[RESOLVED] Controlling Printing Output Like a Word Document

[stewartship]

Hi Everyone!

This is a really generalised help topic, but any pointers / help / (god bless you if you do...) pre-arranged scripts that control php printing aspects so that it prints like a word document i desperately need it.

The basic structure is that i have built an online ordering system (using the localhos ton my comp and mysql as the database), so that products can be purchased, prices recorded etc. and finally a Delivery Note / Invoice can be created (which is where the problem is).

So far what i have done is create a test word document covering a couple of pages, i then saved this as a web page, and then interacted the php with the word source code gleamed from the web page version of word.

This works in as much as i can create a new window with php with the order info, the document looks like a single page but on print preview from the tool bar is split accordingly into seperate pages (which is good), however i am having trouble getting the header (logo + company mission statement) / footer (company address and contact info) to 'stick' on each seperate page created. That is to say in my version cannot get the header / footer to repeat on each new page (in the correct space). THe header only gets placed on the first page, and the footer gets 'pushed' until the last page only!

ANYWAY any help on how to organise php printing output (without having to convert to pdf) so that in can be displayed as it would be with word......

Many thanks

:bemused:

[Roger_Ramjet]

Basically not possible. You can use CSS to control some aspects of page layout when printing, such as how to treat an element when a page break cuts across it, but not to creat page headers and footers.

CSS Print ref

[stewartship]

THanks for the help! Will have to incorprorate into my css, just was hoping there was a way you could interact with the command bar items:

Item.GetInspector.CommandBars.Item("Menu Bar").Controls("File").Controls("Print Preview").Execute;

but that is all javascript and should not be posted here!! (:

Thanks again

[Weedpacket]

No, because PHP isn't familiar with these "command bar items" of which you speak. I understand that (some, though by no means all) http clients have them, though.