Hi, Al... Thanks for the explanation. How do you code a page break in CSS?
Rick -----Original Message----- From: Al Musella, DPM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 4:53 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Web Based Mail Merge? (not email!) I am actually using 4.5.2 on my server as well! (It is a small non-profit brain cancer organization - and they can't afford to upgrade:) As I see it, your problem is creating multiple pages. There are a few approaches. The nicest is to use CSS to force a page break after each page, but when I did this, I had to deal with older browsers, so I cheated by just using [br] tag to get to the next page. I have a setup page that you use to determine how many lines are printed on your printer, and save that number in a cookie. Then as I loop through each record I set a line counter to see how many lines are used (for example, if there is no address line 2, I don't leave an empty space).. then after the content, I figure out how many [br] tags are needed to get to the next line. Works remarkably well. The only problems: you have to have the user set the header and footer in their browser to blanks, and it only works for 1 font size.. if they set their browser to a bigger or smaller font, they have to figure out how many lines per page again Al At 10:45 AM 4/2/2005, you wrote: >Hi, Al... > >Would you explain a little more about how you >cause the mail merge to execute? I'm still using >CF 4.5.2...is what you're doing possible with that? > >I've created printable forms using CSS and CF variables, >but only as single documents, not as multiple printouts >from a mail merge... > >Rick > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Al Musella, DPM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 10:19 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: Web Based Mail Merge? (not email!) > > > I do this all of the time with straight HTML.. Use style sheets to >format the pages nicely and to display the letterhead part, and just use >cold fusion to insert the variables at the right place. Make sure they set >the browser to not print a header or footer. I have a button on a page >that whn clicked pops up this new window with just the mail merged pages.. >you can use javascript to print it then close it, or let them do it >manually. (I do this because the mail merged pages don't have your >navigation bars) > > To get a little fancier, you can also use pdf.. search for dynamic pdf. >Al > >At 03:02 AM 4/2/2005, you wrote: > >Ok guy's, here's something that has been playing on mind now for far too > >long and I need to try to come up with a definitive answer of either yes > >it can be done or no it can't. Here's what I have been asked to do; > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:201287 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
