On Fri, 2009-11-06 at 12:11 +0100, Sándor Tamás (HostWare Kft.) wrote:
> My question is slightly the same:
> how can I print a dynamically generated text file without opening a new
> window, or navigating from the current one?
>
> Thanks,
> SanTa
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fernando Castillo Aparicio" <f_c_a_1980@xxxxxxxx>
> To: "Dave M G" <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "PHP-General List"
> <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 8:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Preview button to show PDF without submitting post data?
>
>
> You could just open in a new window a php script that generates the
> "preview" pdf with a content-type header for pdf.
>
> header("Content-type: application/pdf");
>
> Or if the "preview" pdf is not dinamic, just point the url to the pdf.
>
> No javascript needed, just a link, o a submit button on a form with the
> url as the "action" attribute. If you need it to open on a new window,
> use target="_blank", or better target="pdf" if you want consecutive
> requests to open in the same window instead of a new one everytime.
>
> Note: if you are not using transitional html and care about validation, the
> target attribute is not allowed. In that case you would need javascript to
> open a new window.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> De: Dave M G <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Para: PHP-General List <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Enviado: vie,6 noviembre, 2009 04:58
> Asunto: Preview button to show PDF without submitting post data?
>
> PHP Users,
>
> I have a page that generates a PDF document using PHP. It takes form
> data filled in by the user to fill out the PDF
>
> When the user clicks "submit", it emails that PDF document to the
> intended recipient.
>
> However, I would like to add a "preview" function as well. But for a
> variety of reasons, instead of submitting the form data through post and
> re-filling all the fields with the selected data, I'd like to be able to
> open a new window with an example PDF without actually submitting the form.
>
> I think this might need JavaScript, but I'm not sure.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> Thank you for any advice.
>
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Print it where?
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
