You can use MS Office COM interfaces, etc. - some tutorials should be at www.cfcomet.com. You can also generate PDF using COM (activepdf, distiller, etc.) or Java (there are many libraries and some CFX tags). You could also use IE styles to generate some decent printer version pages (IE supports pagination and many other nice print-friendly things with CSS) and you could also look at using Flash for this.... since Flash is very lightweight, cheaper than most PDF server software if you don't already own a copy, can generate VERY printer-friendly high res. output, and will communicate with CF to do some neat stuff.
~Simon Simon Horwith CTO, Etrilogy Ltd. Member of Team Macromedia Macromedia Certified Instructor Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Certified Flash MX Developer CFDJList - List Administrator http://www.how2cf.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 January 2004 09:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ cf-dev ] PDF's Me again. Can anyone help me with this one please I am reading data from an excel spreadsheet and displaying it nicely on the screen. The data is school budget info (very boring stuff) The client has decided that the user will want to print the budget off and that the output from IE is Cr*p Someone has told this person that its possible to print out in PDF format. I have never done this so could do with a tutorial/info on how to do it. I know there was a thread here sometime ago about doing it. Any help would be appreciated. Regards - Paul **************************************************************************** ********************* The information contained within this e-mail (and any attachment) sent by Birmingham City Council is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named recipient or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies and notify the sender immediately, or telephone +(44) 121 303 6666. Unauthorised access, use, disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted and may be unlawful. Any e-mail including its content may be monitored and used by Birmingham City Council for reasons of security and for monitoring internal compliance with the office policy on staff use. E-mail blocking software may also be used. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the originator and do not necessarily represent those of Birmingham City Council. We cannot guarantee that this message or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted and amended. **************************************************************************** ********************* -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
