[newbie] Forms (typewriter is dead)
Hello All, My question is about forms. We are currently using a few forms in our daily routines that require the use of a typewriter. After sitting here and watching one of the business office managers spend 15 minutes typing up a form and then another 10 going back and 'whiting out' the mistakes that were made, I feel that I need to do something to fix this. I was thinking I need to create an HTML form that can be filled out, and when the submit key is clicked, I need the values to automatically appear in the correct places on a preexisting word document to be printed off. Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to do this, possible resources or better ideas? Thanks, .:Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Forms (typewriter is dead)
Em Qui, 2004-07-15 às 12:53, Thinker escreveu: Hello All, My question is about forms. We are currently using a few forms in our daily routines that require the use of a typewriter. After sitting here and watching one of the business office managers spend 15 minutes typing up a form and then another 10 going back and 'whiting out' the mistakes that were made, I feel that I need to do something to fix this. I was thinking I need to create an HTML form that can be filled out, and when the submit key is clicked, I need the values to automatically appear in the correct places on a preexisting word document to be printed off. Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to do this, possible resources or better ideas? Thanks, .:Thinker I think that instead of having HTML documents, you could make pdf ones. I've seen a kind of pdf which you could fill in and then print, but have no idea how to make it. -- Josenildo Marques ICQ 289971493 +++ Homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net usuário Linux registrado No. 341648 ** Tudo o que é sólido se desmancha no ar. Karl Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Forms (typewriter is dead)
On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 19:15, Josenildo Marques wrote: Em Qui, 2004-07-15 às 12:53, Thinker escreveu: Hello All, My question is about forms. We are currently using a few forms in our daily routines that require the use of a typewriter. After sitting here and watching one of the business office managers spend 15 minutes typing up a form and then another 10 going back and 'whiting out' the mistakes that were made, I feel that I need to do something to fix this. I was thinking I need to create an HTML form that can be filled out, and when the submit key is clicked, I need the values to automatically appear in the correct places on a preexisting word document to be printed off. Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to do this, possible resources or better ideas? Thanks, .:Thinker I think that instead of having HTML documents, you could make pdf ones. I've seen a kind of pdf which you could fill in and then print, but have no idea how to make it. Would an Open Office template meet your needs? -- Paul Linux number 312953 June 1995 http://counter.li.org. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Forms (typewriter is dead)
On Thursday 15 July 2004 09:15 am, Josenildo Marques wrote: Em Qui, 2004-07-15 às 12:53, Thinker escreveu: Hello All, My question is about forms. We are currently using a few forms in our daily routines that require the use of a typewriter. After sitting here and watching one of the business office managers spend 15 minutes typing up a form and then another 10 going back and 'whiting out' the mistakes that were made, I feel that I need to do something to fix this. I was thinking I need to create an HTML form that can be filled out, and when the submit key is clicked, I need the values to automatically appear in the correct places on a preexisting word document to be printed off. Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to do this, possible resources or better ideas? Thanks, .:Thinker I think that instead of having HTML documents, you could make pdf ones. I've seen a kind of pdf which you could fill in and then print, but have no idea how to make it. Assuming youre talking about a (shudder) Windows enviorment Adobe Acrobat 6.0 (Commerical product ) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Forms (typewriter is dead)
Dear Friend, I think we can implement Apache + PHP + mysql here in this case. Here we can create simple HTML form using PHP to accept inputs from user. The PHP code will also take care to save the data in Mysql database. This will enable you to reuse existing data if you want and will surely reduce repetitive work. So also we can create another PHP code which will query to Mysql database and will put the results in HTML form so that you can print it. Hope this helps you. So also there are many such free programs available on the net which you can download. By the way Apache + PHP + mysql are available in the Mandrake 10.00 cd set which we can install very easily. This has worked for me very well. Thanks, ~Sujit.. Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 15 July 2004 09:15 am, Josenildo Marques wrote: Em Qui, 2004-07-15 s 12:53, Thinker escreveu: Hello All, My question is about forms. We are currently using a few forms in our daily routines that require the use of a typewriter. After sitting here and watching one of the business office managers spend 15 minutes typing up a form and then another 10 going back and 'whiting out' the mistakes that were made, I feel that I need to do something to fix this. I was thinking I need to create an HTML form that can be filled out, and when the submit key is clicked, I need the values to automatically appear in the correct places on a preexisting word document to be printed off. Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to do this, possible resources or better ideas? Thanks, .:Thinker I think that instead of having HTML documents, you could make pdf ones. I've seen a kind of pdf which you could fill in and then print, but have no idea how to make it. Assuming youre talking about a (shudder) Windows enviorment Adobe Acrobat 6.0 (Commerical product ) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
