[FX.php List] Bulk printing

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

I would do a foreach for all the registration forms,
then do 1 include( './printableForm.php' ); for each record found
and then do 1 javascript:window.print();

ggt667

2006/11/27, Jonathan Schwartz <jonathan at eschwartz.com>:
> Thanks for the suggestions, Derrick, Steve and ggt,
>
> Just to clarify, there are two working modes for this project:
>
> 1) The user registers online and then prints the resulting completed
> form. This works fine with the javascript window_print function.
>
> 2) To prepare for users who show up to the event without their
> printed registration forms, I wanted to bulk print all the forms to
> have on hand.  That's the step I am seeking. And that is where I
> realize that PHP via the browser can not handle the job of looping
> through 500 records and printing via a script.
>
> Dale just asked if the printing  was through the browser.  That's the
> only way I know at the moment...except for PDF. Are there others?
>
> Derrick's idea of using webviewer crossed my mind and I might try it,
> although I'm worried about wasting time when I know that just biting
> the bullet and recreating the form in FMP layout is straight forward.
>
> By the way...the registration is for Little League, where we are
> replacing a time-honored paper form process.
>
> Jonathan
>
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