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

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

 Date:  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 11:18:18 -0400
 To:  "HWG Techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
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Too many anti-spamming messages, not enough work being done!

Can someone answer this question please?!

Regards,

Francis.

> > 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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