Ian C. Blenke wrote:
> Paul M Foster wrote:
>
>> Kwan Lowe wrote:
>>
>>>> Okay, here's (what I consider) an interesting programming problem. The
>>>> idea would be to generate a check in your browser screen, and be
>>>> able to
>>>> print the screen and get a check on your own check forms (8-1/2x11).
>>>> The
>>>> screen would look just like your check, except for your company name,
>>>> MICR printing, etc. Everything exactly where it would be when you print
>>>> it on your checks (from NEBS or whoever).
>>>>
>>>> PHP is the language of choice here. But PHP has no ability to place
>>>> screen objects at a certain position on the screen. Most likely, you'd
>>>> have to have everything surrounded by the <PRE> tag, so it should print
>>>> exactly what you want where you want it (assuming Courier or some
>>>> similar font).
>>>>
>>>> Here's the other snag: the screen coordinates (line and column) for
>>>> each
>>>> part of the check (payee, date, etc.) are in a PostgreSQL database.
>>>> This
>>>> is so the user can configure the check depending on who he bought his
>>>> checks from.
>>>>
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>
> There are numerous PDF libraries out there for just about every
> programming language.
>
> That'd be the direction I would go with this.
>
The answer is... the php fpdf package. Very compact, but it works for
what I want. All courier, everything precisely spaced for correct
alignment on a check. Now I just have to write code to retrieve
coordinate values from the database, along with the data to print, and
hammer it all together to make a full script.
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