>
> Thank you for the link and info. I have a more specific question on
> output and hope you can help. I was thinking of creating a PDF
> document and then populating it with the fields from a SQL query. For
> example, I make a PDF template of an invoice and set the fields to be
> filled in. The from the query populate the PDF with the info and then
> allow it to be saved and / or printed. Is this possible without
> purchasing an external program? Also, what about the same idea using a
> Word Document?
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
Kevin,
If you want to go the route of generating a PDF, then you may want to look at HTMLDOC.exe and the custom tag cf_html2pdf3. Just put your output between the tag and that's about it. Its very easy to work with and it will automatically generate the PDF and the HTML output according to the specifications you set up when you first call the tag:
<cf_html2pdf3 myhtmldoc="pathToHTMLDOC"
myoptions="--textfont Arial --fontsize 10pt"
mypdf="#variables.PDFName#">
output goes here.
</cf_html2pdf3>
That's about it. This does presuppose of course that you've got HTMLDoc running on your server.
regards,
larry
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Larry C. Lyons
Web Analyst
BEI Resources
American Type Culture Collection
email: llyons(at)atcc(dot)org
tel: 703.365.2700.2678
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> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
> On Thursday 29 Jul 2004 20:34 pm, Kevin wrote:
> > What would everyone suggest as the easiest way to generate
> formatted
> > output?
>
> Specify a print CSS stylesheet.
> Alistapart.com may come in handy here.
>
> --
> Tom Chiverton
> Advanced ColdFusion Programmer
>
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