Web generated reports

[Michael Satterwhite]

I have a client that wants a web based application. One of the requirements
would be to print a report from the web page. I need to be able to produce
the page on paper as I present it on the screen - without the usually added
web page headers at the top / bottom of the page.

I know there is no way to guarantee how a browser will render something, but
there has to be some way to improve my chances to get the report as shown
on screen.

Would someone be so kind as to give me some hints - or possibly point me at
some tools?

tia
---Michael

[Philip Ronan]

On 04.10.4 6:54 PM, Michael Satterwhite wrote:

I have a client that wants a web based application. One of the requirements
would be to print a report from the web page. I need to be able to produce
the page on paper as I present it on the screen - without the usually added
web page headers at the top / bottom of the page.
The headers and footers are an optional feature in some browsers, but as the
web author you have no control over this.

You should also bear in mind that HTML is not a print medium per se. Your
efforts to make the page look exactly the same on paper as it does on the
screen are basically doomed.
I know there is no way to guarantee how a browser will render something, but
there has to be some way to improve my chances to get the report as shown
on screen.
Well why don't you generate the reports as PDF files instead?
Would someone be so kind as to give me some hints - or possibly point me at
some tools?

PDF modules are available for most if not all varieties of server.

Phil
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[kaeli]

In article <p7******************@fe2.texas.rr.com>, satterwh.X$NO$S
$P**@weblore.com enlightened us with...

I have a client that wants a web based application. One of the requirements
would be to print a report from the web page. I need to be able to produce
the page on paper as I present it on the screen - without the usually added
web page headers at the top / bottom of the page.

CSS @media is your friend.
Make those parts invisible for print media.

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Quoth the raven kaeli:

In article <p7******************@fe2.texas.rr.com>, satterwh.X$NO$S
$P**@weblore.com enlightened us with...

I have a client that wants a web based application. One of the
requirements would be to print a report from the web page. I need
to be able to produce the page on paper as I present it on the
screen - without the usually added web page headers at the top /
bottom of the page.

CSS @media is your friend. Make those parts invisible for print
media.

As Philip already pointed out, those parts are a function of the
browser, not of the web page. Authors have no control over the user's
print page setup.
File > Page Setup > Margins, headers and footers

Though, a print media stylesheet can do other really neat stuff...

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[Andy Dingley]

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 17:54:29 GMT, Michael Satterwhite
<sa*****************@weblore.com> wrote:

Would someone be so kind as to give me some hints - or possibly point me at
some tools?

This is good
http://www.meadroid.com/scriptx/index.asp

It's an ActiveX for IE only, but if you can live with that, then it
does what you need and does it well. I've used it a lot for intranet
work.

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