BUG: Element Behavior Does Not Print or Does Not Appear in Print Preview When You Dynamically Add Content (291372)

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a file named Test1.htc, and paste the following code:

<HTML>
<HEAD>

<PUBLIC:COMPONENT tagName="TEST1" literalContent="false">
   <PUBLIC:METHOD name="execute"/>
   <PUBLIC:DEFAULTS viewLinkContent />
   
</PUBLIC:COMPONENT>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

   function execute()
   {
      var lTest = document.createElement("P");

      lTest.innerHTML = "This dynamically added text does not appear in print preview";
	document.all.div1.innerHTML="This dynamically added text does not 
appear in print preview";
      document.body.appendChild( lTest );
   }

</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
This static text appears in print preview.</br>
<div id=div1 name=div1></div>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Create a file named Main.htm, and paste the following code:

<html XMLNS:TEST>

<head>
<?IMPORT NAMESPACE="TEST" IMPLEMENTATION="Test1.htc">


</head>

<BODY>
<P>Some text from the main page.</P>
<CENTER>

   <TEST:TEST1 ID="El"></TEST:TEST1>

</CENTER>
<input type=button value="click me!" onclick="El.execute();">
</body>

</html>

In Internet Explorer, browse to Main.htm.
Click click me! to add content inside the behavior. Notice that the text is added to the page.
On the File menu, click Print or Print Preview. Notice that none of the dynamically added content appears.

Workaround

To work around this problem, change Test1.htc as follows:

<HTML>
<HEAD>

<PUBLIC:COMPONENT tagName="TEST1" literalContent="false">
   <public:property name="BodyText" persist="true" />
   <PUBLIC:METHOD name="execute"/>
   <PUBLIC:DEFAULTS viewLinkContent />
   <public:attach event="oncontentready" onevent="setBodyText()"/>
</PUBLIC:COMPONENT>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
   function setBodyText()
   {
        if (BodyText!=null)
        document.body.innerText = BodyText;
   }
   function execute()
   {
      var lTest = document.createElement("P");
	
      lTest.innerHTML = "This dynamically added text does not appear in print preview";
	document.all.div1.innerHTML="This dynamically added text does not appear in print preview";
      document.body.appendChild( lTest );
      BodyText = document.body.innerText;
   }

</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
This static text appears in print preview.</br>
<div id=div1 name=div1></div>
</BODY>
</HTML>

REFERENCES

For more information about element behaviors, see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/behaviors/overview/elementb_ovw.asp

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

259016 PRB: Detach Method of Binary Behavior Is Never Called

271239 SAMPLE: DLLList.exe Lists Details with Binary Element Behavior

256228 HOWTO: Make Script Element Behaviors Participate in Forms Submission

257353 BUG: Cannot Access FRAMES Collection of Element Behavior

For more information about developing Web-based solutions for Microsoft Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/

http://support.microsoft.com/iep

BUG: Element Behavior Does Not Print or Does Not Appear in Print Preview When You Dynamically Add Content (291372)

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