Print what's on the screen

See here for some info about using JavaScript with Storyline. In the list of examples, there is a code snippet to print the current slide.

Hello Michael,

Thanks for the pointer, but as mentioned in the original post, window.print() prints a blank screen. It does not print the slide. Any idea why this could be? I have the online module here. It is the 8th slide.

Hi Padma,

What browser are you using? In the past, at least, this hasn't worked with Firefox, and some people have found it doesn't work in Chrome. Here's a thread where people commented on that.

Also, are you trying this locally or via the Internet? Because it's sometimes blocked locally. Here's a support page that includes sites where you can test via the Internet.

Perhaps that will help you to sort it out.

are you using chrome?  Printscreen and chrome with flash often gives a blank screen

Was there any solution on this one?  I checked out the other thread as well but seems like we all stalled on it.  

I'm using this javascript after getting it from a forum...still no joy :( xxx

var is_chrome = function () { return Boolean(window.chrome); }
window.onload = function() {
if(is_chrome){
/*
* These 2 lines are here because as usual, for other browsers,
* the window is a tiny 100x100 box that the user will barely see.
* On Chrome, it needs to be big enough for the dialogue to be read
* (NB, it also includes a page preview).
*/
window.moveTo(0,0);
window.resizeTo(640, 480);

// This line causes the print dialogue to appear, as usual:
window.print();

/*
* This setTimeout isn't fired until after .print() has finished
* or the dialogue is closed/cancelled.
* It doesn't need to be a big pause, 500ms seems OK.
*/
setTimeout(function(){
window.close();
}, 500);
} else {
// For other browsers we can do things more briefly:
window.print();
window.close();
}
}