Re: Comparing font size in IE - Web Development Discussion Boards

Member 20953326-Jul-05 20:18

Member 2095332

6-Jul-05 20:18

hi all,

The present functionality is,
that there is a button to open a document in word and then we manually press file>print.
Required functionality is, there needs to be a button which will just print the page and close it, without displaying the page.

so, i'm opening the web page using:

<code>window.open(url ,null,"top=2000,left=2000");</code>

so its not visible to the client, and onload of the form i'm giving a call to window.print(), then window.close().

also, i need to print a web page with out the header and footer on click of a button.

i tried suppressing header and footer using the following script, but not able to use, since it requires ActiveX on client machine enabled/prompt.

<code>Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
myHeader = WSHShell.RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup\header")
myFooter = WSHShell.RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup\footer")
WSHShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup\header", ""
WSHShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup\footer", ""</code>

[a web page containing 3 frames, has a central frame conataining page to be printed.]

1. can i suppress the users header footer settings in some other way?
2. if i need to use the above script, can i detect the client machine's activeX settings somehow and show a message that they need to enable it in order to print?

HELP!!
Confused | :confused:

regards,
Manisha

Re: Suppressing header footer on print.

Guffa7-Jul-05 8:36

Guffa

7-Jul-05 8:36

1. Not using client scripting or anything like that.

2. No, you can't detect the security settings. That would be a security breach.

If you want to change the users settings, either instruct the users how to change them, or supply a register file that they can run. If a script changed the settings in my browser, I would be pretty annoied...

What if the users are using a different browser?

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Bots for online game?

proach6-Jul-05 12:44

proach

6-Jul-05 12:44

I am sorry if i don't make much sense but this is because I don't quite know what i am looking for.

What I want to do is create a program that can play PHP based online game automatically. It will have to be able to exchange some data with the server so I assume that it is some kind of client application.

I was looking into doing this via IHTMLDocument interface and using some Java Scripts but i think it is not as straight forward as it might be.

any suggestions?

Asp.net + Javascript Combination

just4ulove76-Jul-05 7:28

just4ulove7

6-Jul-05 7:28

Hi,
Can someone send me links to access asp.net controls through javascript. I am new to both asp.net and javascript. Some times we dont want the data to post back to server, but i am very much confused for accessing it at client side through javascript.

Can someone Help...

Thanks

Re: Asp.net + Javascript Combination

Christian Graus6-Jul-05 11:31

Christian Graus

6-Jul-05 11:31

This is generally a bad idea, because it means you open yourself up to browser compatibility problems. If you must, then the first step is to view your source, so you can see what ASP.NET names your controls. Then you can use RegisterClientScriptBlock to inject jscript into your pages. Postback happens with a submit in jscript in your page, if you can intercept that, you can stop postback, but most controls can be stopped with autopostback=false in their attributes.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

Comparing font size in IE

llp00na6-Jul-05 6:03

llp00na

6-Jul-05 6:03

Dear group,

I am using the IE'API to get the font size of the text displayed on an IE. The class *IHTMLCurrentStyle* has got a bench of methods : get_fontSize, get_fontWeight, get_fontStyle.

Now because i will need to compare the size of elements on a web page, do you guys have any idea how to do that ?

as you can see get_fontSize() returns size in different formats (string, float ...), which will not allow me to do easy comparison between different sizes.

do you know how to get the font of text and perform simple comparison other than this way ???

cheers

llp00na

Re: Comparing font size in IE

Guffa6-Jul-05 6:44

Guffa

6-Jul-05 6:44

Although the font size and style can affect the size of an element, there is no easy way of calculating the element size from the font size and style.

What are you going to use it for?

Perhaps you are looking for the IHTMLElement.offsetWidth and IHTMLElement.offsetHeight properties?

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Re: Comparing font size in IE

llp00na6-Jul-05 8:06

llp00na

6-Jul-05 8:06

thanx for the reply,

no i am not looking for the offsetWidth and offsetHeight.

I wana find out the size of the FONT of the different textual elements and compare them. After that, i wana sort them out according to the size of the font. For example, if you have two seperate paragraphs, how would you know which paragraph is written in bigger FONT regardless of the number of words in each paragraph !!!

i am not trying to calculate the size of the overall block, i am only trying to get a numerical value of the SIZE OF THE FONT used !!!

any ideas !!!

llp00na

Re: Comparing font size in IE

Guffa6-Jul-05 9:31

Guffa

6-Jul-05 9:31

I see. You wrote that you wanted to compare the size of elements, that was what threw me off.

I don't think that there is a way to get the actual size that is used to draw the text. I don't think that you even can get the actual font that is used to draw the text. The style information only contains what is the desired font, size and style of the text. If the computer does not support that setting, it will choose one that supposedly is as close as possible. For example, if the font specified in the style is not installed on the computer, it will choose another font.

To furter complicate the matter, font sizes isn't always comparable across fonts. For example Verdana 10px looks a bit larger than Times New Roman 10px.

