Hi,

The problem with using HTML as a report writer is primarily the
unreliable page breaking.

However it is a rather handy way of writing reports with images
embedded.

I could generate say 10 HTML pages of a maximum length to fit a page -
page1.htm, page2.htm, page3.htm ...etc.

Can I print all 10 pages, one after another automatically using perhaps
Javascript or some other method. Naturally dont want to ask the user
to do this.

Browser compatability would need to be I.E. 6 and Safari (not sure of
the version).

thanks

Tim

JavaScript is most likely not what you are looking for. Creating pages
is not really possible with JavaScript. What you want is a server-side
program such as PHP or Perl.
timasmith@hotmail.com wrote:

Hi,
>
The problem with using HTML as a report writer is primarily the
unreliable page breaking.
>
However it is a rather handy way of writing reports with images
embedded.
>
I could generate say 10 HTML pages of a maximum length to fit a page -
page1.htm, page2.htm, page3.htm ...etc.
>
Can I print all 10 pages, one after another automatically using perhaps
Javascript or some other method. Naturally dont want to ask the user
to do this.
>
Browser compatability would need to be I.E. 6 and Safari (not sure of
the version).
>
thanks
>
Tim

I know javascript has a print method, but since each report page would
be a different web page I'm not sure the security around javascript
would allow one web page to print another web page. But it is worth a
try.

timasmith@hotmail.com wrote:

Hi,
>
The problem with using HTML as a report writer is primarily the
unreliable page breaking.
>
However it is a rather handy way of writing reports with images
embedded.
>
I could generate say 10 HTML pages of a maximum length to fit a page -
page1.htm, page2.htm, page3.htm ...etc.
>
Can I print all 10 pages, one after another automatically using perhaps
Javascript or some other method. Naturally dont want to ask the user
to do this.
>
Browser compatability would need to be I.E. 6 and Safari (not sure of
the version).
>
thanks
>
Tim

timasmith@hotmail.com wrote:

Hi,
>
The problem with using HTML as a report writer is primarily the
unreliable page breaking.

I have used the css 'page-break-before' to cause divs to initiate a
page break.

this is CSS mind you not JavaScript.

You may also want to experiment with: page: rotate; - also in CSS not
JavaScript.

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On 10 Oct 2006 17:47:40 -0700, timasmith@hotmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
>
>The problem with using HTML as a report writer is primarily the
>unreliable page breaking.
>
>However it is a rather handy way of writing reports with images
>embedded.
>
>I could generate say 10 HTML pages of a maximum length to fit a page -
>page1.htm, page2.htm, page3.htm ...etc.
>
>Can I print all 10 pages, one after another automatically using perhaps
>Javascript or some other method. Naturally dont want to ask the user
>to do this.
>
>Browser compatability would need to be I.E. 6 and Safari (not sure of
>the version).
>
>thanks

Why not use PDF? There are free or low cost programs to do this. I use
a printer driver called "easyPdf" -- to generate pdf pages. You do need a
printable form of your report, for example a Word version. See, for example,
my book:

http://masonc.home.netcom.com/quimby/quimby.pdf

Mason C

>
>Tim