OK. How do I operate when finished generate text file or report file in
server? Could I download it and to view / print from client report viewer?
Sommai
At 09:32 27/7/2001 +0800, Beau Lebens wrote:
>i am also a tad confused.
>i have produced numerous reports in differing formats from PHP and a mysql
>database, using things such as many figures to calculate hours/dollar value
>for work in a timesheet format, text-based "comment" reports and simple
>archive reports for student details, these were all just formatted how i
>wanted them to print in the html, and then the user clicks print in their
>browser and they have a report.
>
>if you are referring to a "Custom Report Style" as in a different file
>format, then the most useful way I found of doing this is by generating a
>CSV file, or a tab delimited .txt file, which can then be opened in Excel or
>similar to display tabulated data, and most programs which manipulate data
>will accept a CSV file as input, and then manipulate it in different ways
>from there...
>
>hope something in there helps
>
>Beau
>
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>// Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2001 9:53 PM
>// To: Sommai Fongnamthip; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>// Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] report style printing
>//
>//
>//
>// I'm confused - what do you mean? When you use the terms
>// "Browser Style" and
>// "Custom Report Style" are you referring to style sheets, a
>// property of a
>// particular browser, or what?
>//
>// If style sheets, keep in mind that different browsers react
>// in unique ways
>// to style sheets.
>//
>// As I understand PHP you use it to generate HTML output,
>// which more or less
>// constrains you to what you see in the browser. You can also
>// create a text
>// file and email it to the user, or display it in the browser,
>// but that will
>// involve programming the report in PHP, there is no report writer.
>//
>// Regards - Miles Thompson
>//
>//
>//
>// At 10:02 AM 7/26/01 +0700, Sommai Fongnamthip wrote:
>// >Hi,
>// > When I retrieve data to display on web with PHP,
>// it can print out
>// > from web in Browser Stlye. How could we have some PHP
>// code to retrieve
>// > current display data into PC and print it with some Custom
>// Report Style?
>// >
>// >Sommai Fongnamthip
>// >
>// >
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