Hey guys!
Thanks for all your suggestions and help. It seems
like formatting an html doc would be the easiset. I
will also look into the pdf cf custom tags, before i
diecide on which to use.
so what if i decide to html for the time being. If i
were to do that all i would need to do was open a new
window with the text etc...that i want to be printed.
Now opening a new window is giving me this error on IE
but works fine on NN this is the code i'm using:
<script language="javascript">
var newWindow
function makeNewWindow()
{
if (!newWindow || newWindow.closed)
{
newWindow=
window.open("/khan/index.cfm?method=TrainingDetailedApproval&TID=#TID#",
"Height=200, width=300")
if (!newWindow.opener)
{
newWindow.opener = Window
}
}
else
{
newWindow.focus()
}
}
</script>
and then i use this to call it:
<a href="javascript:makeNewWindow()">Click here to see
approval.</a>
So what's wrong with that?!
My other question is:
I am passing cf variables through the url...how would
i pass them to the new window then?! any suggestions?
thanks a lot for you time!
Heidi
--- "Hasenfratz, Philipp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The problem with doing a html file is depending on
> how the clients setup
> > their browsers it will print differently, since it
> will be displaying
> > differently or possibly displaying differently.
>
> Yes, that's a general problem with HTML. But you can
> do a lot with absolute
> positioning.
> You can set all margins and fonts absolutely. For
> example you can work
> together with CSS.
> Of course this will be a lot of work, but you can
> enforce the browser to do
> what YOU want.
>
> > ColdFusion has some
> > custom tags for creating .pdf files, I personally
> have never looked at
> > them, but they are in their custom tag gallery at
> allaire.com If this
> > were going to be printed just on a intranet and
> always to one computer,
> > then you could write a Perl script to output to
> the printed in a set
> > format and then pass your CF variables to that
> script via something like a
> > html form as hidden form variables, but this
> method is only good for
> > specific situations.
>
> Custom tags for creating .pdf files. - Sounds very
> good to solve your
> problem, Heidi.
>
> regards
>
> Philipp
>
>
>
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