Re: chessboard print out

In Reply to: chessboard print out posted by jp jallageas on October 29, 19102 at 16:29:08:

To jp jallageas:

The reason PalView does not print the squares correctly is because the HTML places the squares in the background of the table. Most browsers (IExploreer and Netscape) do not print background images. Placing the squares in the background allows the use of transparent piece images, leading to greater flexibility for the HTML developer with fewer images. Palview uses about 15 images to display the board. Programs (like ChessPad) which use piece combined with square images, will print nicely from the generated HTML, but it uses twice the number of images. FOr example they use four pawn images, one for each color and square combination. The images are not very flexible for web-developers. If you want to change the color of the board, you would need to edit all the images, not just the board image. THe transpaent piece images also mkae the movement of pieces easier.

To the developers of this fine product:

As this user pointed out, pages generated with PalView are NOT printer friendly. The requirement to generate prnter friendly pages should not be dismissed so quickly. While it is true that there are good (better) tools for generating printed diagrams, that does not negate the need to allow PalView to generate printer friendly pages. It is certainly within the webdeveloper's domain to print the pages, or allow printing of the pages. Many people browsing the Internet desire the ability to print the pages. Perhaps they wish to take the board to an interesting position and then print for further analysis, or are in a hurry... the need to print the pages exist. In fact, I have been asked to develop a web site for a local chess club where the need for printing the pages has been clearly stated as a requirement for the site. (http://knightwatchman.netfirms.com)

A possible method:
Create a division for the table, positioning it with DHTML (style attributes and fill the table with square images in the same fashion you fill the pieces over the cuurrent table. This will cause the squares to print...

Create another division which is positioned exactly over the first which contains a table to hold the pieces in the same fassion as currently exists. This should allow pieces movement, and transparent pieces, while allowing for the printing of the squares and the pieces.

I should like to see this capability in a fuiture version of PalView. Let me know if I can be of help in making it possible.

Thanks

James Garner

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