-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
I managed something decent for an in-house only project. The labels
were UPC stick-ons for inventory.
Since the format of the label was fixed, all we needed to do was fill
in the blanks with ColdFusion. I used MSWord to design the label,
then exported it to RTF. The ColdFusion variables were dumped into
the rich text to fill in the blanks.
When the user clicks on the 'Print Labels' link, the RTF file opens
up in the browser, but the MSWord plugin steps in to render the RTF.
Everything is exactly positioned, so the user just hits Print in IE
and MSWord does all the dirty work.
Very nifty, but it requires that MS Word be installed on all clients.
Failing that, PDF is probably your best bet, but that's a lot less
programmer-friendly...
Best regards,
Zac Bedell
========================================
Zachary S. Bedell,
Chief Technology Officer,
Adirondack Technologies, Inc.
Please include original message in any replies -- I get a
lot of email every day, and I have a REALLY bad memory...
So I don't always remember everything that was said.
Thanks!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Cesana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 12:25 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Printing mailing labels in a browser -- Joy... :-O
>
>
> I had the same challenge recently. Printing 4 up labels was
> not really too
> bad as long as the label was NOT completely filled edge to
> edge, you need a
> little buffer area. Anything more than 4 up was tough. We ended up
> scrapping the idea for another non-label method which worked well.
>
> If I had to do it again I would definitely look into pdf.
>
> -Adrian
>
>
>
> Subject: RE: Printing mailing labels in a browser -- Joy... :-O
>
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official
> book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
>
> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/
> Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>
iQA/AwUBOiLN36vhLS1aWPxeEQJRagCg62/w9W/UCCRKF0pCePVt4/sTmlYAoPAZ
5Ae2D1wHnmXj5X3/wQblALJl
=x/mm
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at
http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/
Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
