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No longer possible to print full topic web page

Andrew Heard shared this problem 8 years ago
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This problem is related to the "UseResponse" web page system, not any Locus product. Would it be possible to pass this problem onto the UseResponse people?

Up until a few months ago I was able to print a Locus help desk web page (ctrl+P) to a PDF file. The PDF file would contain all posts for the displayed topic; useful for saving topics offline for reference and searching. Sometime in the last few months printing no longer works correctly - only the original topic is written to the PDF file (or sent to the printer) not any additional posts from subsequent commenters. I don't have this problem with other websites, so I am pretty sure it is related to UseResponse.

As an example, see this Locus topic - it has many additional comments. Attached are 2 PDF files - the one I original "printed" contains all the comments. The one I "printed" just now only contains the original description.

I am using Windows 10 and have tried this with latest Firefox and Chrome. It is easier to reproduce the problem with Chrome because it provides a "print preview" - no need to even print to file or printer - observe that it only previews the original topic description.

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Hi Andrew,

i use in FF.

https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/screengrab-fix-version/

right click on page, ScreenGrab/save file/complete page/frame

you get jpg or png file


note: in long threads you have to to open "Show All" to see all posts

Wolfgang

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Thanks Wolfgang. That's an amazing addon although it only saves as an image file, whereas PDF will have searchable text, and the file will be considerable smaller. Still it's a workaround, so very much appreciated. Yes, well aware of "Show All".


When you compare the 2 attached PDFs you can see the developers have tried to improve the accuracy of the printout - more WYSIWYG, however as I report, it also breaks printing any subsequent comments, so I hope Menion can pass on report to the developers.

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hi guys,


I forwarded the issue to UseResponse but I'm not sure if it is of any help - the problem has been reported some time ago at their helpdesk but to no avail - they seem not to have any change in their plans

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well, our voice has been heard :) here's the good news: "We are going to add best answer and comments in print version of topics for the next release. Put it on our roadmap" (Staz Kuzma, UseResponse support).

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Thanks Michal. Good result.

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Our pleasure :)

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Will it be necessary to just try printing to PDF every now and then, or does the help.locusmap.eu site display a "UseReponse" version number somewhere? Or maybe UseReponse have release notes as detailed as Locus?

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I think only our server admin knows about updates as we are using self-hosted version. Locusmap page doesn't display such info. However, release notes are available, see https://help.useresponse.com/knowledge-base/articles/release-notes

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This was fixed sometime in the last 2 months. Nice one.

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