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You can create RTF files that will open in Word with very little
difficulty. If you're interested in this approach, just say so and
I'll spill the beans on it. Or you can do a search of the Forums for
the RTF articles I wrote a few years back that tell you everything
you need to know about creating RTF files from CF Data.
:)
Dustin
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> From: Reed Powell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 7:55 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Creating formatted documents on the fly n CF
>
>
> I just inherited another application, currently written in VBA,
> that needs to be integrated into the rest of my CF web site. Am
> looking for
> ideas on a
> couple of techniques.
>
> The application is used to gather information from a salesperson
> about the deal that they are pursuing, and then generates the
> appropriate customer documents (statements of work, etc), that
> contain the correct
> paragraphs and
> supporting details, based on what the salesperson entered. For
> instance, if
> the salesperson says that this is a server management deal, for
> 15 servers,
> then the SOW will be specific to server management, and there will
> be sections that contain information on those 15 servers. If it
> were a network
> support deal, there would be information on routers, etc.
>
> The current app is in VBA, with the data in an Access database.
> VBA interacts with MS Word to create the documents. The application
> actually runs on the client PC, with the Access database on a
> network drive.
>
> What would be a good solution in CF? Interacting with Word in the
> background seems to be harder in a server based environment than
> when it is
> on the user's client PC. What about Using Acrobat forms:
> generating an Acrobat FDF file from CF, and letting Acrobat do the
> merge? One of the variables seems to be the fact that some of the
> content will vary from one type of deal to the next, but a good bit
> of it is the same.
> Also, there is
> the fact that the tables of hardware information that need to be
> generated will vary in size - can Acrobat Forms handle that?
>
> If the printing capabilities of HTML were a little further along,
> I'd be thinking of simply generating HTML docs, but things like
> pagination, indexing, etc., are currently a pain to handle. I do
> have the
> flexibility of
> limiting users to only using IE.
>
> One of the shortcomings of the current app is that it generates
> Word docs, which are modifiable. One of the ideas for the new app
> is to generate PDF files as output. Are there any background PDF
> generation tools? I looked in the developer's exchange, and saw
> some PDF tools, but nothing
> along this
> line.
>
> Thanks for the help!
> -reed
>
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