Saving only a portion of webpage into a file

**airyhades** · 04-29-2006, 11:52 AM

hello,
im working on a web application that generates dynamic data. My question is: i want users to be able to save the generated data, but not the whole web page, just a table in the web page that holds this data. I searched and found out that showing a "save as" dialog box is possible with javascript, with a method like: onclick="javascript: document.execCommand('SaveAs','1',null);. However, i coulnd't find out how to change the document object (or is it possible?) or a trick to print just the table of dynamic data. I tried to cover the table with <div id="myData"></div> and use onclick="javascript: myData.execCommand('SaveAs','1',null); but as you might guess, it didn't work and gave this error message: "object doent support this property or method". Indeed i dont have any idea what div tag can and can't do, so it was just a meaningless try. By the way, i want to add that i can't use iframes just because of program design issues.
Anyway, do you have any suggestions?

thanks in advance,
ibrahim saygılı

**Twey** · 04-29-2006, 12:05 PM

Can't order a save from a webpage. Put the data in a textbox and add a "select all" button like the links on DD's scripts.

**airyhades** · 04-29-2006, 12:22 PM

yes, you can. with document.execCommand('SaveAs','1',null); method of javascript.

my question is: can i put a portion of web page into an object in javascript? if so, another solution would be sending that object to a popup window and print the content of popup window. but how?

**Twey** · 04-29-2006, 12:41 PM

yes, you can. with document.execCommand('SaveAs','1',null); method of javascript.

No, you can't. That's not a Javascript method; it's a JScript method, meaning that it will only work on Internet Explorer (SaveAs, that is; execCommand exists on other browsers).
The second idea is better, and you can use window.print() to print it.

Code:

<script type="text/javascript">
  function printElement(id) {
    var v = window.open();
    v.document.open();
    v.document.write(
      "<html>" +
        "\t<head>" +
          "\t\t<title>" +
            "Mysite.com :: Printing Window" +
          "</title>" +
        "\t</head>" +
        "\t<body>" +
          document.getElementById(id).innerHTML.toString() +
        "\t</body>" +
      "</html>"
    );
    v.document.close();
    v.print();
  }
</script>

**airyhades** · 04-29-2006, 12:51 PM

ok i just saw the code.. looking for it

**airyhades** · 04-29-2006, 01:09 PM

thank you in advance, it seems quite fitting for me.

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