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javascript

cmarmr6-Jul-05 4:00

cmarmr

6-Jul-05 4:00

is there a way i can use javascript to do what i can do with
"Request.Form("field")" to get the info off the page before my current page. i am looking for something to run at the client computer

thanks
chad

Re: javascript

Guffa6-Jul-05 6:48

Guffa

6-Jul-05 6:48

No. The form data is sent from a page to the server. The server does not relay the form data into the header of the next page.

If you send the data in the url instead (post the form with method="GET") you will be able to retrieve it on the next page.

This function might be useful if you choose that method:
Javascript : querystring[^]

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Re: javascript

pigangel_yang28-Jul-05 17:51

pigangel_yang

28-Jul-05 17:51

use "get" mothed

Regular Expression Help

Brian Van Beek5-Jul-05 4:30

Brian Van Beek

5-Jul-05 4:30

Ok, I'm working on this project, we have a need to "standardize" our address data. So, right now, I have regular expressions that will turn North 7th Street into the USPS approved standard of "N 7th St" However, we have found out that we now have customers with addresses like "North Avenue" and it is unacceptable to report it as "N Ave" So, now to my actual question, is there a way with a regular expression ONLY to verify that the next word (after north for example) is not avenue. For clarifiaction, if the word Notrh is found, check to see if the very next word is avenue, and if it is, then we don't want to match. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Brian Van Beek
Here's my boring blog! [^]

Re: Regular Expression Help

mtone5-Jul-05 5:04

mtone

5-Jul-05 5:04

The same way you are finding North find Avenue after it or you can look for North and a number.
Show us your code.

Re: Regular Expression Help

Brian Van Beek5-Jul-05 5:53

Brian Van Beek

5-Jul-05 5:53

Well, here's the problem, I can't just look for a number after it, because West Duff Avenue should become W Duff Ave. Here is what I have so far...

((\b[Nn][Oo][Rr][Tt][Hh])\b)|(\b[Nn]\b\.?)

It's just a really simple regex to find the match, then I replace it with the appropriate abbreviation. This is all done during a sort of batched job. Now, I just need to be able to "not match" if the next word is avenue. But I want to do it all in one regex. Is this possible? [obviously you can tell that I'm a beginner in the world of regular expressions]

Brian Van Beek
Here's my boring blog! [^]

Javascript and Frames

mtone5-Jul-05 3:17

mtone

5-Jul-05 3:17

I am trying to figure out how to load one frame from an event in another. Here is me frames page

<frameset border="0" frameSpacing="0" rows="15%,80%,5%" frameBorder="0">
<frame name="top" src="index.htm" scrolling="no" width="50%">
<frameset cols="25%,75%" >
<frame name="treeframe" src="HtmlPage2.htm" scrolling="yes" >
<frame name="Content" src="">
</frameset>
<frame name="bottom" src="HtmlPage3.htm" scrolling="no" width="50%">
</frameset>

I am clicking a link in treeframes and want to load the page into Content. I have tried everything i could think of and other things I found on somne javascript sites. My page will loadinto itself or not load and casue the frame to go blank.

Any help is greatly needed and appreciated

Joe

Re: Javascript and Frames

Guffa5-Jul-05 3:31

Guffa

5-Jul-05 3:31

The simplest way is to not use javascript at all:

<a href="PageToLoad.htm" target="Content">

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Re: Javascript and Frames

mtone5-Jul-05 3:49

mtone

5-Jul-05 3:49

I tried this but the page opens in a new window.

Re: Javascript and Frames

Guffa5-Jul-05 7:27

Guffa

5-Jul-05 7:27

Strange. Check the spelling again.

Also try to open something in the frame initially instead of leaving src empty. It might brake the tag.

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How to Play Video in Asp.net

imshally814-Jul-05 20:30

imshally81

4-Jul-05 20:30

Hi all,
How to Play Video file (any Format avi,mpeg,mpg,.........) in ASP.net.
Bascially, i develop a page, where some videos are present, if user click on them,then it Run.....
Plz help
Thanx in advance
Sajjad

Re: How to Play Video in Asp.net

minhpc_bk4-Jul-05 22:06

minhpc_bk

4-Jul-05 22:06

Hi there,
Basically, to play a media file in an ASP.NET application, you can use a media player plugin which is installed on the client machine, for example window media player or real player ...To host the media players on the web page, you need to use the object tag, and to make the player play a media file, you simply set the url of the media file in the URL or filename property of the player (it depends on which player and which version you use) and/or use the client side script to control the player. In addition, you can also specify the url to download the media player in the codebase attribute of the object element so that the player can get downloaded when it has not been installed on the client machine.

