Perhaps something along the lines of:
Blank page with 'print button' on it.
Clicking on print button triggers javascript that:
{
turns visibility of Div tag with image of coupon. ;
Window.print();
Turns off div with coupon;
Turns on thankyou div with differnet image;
}
Not perfect as you can print multiple copies at the print dialog. But once
they print it is over and no chance to do it again (cookies or something
also involved).
Getting coupons out to people is really that is what a coupon is for
getting people to a place and measuring it. People want to see lots of
coupons used as it means their mailing, message, advertising is working. If
it is really needing to be unique and limited it needs to be a different
mechanism, like a unique code, ID, etc. Or where they fill out a form and
the specially printed coupon is mailed to them, etc.
Joshua Cyr
Savvy Software
866.870.6358
www.besavvy.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 1:38 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: CF Print coupon one time - STUMPER
Great feedback everyone.
Yes the goal is for eveyone to print the coupon once. You're right you could
make copies of the coupon. We're just trying to limit the ways folks could
get more than one copy.
As far as the earlier post about using Javascript to call the popup window
and print, the user can control the number of copies to print from the print
dialog box.
Right now, for IE users, the ScriptX ActiveX control sends the print job to
the printer without the print dialog box showing up or disaplaying the
coupon image at all. It's as tight as we can get it for IE users, it just
doesn't work on other browsers or a Mac.
I told you it was a STUMPER. 8-)
How about a reward for anyone that can come up with a solution? Name your
price, within reason of course. 8-)
D
>Your goal is for the end user only to print the coupon once, correct?
>
>What stops the end user from printing it once, then using a copier to
>copy it multiple times? Not able to control that.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
>Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:06 PM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: CF Print coupon one time - STUMPER
>
>All,
>
>We use MeadCo's ScriptX ActiveX control on our Cold Fusion site for
>printing coupons from a hyperlink without prompting the print dialog
>box. This restricts the user from printing coupons twice bu using the
>back button and with a little Javascript they never see the coupon so
>they can't to a print screen either. However, it only works with IE.
>
>Does anyone know of any solutions or have any ideas how to implement
>this for Mac, Firefox etc.?
>
>Whoever creates the firefox entension for this will make some cash.
>We'd pay at least a few hundred dollars for it.
>
>
>D
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