After running into some frustration that the print() wasn't being fired I ran across a post where the child window must be reloaded...viola...thank you internet.
<html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> function printdiv() { try { var childWindow = window.open("about:blank", "_blank", "height=800,left=100,top=100,width=800,resize=yes,toolbar=yes,titlebar=0,status=0,menubar=yes,location= no,scrollbars=1"); var headstr = "<html><head><title>Print Window</title></head><body>"; var footstr = "</body>"; var printData = document.getElementById("divPrint").innerHTML; if (printData == null || printData == "") printData = "Oops, there appears to be no data."; childWindow.document.write(headstr + printData + footstr); childWindow.location.reload(false); childWindow.print(); } catch (e) { alert("It appears that your browser doesn't support print features." + e); } finally { return false; } } </script> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <button onclick="return printdiv();" >Open child window and print</button> <div id="divPrint" style="display:none;">I love life...but not like that</div> </form> </body> </html>
