1) Is there anyway i can provide a print functionality in user Input Task so tha

RE: 1) Is there anyway i can provide a print functionality in user Input Task so tha

Stefan Helzle — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 06:01:20 GMT

I agree to Christine. With SAIl this is not option anymore. But, in case your companies printing infrastructure has any modern interfaces, maybe there is a web service available where you could send a user selected document for printing.

RE: 1) Is there anyway i can provide a print functionality in user Input Task so tha

ChristineLHutchison — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:00:53 GMT

Based on the date, I believe this post is in reference to the pre-Tempo version of Appian when it was more of a portal and you could apply javascript, Since SAIL was introduced, I am not aware of a way to do this in this manner.

RE: 1) Is there anyway i can provide a print functionality in user Input Task so tha

maurizio — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:38:29 GMT

Hi Eduardo, I'm new to Appian and I found your applciation with window.print()
I'm in trouble to apply it to my application, can you please give me an hand?

RE: 1) Is there anyway i can provide a print functionality in user Input Task so tha

himanshug — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:10:31 GMT

Thanks a lot.

RE: 1) Is there anyway i can provide a print functionality in user Input Task so tha

Eduardo Fuentes — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 02:40:06 GMT

Just to expand a little bit more on what Stefan mentions on point #1 I created an example a while ago available for download here: forum.appian.com/.../15487
The model is called Print Form under Process Models - Forum and the JS is called printFunctionality.js under Default Community > Temporary Documents Knowledge Center > Temporary Documents>JS libraries

Here is the explanation: You can window.print() to print the form. I can think of two approaches. One would be to add that JS to an image (using the image component) and the other one is adding it to a button.

My suggestion would be to use the first approach; the image. You can achieve this effect by using the following function:

function addPrintFunctionalityToImage(imageId){
var originalHTML = $("#fd_component_"+ window.FormDesigner.runtimeNamespace+ imageId +" div.fields").html();
var newHTML = "<a href='#'>" + originalHTML + "</a>";
$("#fd_component_"+ window.FormDesigner.runtimeNamespace+ imageId +" div.fields").html(newHTML)
$("#fd_component_"+ window.FormDesigner.runtimeNamespace+ imageId +" img").click(function(){window.print();});
}

Let me explain what we're doing here. This logic is to add the window.print() to the click event of the image but also to add an empty link in order to display the cursos as if this image was a link (little hand). I am using JQuery (already used by Appian, so no need to deploy anything extra) to retrieve the original HTML of the div where the image is rendered and I just enclose it in an empty link, then I add the JS to click event of the image.

For the second approach the drawback is that the button will show the print window but after the form is printed it will submit the form, which is expected because buttons are submit buttons all the time.

If you don't mind submitting the form after printing it this function adds that to the button:

function addPrintFunctionalityToButton(buttonId){
var buttonConfig = window.Build.util.getComponentContainer(buttonId,window.FormDesigner.runtimeNamespace);
var clickFunction = function(){window.print();};
buttonConfig[0].firstChild.onclick = clickFunction;
}

For any of these functions you have to call them in the load event of your form sending either the image id or button (from the forms designer)

-Eduardo

RE: 1) Is there anyway i can provide a print functionality in user Input Task so tha

shelzle — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:57:06 GMT

1: Using JavaScript (window.print()) you can tell the browser to print the page. This is the same as when the user types CTRL+P. The printed result depends on some browser settings. Keep an eye on these settings.

2: Documents can not be directly printed OOTB. However it should be possible to build a plugin that does printing on the server side. For client side printing you need to give the user a list of document links. The user needs to click on each link, open the document and print it out of the application (Word, Excel, Acrobat etc.)