Howard Lowndes wrote: > > I want to develop an application that uses a background database but > delivers the displayed data in a web browser. OK, no big deal so far. > > The problem is that I also want to be able to deliver printable material > which will need a degree of formatting to suit a preprinted form. This > printable material could comprise any number of formatted output sheets to > be printed as overlays on the preprinted forms. > > Given that I want to use a web browser as the main user interface, what > would be the best language in which to write the app? I'm guessing PHP > rather than Perl; I see that that has a set of PDF functions that might > give me what I want.
I have the same requirement. I am using Perl for the scripting language and will probably be using PDFLIB http://www.pdflib.com/ It also has bindings for PHP I have tried it out and it can produces very nice small PDF which comes up quick on a web page. Read the licence though as it's not pure GPL. Mike -- Mike Lake Uni of Technol., Sydney UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ======================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ======================================================================== -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
