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Answer 1

+2 A:

"Basically because of IE I need to..."

If you only need support for IE, see the onbeforeprint event.

window.onbeforeprint = function () {
    // some code    
}

The benefit here is that the code will not run in browsers that don't support onbeforeprint, which is pretty much every browser except IE.

Andy E 2010-07-21 21:18:44

Wow thats a new one!!

joe 2010-07-21 21:30:09

Answer 2

+4 A:

You should be able to override it like so...

var _print = window.print;
window.print = function() {
  alert("Hi!");
  // do stuff
  _print();
}

Josh Stodola 2010-07-21 21:19:10

I could've swore i tried that. That works perfectly though! Thanks!

joe 2010-07-21 21:22:17

Awww, beat me to the punch! +1.

Pekka 2010-07-21 21:23:06

@joe No problem, welcome to Stack Overflow! To "accept" this as the answer, you can click the checkmark under the vote down-arrow.

Josh Stodola 2010-07-21 21:23:51

@Josh: not for another 5 minutes he can't :-)

Andy E 2010-07-21 21:24:35

@Andy Haha good point ;)

Josh Stodola 2010-07-21 21:25:54

Answer 3

A:

Try putting another <script> tag before the one you don't have access to eg:

<html><head></head><body></body><script>alert('Hello There !');</script><script>window.print();</script></html>

Sarfraz 2010-07-21 21:20:09

Answer 4

A:

The above doesnt work, tested in FF

Bob 2010-07-22 06:04:21

Use comments for statements like this

palswim 2010-10-20 19:40:14

Answer 5

A:

The chosen answer does not work in chrome.

Arlo Carreon 2010-10-20 17:36:09

Use the Comments section of that answer

palswim 2010-10-20 19:40:40

I don't see the "Add Comment" link for above answers. Maybe because they are old answers?

Arlo Carreon 2010-10-25 14:33:50

Executing function before page gets to window.print()