Re: New Page Escape Sequence

On Tuesday 04 December 2001 12:30 am, Manuel Lemos wrote: > Hello, > > Chip wrote: > > On Monday 03 December 2001 11:02 pm, Robert Samuel White wrote: > > > I wish to take some information out of a database and create a text > > > file with the information, nicely formatted. Does any one know of an > > > escape sequence that works as a "new page" indicator for printing??? > > > > I did some checking into this also, some time back. All the responses I > > got then were it's not possible to cover all types of printers and OS's > > available with just a certain escape sequence or other code. > > > > If you get a better answer, would you please copy me on it? > > In theory, the right way to achieve that is to put style attribute in > the first paragraph the page that tells to break the page before the > paragraph. I know that the attribute exists, but I don't know how many > browsers obey it when they print the page. Maybe it is safe to resort to > PDF. > > Regards, > Manuel Lemos I know it exists also, it is supposedly supported by the two 'main' browsers, but it doesn't work as expected. I tried the style sheet method, inline and external, and found it works with IE more often then Netscape, and then only sometimes on some printers, but not always, so YMMV. -- Chip