[FX.php List] PHP question: Presenting the user with multiple pages from each result

[Dale Bengston]

Hi John,

If you're attempting to reproduce a precise layout with perfectly- 
positioned elements for printing, I'd go with PDF creation. CSS/HTML  
is just not a great, consistent cross-platform environment for  
printing. If it doesn't matter so much what the final result looks  
like, then CSS/HTML is much more convenient to code.

Dale

On Jul 2, 2009, at 7:01 AM, John Funk wrote:

> I like option 1 but I already have my php page that builds the label  
> in html. Looks like I would need to reconstruct the page withfpdf?
> Option 2 seem the most logical.....is there any PHP function / code  
> that will do the printing from a button? I’d like to stay away from  
> java.
> Option 3, again Javascript....
>
> Good ideas, thanks
>
>
> On 7/2/09 6:46 AM, "Steve Winter" <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Not sure that I follow, but I'll throw up a few ideas and see what  
>> sticks...
>>
>> 1. what about using fpdf to create a multipage pdf document which  
>> contains all the labels, which the user can then print...?
>> 2. css does offer 'pagebreak' options, which most modern browsers  
>> will obey, so you could insert those between the labels, on just  
>> one page...
>> 3. you could show the first label, use javascript to pop-up the  
>> users print dialog, so that they can print that doc, then have a  
>> 'NEXT LABEL' button at the top of the label which takes the user to  
>> the next page in the set, and use a print specific css sheet to  
>> hide that button...
>>
>> Any help...? did I miss the point completely...??
>>
>> Cheers
>> Steve
>>
>> On 2 Jul 2009, at 12:35, John Funk wrote:
>>
>>> In my solution the user fills out a from to request a label, the  
>>> label record is created and shown on a php from.
>>>  Now my client wants to have the user to be able to enter the  
>>> number of labels required and each label ( a diferent FM record)  
>>> presented to the user on a separate web page, one after one.
>>>  Is there a php function /class I could use to print? And then I  
>>> could find the next record and display.
>>>  Thanks
>>>  John
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>>
>>
>> Steve Winter
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