axel heck

Hi,

is there any function for sending multipart/form-datas out of clipper???

Thanks,

Axel

mgmurch

Axel,

I don't understand the question. Do you mean printing multipart form?
Display, data entry multi part forms? Please tell a little more
about what you need?

Mike

jogrant

Axel

I have an appliction that produces Purchase Orders, Invoices, etc.

For each doucment type,
I set up an MS-Word output file as a template
( see explanation below ).
This template contains all the form data
( lines and boxes, fixed text, company logo, etc ).
It also contains dummy text for each data field
( customer name, invoice number, item, quantity, price, etc.).

My Clipper program uses the fopen() / fread() / fwrite() functions
to create a copy of this template
in which each dummy text field
is replaced by the appropriate data ( or by blanks ).
It then sends this copy to the printer one or more times.


To create a template
first create an MS-Word document
then "print to file" from MS-Word
using the Windows printer definition
for the type of printer that will eventually be used.
It is better to use a very old version of MS-Word ( e.g. Word'97 ).
The printer files produced by newer versions of MS-Word
are much larger, and take far too long to load.


As an alternative
one can use the MS-Word document itself as the template,
create a copy with data fields replaced
pass the copy to MS-Word by using the following command
run ( "<path to MS-office>\WinWord.exe " + <copyname>.doc )
This will start up MS-Word, with the <copyname> open in it.
The user can then print it, one or more times, from MS-Word.
They can also fax it from MS-Word,
by printing to a "print-to-fax" program such as WinFax.
They can use MS-Word to make adjustments or annotations
before printing or faxing.

If this sounds like what you want to do
and you need more technical detail
you can reach me at joe.grant@sympatico.ca

Joe