On Fri, 2009-11-06 at 12:21 +0100, Sándor Tamás (HostWare Kft.) wrote:
> On a printer, of course. Else I'd say show, or preview :)
>
> SanTa
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Sándor Tamás (HostWare Kft.)" <sandortamas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "PHP-General List" <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Preview button to show PDF without submitting post data?
>
>
> 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.
> >
> > --
> > Dave M G
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> >
>
> Print it where?
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>
>
I mean what printer? One local to you (at the server) or to the user?
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
