Java Script print question

[duckmansweb]

hey all javascript guru's out their , i want to know if this is possible or not as i am getting mixed responces , what i want to do is , print a external document such as worddocument.doc from a html page , so click a buton and it will print the linked document , any help would be appreciated , cheers, regards Rick

[Twey]

No.  

[duckmansweb]

so what if i made the .doc files into a HTM document , is it then possible ? to click a print button and it will print the htm doc ?

[thetestingsite]

If you were to make it plain text (or an HTML document), then yes you could print it out normally. Otherwise, no.

[duckmansweb]

ok awsome , would you know of a script that would do this ? cheers

[Twey]

<script type="text/javascript">
  function latestElement() {
    var e = document;
    while(e.lastChild && e.lastChild.lastChild)
      e = e.lastChild;
    return e;
  }

  if(window.print) {
    var a = document.createElement("a");
    a.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Print"));
    a.href = "#";
    a.onclick = function() {
      print();
      return false;
    };
    latestElement().appendChild(a).appendChild(document.createTextNode("Print"));
    a = null;
  }
</script>