Character Count inside Header & footer

rohim.yasin4-Jul-05 20:17

rohim.yasin

4-Jul-05 20:17

Hi
i am using this script to calculate the number of character inside the header of a word document but it is not working.

wdStatisticCharactersWithSpaces = 5
wdStatisticCharacters = 3
IncludeFootnotesAndEndnotes = True
dpath = Cstr("F:\Softwares\01.doc")
Set word1 = CreateObject("Word.Application")
word1.Visible = False
word1.Documents.Open(dpath)
For i = 1 To word1.ActiveDocument.Sections.Count
text3 = word1.ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers (wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range.ComputeStatistics _
(wdStatisticCharactersWithSpaces)

text4 = Cint(text4 + text3)
Next
Document.Write text4
word1.ActiveDocument.Close(SaveChanges)
word1.Application.Quit

Set word1 = Nothing

Is there anyone to help me out Thanks in advance Smile | :)

YasinXp

Re: Character Count inside Header & footer

rohim.yasin12-Jul-05 22:27

rohim.yasin

12-Jul-05 22:27

Pliz Help Me. I don't see any programmer to have the capability to solve this problem, Confused | :confused:

YasinXp

JS: Pass object by reference to a method

Stan Angeloff4-Jul-05 8:32

Stan Angeloff

4-Jul-05 8:32

Hello everybody.

Can I pass a object to a method by reference in JavaScript? Take a look at the code:

<SPAN style="COLOR: #cccccc; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> 1: </SPAN><FONT color=blue size=+1><</FONT>script type<FONT color=blue size=+1>=</FONT><FONT color=purple>"text/javascript"</FONT><FONT color=blue size=+1>></FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> 2: </SPAN>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> 3: </SPAN>	DummyType <FONT color=blue size=+1>=</FONT> <FONT color=red>function</FONT><FONT color=blue size=+1>(</FONT><FONT color=blue size=+1>)</FONT> <FONT color=blue size=+1>{</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> 4: </SPAN>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #cccccc; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> 5: </SPAN>		<FONT color=red>return</FONT> <FONT color=blue size=+1>{</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> 6: </SPAN>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> 7: </SPAN>			<FONT color=purple>"result"</FONT>	<FONT color=blue size=+1>:</FONT>	<FONT color=brown>0</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> 8: </SPAN>		<FONT color=blue size=+1>}</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> 9: </SPAN>	<FONT color=blue size=+1>}</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #cccccc; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">10: </SPAN>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">11: </SPAN>	<FONT color=red>function</FONT> ref<FONT color=blue size=+1>(</FONT>o<FONT color=blue size=+1>)</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">12: </SPAN>	<FONT color=blue size=+1>{</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">13: </SPAN>		o <FONT color=blue size=+1>=</FONT> <FONT color=blue size=+1>new</FONT> DummyType<FONT color=blue size=+1>(</FONT><FONT color=blue size=+1>)</FONT><FONT color=blue size=+1>;</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">14: </SPAN>	<FONT color=blue size=+1>}</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #cccccc; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">15: </SPAN>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">16: </SPAN>	<FONT color=red>var</FONT> obj <FONT color=blue size=+1>=</FONT> <FONT color=blue size=+1>new</FONT> DummyType<FONT color=blue size=+1>(</FONT><FONT color=blue size=+1>)</FONT><FONT color=blue size=+1>;</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">17: </SPAN>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">18: </SPAN>	obj<FONT color=blue size=+1>.</FONT>result <FONT color=blue size=+1>=</FONT> <FONT color=brown>1</FONT><FONT color=blue size=+1>;</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">19: </SPAN>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #cccccc; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">20: </SPAN>	ref<FONT color=blue size=+1>(</FONT>obj<FONT color=blue size=+1>)</FONT><FONT color=blue size=+1>;</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">21: </SPAN>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">22: </SPAN>	alert<FONT color=blue size=+1>(</FONT>obj<FONT color=blue size=+1>.</FONT>result<FONT color=blue size=+1>)</FONT><FONT color=blue size=+1>;</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">23: </SPAN>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">24: </SPAN><FONT color=blue size=+1><</FONT><FONT color=blue size=+1>/</FONT>script<FONT color=blue size=+1>></FONT>

The result I expected was 0, but it's still 1. I know I could use:

<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">1: </SPAN><FONT color=red>function</FONT> ref<FONT color=blue size=+1>(</FONT>o<FONT color=blue size=+1>)</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">2: </SPAN><FONT color=blue size=+1>{</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">3: </SPAN>	o<FONT color=blue size=+1>.</FONT>result <FONT color=blue size=+1>=</FONT> <FONT color=brown>0</FONT><FONT color=blue size=+1>;</FONT>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #eeeeee; FONT-STYLE: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">4: </SPAN><FONT color=blue size=+1>}</FONT>

But this solution is not what I need.

Is this possible in JavaScript?

Thanks,
Stanimir Angeloff

Re: JS: Pass object by reference to a method

minhpc_bk4-Jul-05 19:58

minhpc_bk

4-Jul-05 19:58

Hi there,
It's impossible I think, you might want to check out the core javascript reference[^] for more information. This is an interesting question though.

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