Well, then, use PDF :) You can lock that down quite nicely, but it does cost, if you use the Adobe creator thinggie.
N ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Emailing Invoices > 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/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
