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Printing contents of a window?
Posted by: Dunnyman (IP Logged)
Date: November 4, 2009 10:51AM

Way back int eh day, you could print the contents of a window so you could include a printed list of what files were on a disc that was being shipped or delivered to a vendor. My buddy still does this, but apparently taking a screenshot and printing that is too tricky for him. Is there some shareware that can do that, or a widget?
Thanks in advance for the help!

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Re: Printing contents of a window?
Posted by: Ms. PacMan (IP Logged)
Date: November 4, 2009 11:07AM

What OS? In the Preview app in SL you can go to "Take Screen Shot" under the File menu and it gives you choices of "Entire Screen", "Window" or "Selection". Then just print the image.

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Re: Printing contents of a window?
Posted by: Dunnyman (IP Logged)
Date: November 4, 2009 11:23AM

Unfortunately, he's on Tiger.

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Re: Printing contents of a window?
Posted by: chine (IP Logged)
Date: November 4, 2009 11:30AM

Several methods:

- open the printer's windows and drag-and-drop the folder there
- get the freeware TextWrangler, open a document window, and drag-and-drop the folder there
- get the shareware PrintWindow


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Re: Printing contents of a window?
Posted by: toetag (IP Logged)
Date: November 4, 2009 01:00PM

Drag the disc to a browser window. Waa Laa! Instant clickable directory. Print.

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Re: Printing contents of a window?
Posted by: chine (IP Logged)
Date: November 4, 2009 05:03PM

toetag Wrote:
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> Drag the disc to a browser window. Waa Laa!
> Instant clickable directory. Print.

Not quite 'voilà'--I think only certain browsers (Firefox?) support that functionality.

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Re: Printing contents of a window?
Posted by: The Black Adder (IP Logged)
Date: November 4, 2009 05:17PM

In the Finder, open the folder and type Command+A to Select All.

Type Command+C to copy to the clipboard.

Launch TextEdit.

Type Command+V to paste the list of files to a new text document.

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Re: Printing contents of a window?
Posted by: toetag (IP Logged)
Date: November 4, 2009 05:48PM

Hey. The guy's correct. Pried the door off the closet of discontent & puled out Safari. It don't do the wonderfulness I suggested. Another reason to kick whatever life Safari has left in it out & throw it back into that closet.

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Re: Printing contents of a window?
Posted by: Badger (IP Logged)
Date: November 4, 2009 06:49PM

The Black Adder Wrote:
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> In the Finder, open the folder and type Command+A
> to Select All.
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> Type Command+C to copy to the clipboard.
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> Launch TextEdit.
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> Type Command+V to paste the list of files to a new
> text document.

That works, but missing date, time, size, kind, etc.



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Re: Printing contents of a window?
Posted by: The Black Adder (IP Logged)
Date: November 4, 2009 07:55PM

> That works, but missing date, time, size, kind, etc.

'Wasn't requested in the OP.

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Re: Printing contents of a window?
Posted by: Badger (IP Logged)
Date: November 4, 2009 08:06PM

The Black Adder Wrote:
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> > That works, but missing date, time, size,
> kind, etc.
>
> 'Wasn't requested in the OP.

Guess its all in the interpretation.

"contents of a window" means all of that extra stuff as well...




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Re: Printing contents of a window?
Posted by: The Black Adder (IP Logged)
Date: November 4, 2009 11:39PM

Badger Wrote:
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> The Black Adder Wrote:
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> > > That works, but missing date, time,
> size,
> > kind, etc.
> >
> > 'Wasn't requested in the OP.
>
> Guess its all in the interpretation.
>
> "contents of a window" means all of that extra
> stuff as well...

But "list of what files were on a disc" seems pretty straightforward.

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Re: Printing contents of a window?
Posted by: ChrisTracey (IP Logged)
Date: November 11, 2009 12:10PM

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