I have added a certificate with an Exit and a Print button, but would like to somehow hide the buttons before it actually goes to the printer. Is there a way to do that?
Yes, it would need to be displayed but then I wondered if it could immediately be hidden so the button image doesn't print on the certificate. I tried playing with putting the buttons on a separate layer but couldn't figure out how to send just one layer to the printer.
Janice, this is just a shot in the dark, but can you recreate that slide (but without the Print button) and have the Print button jump to that duplicate slide with a trigger to print the page when the timeline starts? I don't think that you could natively exclude something on a slide from printing otherwise.
We're happy to help you figure out a way to hide the print button before printing. It would be helpful to understand what you've created so far. Are you using the Print trigger on the Results Slide?
If you can provide more details about what you're interested in building, I'm sure we can point you in the right direction!
I am facing the same issue with printing a certificate for one of my SL courses. I am not so familiar with JS coding. So, have retrieved the code from Tracy Carroll's site. However, when I print the certificate the print btn appears alongside.
Can you please help me with printing the certificate without the print btn?
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I'm not sure I understand the question. For data to 'go to the printer', doesn't a Print have to be displayed (and pressed) first?
Yes, it would need to be displayed but then I wondered if it could immediately be hidden so the button image doesn't print on the certificate. I tried playing with putting the buttons on a separate layer but couldn't figure out how to send just one layer to the printer.
Are there any additional parameters with the window.print() that would tell it to print only the base layer, for example?
Janice, this is just a shot in the dark, but can you recreate that slide (but without the Print button) and have the Print button jump to that duplicate slide with a trigger to print the page when the timeline starts? I don't think that you could natively exclude something on a slide from printing otherwise.
Did you get an answer to this please?
Hi Mhairi!
We're happy to help you figure out a way to hide the print button before printing. It would be helpful to understand what you've created so far. Are you using the Print trigger on the Results Slide?
If you can provide more details about what you're interested in building, I'm sure we can point you in the right direction!
Hi Lauren,
I am facing the same issue with printing a certificate for one of my SL courses. I am not so familiar with JS coding. So, have retrieved the code from Tracy Carroll's site. However, when I print the certificate the print btn appears alongside.
Can you please help me with printing the certificate without the print btn?
Happy to share the file privately.
Thanks.
Hi Priyanka, I just wrote an article about how to create a certification in SL without print BNT showing together. Hope this can help your issue.