We were unable to go with HTML as it's not secure. Can't have invoices which can be updated by recipients. We also wanted to produce output in Excel and protect most of it, but leave some cells for the User to enter and email back. Unfortunately the Pragnaan components were very ugly in this format, so we'll probably just write our own using OLE Automation.
Craig. Nic Wise wrote: > HTML gets displayed by pretty much anything, and it comes up nice in > outlook express and the like. (ie, most email apps these days). Just > cleaner, IMO. But thats just me. N > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Howard > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 3:06 PM > Subject: Re: [DUG]: Emailing Invoices > Stacey / Craig / Nic Thanks for the suggestions. We do have > a QR report viewer, but would prefer to use a format that > can be read by anybody. I assume all Stacey's 'filter > options' require QR Professional? Not sure what is involved > in the PDF printer option. Do you buy a virtual PDF printer > driver that converts any file sent to this "printer" to PDF > format? Have had a look at the Praagan and the Waler > sites. Before spending the US$79 on Praagan I'd need to be > convinced that I wasn'y about to convert to FastReport (and > I'm not convinced of that). Has anyone else had any > experience with TExtraFilters (US$25) and can tell us what > they thought of it? Nic - why do you suggest HTML rather > than RTF? What are the advantages as you see them? Thanks > again for the input. Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stacey Verner > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 2:24 PM > Subject: RE: [DUG]: Emailing Invoices > - We wrote a small app (less than 1mb) that shows > a QR preview, and allows you to load files, which > our clients are free to distribute.- Use the XL > export filter?- Take a look at the QR HTML export > filter (http://195.12.232.172/)- Wait for the QR > PDF export filter.- Print to a PDF printer and > distribute the PDF file.Stacey > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Howard > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2001 2:18 p.m. > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: [DUG]: Emailing Invoices > > Hi Currently using Quick Reports > (still). A client site has decided that > they want to email their invoices to > customers? Currently if you just export > the report to a text file from the > preview screen and then load it into > Word the result is ugly, even if you > turn it to landscape to stop the line > wrapping. What are the > options? TIA Mark (Is this the final > push to switch to Fast Report?) > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
