Re: Print Out Reports

From: Rupe (rupert.alexander_at_virgin.net)
Date: 07/09/04 

Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 13:08:04 GMT

> I want to go HTML, I don't see any reason to convert to PDF. It's nice,
> acrobat takes longer for starters, then there is the whole learning curve.
>
> I still havn't managed to work out how to detect if a box is full (if
> there is so many things on the invoice that it doesn't fit on one page
> and needs a new page created whith headers footers etc)? Is this
> possible in CSS or are people just telling me it's better. (similar to
> the Linux M$ debate).
>
> J.

HI James,

Sending out to PDF isn't so bad - you just need to supply the right MIME
type in the header, and the browser will load the plugin - if it can.

With CSS2 you can get good control over the printing, html or pdf. Trouble
is, browsers are rubbish with CSS2 - which is why people need to start using
CSS (and XML for that matter) to drive the technology forward.

I am pretty sure that getting the bottom of the printing to the bottom of
the (last) page (have I understood that right?) is a non-starter though as
boxes are positioned from the top.

Let me checkout whats available for printing in CSS1 and get back to you...

Ru

PS. I think you may need another forum to pursue this, and there will be
some css gurus over there too...

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