Solved: Re: HTML Text Area - Print Button

pshashipreetham · ‎Jun 05, 2025

Hi,

We have a request to be able to print the page when a button on the Thingworx Dashboard is pressed.

I was checking, if possible, with the HTML Text Area widget, I was trying with below code and it was not working:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Print Page Example</title>
</head>
<body>
 
  <h2>This is a sample printable page.</h2>
<p>Click the button below to print this page.</p>
 
  <button onclick="window.print()">Print This Page</button>
 
</body>
</html>

Thingworx Version: 9.7

Thanks,

Shashi Preetham,
Email: psp316r@outlook.com,
Mobile: +91 8099838001.

pshashipreetham · ‎Jun 05, 2025

Hi @Rocko

Tried everything, nothing worked. According to the use case, I need to insert it into the HTML Text Area, which is currently not possible.

I found a workaround using the value display widget.

Thanks,

Shashi Preetham,
Email: psp316r@outlook.com,
Mobile: +91 8099838001.

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Rocko · ‎Jun 05, 2025

Have you considered a search on PTC support? Many articles are available on this topic.

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/search/#q=print%20mashup

pshashipreetham · ‎Jun 05, 2025

Hi @Rocko

Tried everything, nothing worked. According to the use case, I need to insert it into the HTML Text Area, which is currently not possible.

I found a workaround using the value display widget.

Thanks,

Shashi Preetham,
Email: psp316r@outlook.com,
Mobile: +91 8099838001.

Rocko · ‎Jun 05, 2025

HTML Text area is mainly for text display - you can't put active components or JS in there, it will be filtered out.

pshashipreetham · ‎Jun 05, 2025

Yes @Rocko , Agree.

Shashi Preetham,
Email: psp316r@outlook.com,
Mobile: +91 8099838001.