Re: [PHP-DB] Subject: Web Printing

[Ng Hwee Hwee]

hi Neil,

thanx for your reply.. as mentioned earlier, the following method don't seem
to work for me.. my  still moves up the page if my  has only a
few lines of content. =(

hwee

- Original Message - 
From: "Neil Smith [MVP, Digital media]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 4:52 PM
Subject: [PHP-DB] Subject: Web Printing


> At 10:27 31/03/2005 +, you wrote:
> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >From: "Ng Hwee Hwee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "PHP DB List" 
> >Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:24:41 +0800
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> > boundary="=_NextPart_000_00CD_01C5361E.E80297D0"
> >Subject: Web Printing
> >
> >Hi all,
> >
> >i know i can print out a header and footer using HTML  and
.
> >However, the  doesn't always stay at the bottom of the page. For
> >example, if the the last page only have 2 records, the  will
appear
> >pretty high on the page.
> >
> >i am wondering how can i use PHP to fix the position of my header and
footer
>
> PHP cannot help you here, it's the wrong tool for the job (it's a "hammer"
> not a "screwdriver" so to speak).
> You need to (*must* !!!) use CSS to position and specify the height and
> dimensions of the thead and tfoot thus :
>
>
> thead {
>  display: table-header-group;
>  position: absolute;
>  top: 0;
>  height: 36pt;
>  width: 100%;
> }
>
> tfoot {
>  display: table-footer-group;
>  position: absolute;
>  bottom: 0;
>  height: 36pt;
>  width: 100%;
> }
>
> These should apply *reasonably* well to position your thead and tfoot row
> groups in the same place on each printed page (adjust as desired). You
> *cannot* use PHP to "guess" the height of the page areas reliably unless
> you are using a fixed pitch font such as a dot matrix line printer. And
> even then it's somewhat guesswork (I've done both).
>
> But if we're assuming that you're users have laser printers you *must* use
> CSS to do the print layout, PHP "line height guessing" will not work for
you.
>
> Cheers - Neil

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[PHP-DB] Subject: Web Printing

[Neil Smith [MVP, Digital media]]

At 10:27 31/03/2005 +, you wrote:
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Ng Hwee Hwee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PHP DB List" 
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:24:41 +0800
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="=_NextPart_000_00CD_01C5361E.E80297D0"
Subject: Web Printing
Hi all,
i know i can print out a header and footer using HTML  and . 
However, the  doesn't always stay at the bottom of the page. For 
example, if the the last page only have 2 records, the  will appear 
pretty high on the page.

i am wondering how can i use PHP to fix the position of my header and footer
PHP cannot help you here, it's the wrong tool for the job (it's a "hammer" 
not a "screwdriver" so to speak).
You need to (*must* !!!) use CSS to position and specify the height and 
dimensions of the thead and tfoot thus :

thead {
display: table-header-group;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
height: 36pt;
width: 100%;
}
tfoot {
display: table-footer-group;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
height: 36pt;
width: 100%;
}
These should apply *reasonably* well to position your thead and tfoot row 
groups in the same place on each printed page (adjust as desired). You 
*cannot* use PHP to "guess" the height of the page areas reliably unless 
you are using a fixed pitch font such as a dot matrix line printer. And 
even then it's somewhat guesswork (I've done both).

But if we're assuming that you're users have laser printers you *must* use 
CSS to do the print layout, PHP "line height guessing" will not work for you.

Cheers - Neil
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