[FX.php List] Creating a PDF label and show on a web page

[John Funk]

OK, how do I install / compile the GD lib? I will need it on my Mac / Apache
and windows iis.



On 6/25/09 12:36 PM, "Steve Winter" <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz> wrote:

> Hi John,
> 
> You could take a look at fpdf, (http://www.fpdf.org/) which is an open-source
> php creator library, and generate the pdf using that directly into the browser
> using PHP...
> 
> I've not tried do barcodes with it, however I don't see that it would be too
> much of an issue.
> 
> The other thing which you could look at is a bar-code image creation class
> (like http://www.sid6581.net/cs/php-scripts/barcode/ pretty old now, but still
> works really well ;-) and then simply generate the label in pure HTML rather
> than using a pdf at all...
> 
> Just a couple of ideas, if you want more details just shout...!
> 
> Cheers
> Steve
> 
> On 25 Jun 2009, at 18:27, John Funk wrote:
> 
>>  I have a PHP script that needs to create a PDF of a FileMaker Layout and
>> display on a web page. (I have Barcodes on the layout)
>>  This is what I thought I could do:
>>  1. Call a FileMaker script using:
>>  $request -> AddDBParam("-script", "Make Label");
>>  (but this is not compatible to run on FMServer Advance).
>>  2. Get the PDF in HTML
>>  
>>  Any body have another workflow that works with FX and FMServer Advance 10?
>>  
>>  I could just display the label in html with dynamic data and use a style
>> sheet to call the bar code font but how to I get the barcode font to
>> download, is this legal?
>>  
>>  Any ideas?
>>  
>>  Thanks,
>>  John Funk
>>  . 
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