All, I agree that RTF (or, possibly PDF, but that presents its own challenges) is probably the way to go.
Rick, you're going to want to take your query, or whatever format your source data is in and just loop over it (this could produce several nested loops - don't be afraid to just do it) to produce one "instance" of your RTF document per interation of your outermost loop. "Instance" in this case could just mean a final line break so the whole mail merge ends up in one document. It could also mean a distinct file... that's going to be up to you. You could create a whole temp folder full of files for them to download (via checkboxes, maybe?) There's a bajillion ways to do it... but if they're used to Word, I think you're on the right track. Here's what looked like a handy link full of working, runnable examples of generating RTF text from within CF: http://rtflib.aciwebs.com/cf/index.cfm And remember, Google is your friend! Laterz! On Apr 4, 2005 5:43 PM, Rebecca Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks. And thanks for the reminder, guys, re: the pound signs. Sometimes > when I'm in a rush, I just slip into old habits just to meet some deadline. > I'm sure we all have moments when we look back on code we've written in the > past and groan. There are probably developers somewhere who inherited some of > my early applications (circa 1997-2001, if any of them are even still around) > that *hate* me. I know what that's like, because now I get to maintain code > written by my predesessors. > > >I've always found pound signs make it hard for me to read stuff so I find > >myself organizing my code in such a way as to avoid them where reasonable. > > > >Nice solution Rebecca. > > > >- Calvin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:201461 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
