Fw: Netscape re-executes URL when Printing or Resizing Page

by "Francis Mariani" <francis_mariani(at)hotmail.com>

 Date:  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 11:19:26 -0400
 To:  "HWG Languages" <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
  todo: View Thread, Original
> Hello,
>
> I have a web page that is the result of the execution of a CGI. There are
> several selection boxes and some radio buttons. After selecting different
> options than the defaults, I want to print the page using Netscape's Print
> button. Netscape reloads the URL which means it re-executes the URL,
> resetting all the selections to the defaults, resulting in a printed page
> that is different than the one in the browser window.
>
> Is there any way to control this behaviour? Does GET/POST have anything to
> do with this?
>
> Doesn't this annoy anyone out there? Every time the browser window is
> re-sized, the URL is reloaded, sometimes losing the default settings of
the
> radio buttons et al.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Francis.

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