How to printout the current map view?

[CarlTownsend1]

I'm trying to add a map printout functionality to my javascript 3.27 based map, and I've got a problem with the print functions. In the print script code there is this:

......
        Printapp.map = new esri.Map
  ("map",
  {
          basemap: "topo",
         center: [-102, 54.75],
          zoom: 6,
         slider: false
       }
 );

.........
But I already have other script basically to loop through a map service and show the layers with the map type, coordinates and layers on startup. Then I click print, it defaults to this instead of what's on the screen. I can change the zoom level, basemap map type etc. and it will print out the changes instead of what's showing on the screen.

If I comment this bit out, it doesn't work. Basically I just want the print function to print out what's on the current map screen. How do I do this?

Thanks

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Carl,

   You need to pass the Printapp.map a reference to your apps existing map object and not try and create a new one.

[CarlTownsend1]

So, instead of
Printapp.map = new esri.Map
  ("map",

it should be

Printapp.map = new esri.Map
  ("https://path/to/mapserver",

I'm not a programmer so please bear with me

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Carl,

  No not at all. You said:

But I already have other script basically to loop through a map service and show the layers with the map type, coordinates and layers on startup.

So that tells me that somewhere in that code you Already have a map object that you need to passing to the Printapp.map.

[CarlTownsend1]

Yes, it's in a different script, one that loops through the mapserver and loads all the layers - my question is how exactly do I get my print script to reference this looping script? I don't want it loading a new map underneath so I assumed if I commented it out it would automatically reference the looping script, but that hasn't worked. I have about 8,9 pther scripts and I need them to all play nicely with each other without breaking anything.

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Carl,

So you have to open this print script from your main app script right? So when you do you pass in the map object from the main script or you set a window level variable for the map object and reference that window level var from the print script.

[BirajaNayak]

Hi Carl,

Please remove base map " basemap: "topo"," and try.

Also here is the print layer samples from java script api 3.27 for your reference:

ArcGIS API for JavaScript Sandbox 

Thanks,

Biraja

[CarlTownsend1]

Hi Biraja, that approach doesn't work. Programmatically, I need this print script to reference the current map view that is provided by another script and I don't know how to do this with js. An example would help me out a lot. The example you've provided is just the print script in isolation which I've already gone through.

[CarlTownsend1]

Well this has me stumped. I have no idea how to get this to work. Tried everything I could think of. I guess PrintScreen will have to do.

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Carl,

   Sorry you are having such a hard time with this. If you could provide your code then I can guide you on how to do this as it should not be complicated.