Re: Serial Numbers

"Floyd Resler" <fresler@adex-intl.com> wrote in message news:E6321B00-590D-4294-9B81-81CC92883007@adex-intl.com... On Jul 12, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Gary wrote: > I'm sure it is possible, but I am unsure how to do this. I have created a > Sale coupon that I was going to put up on a site that I manage, for > visitors > to print out and bring to the store. The coupon is currently a .png, > however > I was planning on converting to a pdf. I would like to put on the coupon > a > serial number that increases by 1 everytime the page is viewed. I dont > really care if someone refreshes the page and skews the numbers. > > Is this possible and could someone give me some help? > > Thanks > > Gary > Is there any particular reason you need it to be a PDF? If not and the GD library is installed in your PHP, I would suggest using the GD library to draw your serial number on the coupon. As for keeping track of the counter I would do it either in a database table or save the number to file. Take care, Floyd Floyd Thanks for your reponse. No real reason that the file has to be a pdf, that was my original plan before I came up with the counter idea.. I also thought it might not be as difficult to put the script on a pdf. I have used the GD library in the past, so it is installed on the server, however I dont know how to apply to this situation.. After I posted the question, the thought came to me to simply create the coupon in html and include a simple counter, like a hit counter, but since I had the png already created, I was hoping there was a way to include the script on it instead of recreating in html/php. Gary __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5273 (20100712) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com