> What is the best way to generate Excel and PDF formatted reports in > CF7? > I need to generate a report that is written in ColdFusion and give the > user an option to Export the report to Excel and PDF and hopefully > preserve the look of the report (adding headers and footer will work), > but how? > Please advise.
I ran up against this myself, at least with excel. Ended up just formatting the data using tables. Excel automatically converts them to cells - boom, you're done. Unless you have some funky nested tables, excel tries stacking them. But if you're dealing with simple table output, just save the output as a variable, then send it to the client via <cfcontent> Will ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:285120 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
