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Asked: 2026-06-13T07:30:40+00:00

How can I open a IE page in client side ? Example: We use

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How can I open a IE page in client side ?

Example:
We use FireFox as default browser for our web system. My users in a specific moment has to print a page. How can I print a page through FireFox ?

Details:
To access the printer we need ActiveX, but FireFox doesn’t accept ActiveX. I tried access the printer through Dll but works just localhost, because this is server side, so if I deploy my application in my server, the printer won’t work in client side. My third try, was open the IE via code-behind, but this is also server side, just works in localhost.

I just need open a specific page in IE (because of activex), when I’m using FireFox, but in client side.

How can I do that ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can’t use client-side code to open IE from Firefox without installing a plug-in or protocol handler or similar. That’s a complex route to go down and, of course, requires that your users install something specific.

    Instead, I’d suggest letting them print the page using Firefox. Open a window with the content, perhaps with a print-specific stylesheet, and issue a window.print(); on it. Firefox will handle the rest.

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