function executed to print parts of the page. For some reason, printing in Safari, causes the window to somehow update. I say somehow, because it does not really refresh as in reload the page, but rather it starts the "rendering" of the page from start, i.e. scroll to top, flash animations start from 0, and so forth. The effect is reproduced by this fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/fYmnB/ Clicking the print button and finishing or cancelling a print in Safari causes the screen to "go white" for a sec, which in my real website manifests itself as something "like" a reload. While running print button with, let's say, Firefox, just opens and closes the print dialogue without affecting the fiddle page in any way. Is there something with my way of calling the browsers print method that causes this, or how can it be explained - and preferably, avoided? P.S.: On my real site the same occurs with Chrome. In the ex
Check out the Drawing and Printing Guide for iOS -- I linked to the printing section. There's sample code and good links to more sample code there.
ReplyDeleteEdit: I see now that you indicate you find the documentation difficult to follow.
Word documents are complicated -- you'll need to parse through the data, which is quite difficult.
Text and HTML are easier. I took Apple's example for HTML and changed it for plain text:
- (IBAction)printContent:(id)sender {
UIPrintInteractionController *pic = [UIPrintInteractionController sharedPrintController];
pic.delegate = self;
UIPrintInfo *printInfo = [UIPrintInfo printInfo];
printInfo.outputType = UIPrintInfoOutputGeneral;
printInfo.jobName = self.documentName;
pic.printInfo = printInfo;
UISimpleTextPrintFormatter *textFormatter = [[UISimpleTextPrintFormatter alloc]
initWithText:yourNSStringWithContextOfTextFileHere];
textFormatter.startPage = 0;
textFormatter.contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(72.0, 72.0, 72.0, 72.0); // 1 inch margins
textFormatter.maximumContentWidth = 6 * 72.0;
pic.printFormatter = textFormatter;
[textFormatter release];
pic.showsPageRange = YES;
void (^completionHandler)(UIPrintInteractionController *, BOOL, NSError *) =
^(UIPrintInteractionController *printController, BOOL completed, NSError *error) {
if (!completed && error) {
NSLog(@"Printing could not complete because of error: %@", error);
}
};
if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad) {
[pic presentFromBarButtonItem:sender animated:YES completionHandler:completionHandler];
} else {
[pic presentAnimated:YES completionHandler:completionHandler];
}
}