we wish it to print directly to the printer on the server...so since its
on each desktop, actually submitting everything directly to the printer
(as it will grab a few extra print items based upon other requirements),
not an scripted equivalent of hitting print, I can do that. :)
Thanks.
-Eric
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From: Blaine Korte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 3:16 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Sending (formatted) output directly to a printer
Wow, I didn't even know it was possible in the first place. Care to
elaborate on the 'only in IE' part? I'm building an application where
this
would work perfect and we already require IE.
Thanks,
-Blaine
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From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 2:02 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Sending (formatted) output directly to a printer
First off...printing from the web can be pretty tough...especially
sending
straight to printer (unless the printer is connected to the server and
the
client has access to that printer.....like in an intranet setup). If
memory
serves....the straight to printer only works in IE.
Second....the formattting without display....
Have you considered generating an Excel or PDF file on the fly and
simply
making it available to download? I know it bypasses you "straight to
printer" requirement...but I don't know how much success you'll have
with
that anyway ;-) It does however give you a consistent interface and
flow
without too many cross-browser issues.
my couple'o'cents
Cheers
Bryan Stevenson B.Comm.
VP & Director of E-Commerce Development
Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
phone: 250.480.0642
fax: 250.480.1264
cell: 250.920.8830
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web: www.electricedgesystems.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Earl, George
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:17 PM
Subject: Sending (formatted) output directly to a printer
Is there a way to format an answer set from a CF request to a database
into
a report and then send it directly to a user's printer while bypassing
their
browser?
We are migrating a mainframe CICS application to a web application
using
CF
and Oracle.
When a user requests a listing/report, the mainframe application will
return
up to 300 rows to the screen, will divert between 301 to 3000 rows to
the
user's mainframe associated printer, and will ask the user to refine
their
search if the answer set reaches 3001 rows.
The users want us to duplicate this 300/3000 row functionality in the
web
app version and they also want the capability of sending output
directly
to
a printer regardless of how many rows are in the answer set (at times
this
could be as many as 5000 rows!). The output that gets directed to a
printer
must be formatted into a listing/report just like the output that gets
displayed in the browser. I.e., the print output must have report
headers,
column headers, counts and totals, etc., not just be a dump of the
answer
set.
Our dilemma is how do we format the output into a listing/report and
send
it
directly to the user's printer while bypassing the browser?
How would you do this?
If this is not possible, what other alternative(s) would you consider
to
satisfy this requirement?
We are still on CF 5 on Win2k, moving to CFMX 6.1 on Win2003, then to
CFMX
6.1/Blackstone on Solaris . . .
Thanks!
George
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