/***************************************************************************** * Function : PrintPage * * Notes : Opens a new window with relevant content for printing a page. * * Assumptions : * * - The function assumes that the file contains the strings *
,
, and * . * The last string must be within the content header. * * Example Usage : * * * *****************************************************************************/ function PrintPage(includes, url, footer) { var header = document.getElementById("contentHeader").innerHTML; var contentStr = document.getElementById("content").innerHTML; var pos = header.indexOf(""); // ------------------------------------------------------------------------- // make the width of the footer's table 100% // ------------------------------------------------------------------------- var rExp = new RegExp("(]+width=[\"'])[^\"']+", "gi"); footer = footer.replace(rExp, "$1100%"); // ------------------------------------------------------------------------- // replace all anchor tags // // NOTE : // - Anchor tag replacement fails if between the '<' and the '>' there // is another '>'. During replacement, the actual '>' for the // anchor will be displayed. // ------------------------------------------------------------------------- /* // attempt to handle calls to functions that may have strings with tags rExp = /]+\"[^\"]*\([^\"]*\)\"[^>\)]*>/gi; contentStr = contentStr.replace(rExp, ""); footer = footer.replace(rExp, ""); rExp = /]+'[^']*\([^']*\)'[^>\)]*>/gi; contentStr= contentStr.replace(rExp, ""); footer = footer.replace(rExp, ""); */ rExp = new RegExp("]+>", "gi"); contentStr = contentStr.replace(rExp, ""); footer = footer.replace(rExp, ""); rExp = new RegExp("]+>", "gi"); contentStr = contentStr.replace(rExp, ""); footer = footer.replace(rExp, ""); printStr = "\n" + "\n" + " \n" + " College of Engineering\n" + " \n" + includes + " \n" + " \n" + "\n" + "\n" + " \n" + " \n" + " \n" + " \n" + " \n" + " \n" + " \n" + " \n" + "
College of Engineering
 
" + url + "
\n" + "
\n"; // ------------------------------------------------------------------------- // NOTE : In Safari, comments are replaced with spaces when retrieving the // the innerHTML for a div tag. Other browsers just give all the // text within a div tag. For this reason, the heaer is not // displayed in Safari since it modifies the innerHTML. // ------------------------------------------------------------------------- if ( pos != -1 ) { header = header.substr(pos); /* // attempt to handle calls to functions that may have strings with tags rExp = /]+\"[^\"]*\([^\"]*\)\"[^>\)]*>/gi; header = header.replace(rExp, ""); rExp = /]+'[^']*\([^']*\)'[^>\)]*>/gi; header = header.replace(rExp, ""); */ rExp = new RegExp("]+>", "gi"); header = header.replace(rExp, ""); printStr += "
" + header + "
\n"; } printStr += "
\n" + contentStr + "\n" + "
\n" + footer + " \n" + "\n"; rExp = new RegExp("", "gi"); printStr = printStr.replace(rExp, ""); // ------------------------------------------------------------------------- // display the print window // ------------------------------------------------------------------------- print_window = window.open ( "", "print_window", "toolbar=no,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes" ); print_window.document.write(printStr); print_window.document.close(); } // end function PrintPage