[FX.php List] Bulk printing

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Actually, that's the javascript I'm using now for the end user to 
print a single form.

With this code, the button has to be clicked, and thus doesn't work 
in a scripted environment.

Since posting my original message, I've done more research and have 
been given a dose of reality with regard to PHP's ability to print. 
In short, it appears that PHP is the wrong tool for the job of bulk 
printing

With this in mind, I am reverting back to FMP to replicate the layout 
originally created in PHP, and go that route.  I didn't want to do 
that, but the obstacles seem too great at this point, and the process 
of an FMP layout is a known entity.

FYI...I need to print 500 forms.

Anyone disagree?

Jonathan

>Something like this?
>
><form action="javascript:window.print()">
><input type="submit" name="a" value="Print">
></form>
>
>2006/11/26, Jonathan Schwartz <jonathan at eschwartz.com>:
>>Hi Folks.
>>
>>I need to bulk print 500 or so forms at the end of a data entry
>>cycle.  I spent so much time fine-tuning the form in PHP, I have no
>>desire to recreate the form in FMP just to bulk print. (The original
>>use of the form is to allow end users to print out at the end of
>>their session).
>>
>>So, this is a new one for me....to create a print routine with FX.php
>>driving the process. I know that I can build a script to loop thru
>>records, but I'm not sure about the Printing part. I've got a PRINT
>>button on the php page that end users click now.  It executes a
>>"window.print()" command.  However, I don't know how to execute the
>>same command in a script.
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Jonathan
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>>Schwartz & Company
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Jonathan Schwartz
FileMaker 8 Certified  Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
Schwartz & Company
jonathan at eschwartz.com
http://www.eschwartz.com
http://www.exit445.com
415-381-1852