On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 14:59 +0900, Dave M G wrote: > Fernando, > > Thank you for responding. > > > You could just open in a new window a php script that generates the "preview" pdf with a content-type header for pdf. > > Yes, but how would the form data be carried over to the new window? > > The thing is that I have all this form data that the user has entered, > and before they submit it to be stored in the database, they want to see > it in a PDF file. > > If I just point the link to a new script that generates the PDF, won't > the form data be lost? > > Or is can I attach Post data to the new window? > > -- > Dave M G > The form data doesn't have to be lost. You can post it to an intermediate script that creates the PDF and holds the data. You could use Javascript to change the original form slightly so that it opens in a new window (set a target attribute) and then remove it immediately after. There are quite a few ways you can do all of this. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
