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[David Bott]

Looking for a way to have just ONE post in a thread printed. I had a hack in VB2 that added a link to PRINT THIS POST and then would open a window of just that post in a printable format.

Thank you.

[Gearloose]

A simple (=DUMMY!!! but fully working!) way to do this is:

In printthread.php find:

PHP Code:

while ($post = $DB_site->fetch_array($posts))
{ 


Add below:

PHP Code:

if (is_null($_REQUEST['p']) || ($post['postid'] == $_REQUEST['p'])){ 


Find:

PHP Code:

    eval('$postbits .= "' . fetch_template('printthreadbit') . '";'); 


Add below:

PHP Code:

} 


Then you have to add a link to trigger this. You can add it anywhere you like in the postbit but I'd suggest here:
In the postbit (or postbit_legacy) template find this:

<if condition="$show['postcount']">#<a href="showpost.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]&amp;postcount=$post[postcount]" target="new"><strong>$post[postcount]</strong></a></if>

Add below:

(<a href="printthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$post[threadid]&amp;p=$post[postid]" target="_blank">Print</a>)

You could replace the "Print" text with an image if you prefer.

Note:
This is NOT to considered as a real hack but just as a simple quick solution to accomplish what you asked for.
It just vanishes the rest of the posts but the one you want to print, but still the whole of the printthread.php code is executed and all of the queries also, so it's a waste of resources. If you don't mind for this waste, then it should fit you.
(If there is interest in deploying a more decent version of a dedicated printpost.php script, I could do it fairly easy I guess. If so, I may come up again when I find the time and if noone else do it until then.)

[David Bott]

Thank you kindly. I will look to trying this out tonight or tomorrow.

Thank You.

[Gearloose]

Update:

I missed something, so here is the correct code for the 1st replacement:

PHP Code:

if (is_null($_REQUEST['p']) || ($post['postid'] == $_REQUEST['p'])){ 


(I edited and my initial post with the correct one.)

[David Bott]

Hello...

Sorry to say it doesnot pull up any post data.

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and the URL is...

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/printthread.php?t=544643&p=5692373%20target=

[Gearloose]

Oops!!! Of course it doesn't!

I had a typo in the code for the template... Sorry, I accidentaly deleted a " so the right one is:

(<a href="printthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$post[threadid]&amp;p=$post[postid]" target="_blank">Print</a>)

(Just add a " after $post[postid] and before target.)

Hope it works for you now.

[David Bott]

BINGO! Works like a charm! Thank you kindly for your help in this.

[David Bott]

Augh. Does not work if the post is past page one. Meaning, it is on page two or higher it will not show the data.

Example...

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&&#post5723925

Which is on page 5.

Well back to the drawing board.

[Gearloose]

It needs one more argument in the link to work correctly for the rest of the pages.

If you add manualy &page=XYZ, where XYZ is the page number of the currect page, then it works. I don't know if and which variable passes this value in the postbit template. If someone knows it, then you must just add &page=PAGEVARIABLE after $post[postid] in the postbit template, where PAGEVARIABLE is the variable that I mentioned.

[David Bott]

Anyone, anyone? Buler, Buler?