Re: PHP on an Windows intranet with MSOffice-like templates

You're welcome... Best regards, Ricardo Oliveira -------Original Message------- From: peter@westergaard.ca Date: 11/17/04 00:02:48 To: Ricardo J. S. Oliveira Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] PHP on an Windows intranet with MSOffice-like templates You're my hero. Thanks! -P Quoting "Ricardo J. S. Oliveira" <rjoliveira@sapo.pt>: > Why don't you try to define some templates but instead of using Office > documents, use PDF ones, try using fpdf, a free php class to generate pdf s > > Regards, > Ricardo Oliveira > > -------Original Message------- > > From: peter@westergaard.ca > Date: 11/16/04 23:24:24 > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DB] PHP on an Windows intranet with MSOffice-like templates > > I don't even know if this is possible, or if I'll have to go the route of > NET > development to get this sort of functionality (I'm sure it's possible if I > jump > through enough hoops). > > But here's what I'm trying to accomplish... > - users are all on a local intranet with access to a shared drive (no prob) > - users navigate a PHP-MySQL application to select records from a database > (no > prob) > - users are able to click a link which will launch some sort of document > (they > have Office, but if something like PDF is available on a Windows platform, > great) where a document template is fetched and updated with information > from > the selected record. (This is the part I don't understand how to do). > > An example... user wants to be able to print one of a variety of letters to > physically mail to a customer, customized with the customer's account info > (You know: Dear [first name] [last name], ... Your account [account_id] . . > is > 30 days past due... etc ) > > This way, management can update the template and not have me re-work the > code to > have it work... > > Is such a thing possible on a windows PHP platform? Can someone point me to > somewhere I can learn more about it? > > Thanks much, > -P > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >