[FX.php List] Bulk printing

[Dale Bengston]

You can print without a dialog box from a web browser with  
AppleScript on OS X. I suppose you could load 500 urls from an  
AppleScript loop and print each page.

D


On Nov 27, 2006, at 3:29 PM, Andrew Denman wrote:

> This is absolutely true - you will always get a user dialog box  
> when script
> printing from a web browser.  It's part of the web browser security  
> model.
> How would you like if it a rogue webpage could print 500 pages of junk
> without your consent? ;)
>
> The only way I found to possibly get around it is with ActiveX  
> controls, but
> that's beyond my ability.
>
> Andrew Denman
>
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> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Dale  
> Bengston
> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 5:23 PM
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> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Bulk printing
>
> I would clarify that it's printing from a web browser page model
> that's the problem, not necessarily PHP or FMP as the data source.
> When it all ends up in the browser, it's not really well suited for
> printing, especially in bulk/repetitions.
>
> Dale
>
> On Nov 26, 2006, at 4:17 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan Schwartz
>>>> FileMaker 8 Certified  Developer
>>>> Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
>>>> Schwartz & Company
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>>
>> Jonathan Schwartz
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>> Schwartz & Company
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