Re: [PHP] New Page Escape Sequence
Hello, Chip wrote: On Monday 03 December 2001 11:02 pm, Robert Samuel White wrote: I wish to take some information out of a database and create a text file with the information, nicely formatted. Does any one know of an escape sequence that works as a new page indicator for printing??? I did some checking into this also, some time back. All the responses I got then were it's not possible to cover all types of printers and OS's available with just a certain escape sequence or other code. If you get a better answer, would you please copy me on it? In theory, the right way to achieve that is to put style attribute in the first paragraph the page that tells to break the page before the paragraph. I know that the attribute exists, but I don't know how many browsers obey it when they print the page. Maybe it is safe to resort to PDF. Regards, Manuel Lemos -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] New Page Escape Sequence
On Tuesday 04 December 2001 12:30 am, Manuel Lemos wrote: Hello, Chip wrote: On Monday 03 December 2001 11:02 pm, Robert Samuel White wrote: I wish to take some information out of a database and create a text file with the information, nicely formatted. Does any one know of an escape sequence that works as a new page indicator for printing??? I did some checking into this also, some time back. All the responses I got then were it's not possible to cover all types of printers and OS's available with just a certain escape sequence or other code. If you get a better answer, would you please copy me on it? In theory, the right way to achieve that is to put style attribute in the first paragraph the page that tells to break the page before the paragraph. I know that the attribute exists, but I don't know how many browsers obey it when they print the page. Maybe it is safe to resort to PDF. Regards, Manuel Lemos I know it exists also, it is supposedly supported by the two 'main' browsers, but it doesn't work as expected. I tried the style sheet method, inline and external, and found it works with IE more often then Netscape, and then only sometimes on some printers, but not always, so YMMV. -- Chip -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] New Page Escape Sequence
Hello, Chip wrote: On Monday 03 December 2001 11:02 pm, Robert Samuel White wrote: I wish to take some information out of a database and create a text file with the information, nicely formatted. Does any one know of an escape sequence that works as a new page indicator for printing??? I did some checking into this also, some time back. All the responses I got then were it's not possible to cover all types of printers and OS's available with just a certain escape sequence or other code. If you get a better answer, would you please copy me on it? In theory, the right way to achieve that is to put style attribute in the first paragraph the page that tells to break the page before the paragraph. I know that the attribute exists, but I don't know how many browsers obey it when they print the page. Maybe it is safe to resort to PDF. Regards, Manuel Lemos -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] New Page Escape Sequence
if it's just a plain text file then, in theory, you can insert a FF character (0x0C) but as mentioned, this might not work on all printers. if you're using html, try using: br style=page-break-before: always; or put the style in some other tag if it doesn't work for br there's also page-break-after: always; that you could use... -Original Message- From: Manuel Lemos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 7:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Chip; Robert Samuel White Subject: Re: [PHP] New Page Escape Sequence Hello, Chip wrote: On Monday 03 December 2001 11:02 pm, Robert Samuel White wrote: I wish to take some information out of a database and create a text file with the information, nicely formatted. Does any one know of an escape sequence that works as a new page indicator for printing??? I did some checking into this also, some time back. All the responses I got then were it's not possible to cover all types of printers and OS's available with just a certain escape sequence or other code. If you get a better answer, would you please copy me on it? In theory, the right way to achieve that is to put style attribute in the first paragraph the page that tells to break the page before the paragraph. I know that the attribute exists, but I don't know how many browsers obey it when they print the page. Maybe it is safe to resort to PDF. Regards, Manuel Lemos -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] New Page Escape Sequence
On Tuesday 04 December 2001 02:35 pm, Martin Towell wrote: if it's just a plain text file then, in theory, you can insert a FF character (0x0C) but as mentioned, this might not work on all printers. if you're using html, try using: br style=page-break-before: always; or put the style in some other tag if it doesn't work for br there's also page-break-after: always; that you could use... Unfortanately this does not work all the time, in all browsers, on all printers, etc etc. I've tried it, it just wasn't reliable enough to make the appropriate changes to many pages, so I've just left them to be printed the way the individuals printer wants to print them, after all, you also can't control how the margins will appear, etc. -- chip -Original Message- From: Manuel Lemos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 7:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Chip; Robert Samuel White Subject: Re: [PHP] New Page Escape Sequence Hello, Chip wrote: On Monday 03 December 2001 11:02 pm, Robert Samuel White wrote: I wish to take some information out of a database and create a text file with the information, nicely formatted. Does any one know of an escape sequence that works as a new page indicator for printing??? I did some checking into this also, some time back. All the responses I got then were it's not possible to cover all types of printers and OS's available with just a certain escape sequence or other code. If you get a better answer, would you please copy me on it? In theory, the right way to achieve that is to put style attribute in the first paragraph the page that tells to break the page before the paragraph. I know that the attribute exists, but I don't know how many browsers obey it when they print the page. Maybe it is safe to resort to PDF. Regards, Manuel Lemos -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] New Page Escape Sequence
On Monday 03 December 2001 11:02 pm, Robert Samuel White wrote: I wish to take some information out of a database and create a text file with the information, nicely formatted. Does any one know of an escape sequence that works as a new page indicator for printing??? I did some checking into this also, some time back. All the responses I got then were it's not possible to cover all types of printers and OS's available with just a certain escape sequence or other code. If you get a better answer, would you please copy me on it? -- Chip [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
