Print files from list view of Module and Subpanel

Question

How to add print file button in Action menu of record.? 
 
 When the user selects records in the list view (module) or is viewing the records in the subpanel, clicking on the Print Files button will cause the files in those records to mass print. (Makes it more of a one step process to print instead of having to open each file, open the download, print the download one at a time.)

Gurpreet Singh · Accepted Answer

I'm assuming that you're trying to print the file displayed in the Record: C20xxx.pdf directly from the browser, instead of the user having to download and print it manually. 
 You could create a custom button in the record view dropdown by following these steps: https://support.sugarcrm.com/Documentation/Sugar_Developer/Sugar_Developer_Guide_10.1/Cookbook/Adding_Buttons_to_the_Record_View/ 
 
 Once you have defined the custom event and handler in record.js, the trick is get an absolute URL of the PDF file. This is usually in the format: 
 SITE_URL / rest / v11_8 / Notes / RECORD_ID / file / filename ? force_download = 0 & platform = base 
 Note that the force_download is 0, which will just display the PDF. 
 
 Then there are probably a couple of ways to trigger the print: 
 Option #1 - Use window.open - this will open the file in a new tab and invoke print: 
 window . open ( "FILE_URL" ) . print () 
 
 Option #2 - is to use libraries, one such example is print.js - this will trigger print without viewing the PDF file but in the same window. To use this JS, you may have to add this JS to jsgroups: https://support.sugarcrm.com/Documentation/Sugar_Developer/Sugar_Developer_Guide_10.1/Architecture/Extensions/JSGroupings/

Gurpreet Singh · Answer

I just took a quick look at your code, and looks like you're using window.print - that will not work, since it will only print your current page. 
 
 But - try with print.js - it's a simpler option: 
 Download the print.js from https://github.com/crabbly/Print.js/releases/tag/v1.3.1 and include it in your jsGroupings . 
 Download the CSS file and add it in your custom.less with 
 
 @import ( inline ) 'print.min.css' ;

Then - in your JS code, when you click in the print button, all you have to do is: 
 generateAndPrint : function () { printJS ( 'index.php?entryPoint=download&id=a09ba29c-f98a-11ea-9864-ac2b6e3c0d93&type=Notes' ) } , 
 
 I am just using download entrypoint for example - since it's easy and you don't have to pass authToken.