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Posted by strawberry on 07/28/06 11:57
Kimmo Laine wrote:
> "strawberry" <zac.carey@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1154080399.591498.91400@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>
> Kimmo Laine wrote:
> > "strawberry" <zac.carey@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1154074574.791314.102370@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > > I've written a (single-page) script that works like this;
> > >
> > > If no values are posted to it, the script creates a form page for a
> > > user to fill in and 'submit'.
> > >
> > > If values are posted to it (i.e. the user filled in the form), the
> > > script renders a page of html with the user-supplied values.
> > >
> > > Straightforward stuff, however, if values are posted I'd like the
> > > rendered page to open in MS word for further editing, instead of the
> > > users default browser.
> > >
> > > What steps can I take to acheve this?
> >
> >
> > Make an .rtf-document. You can start by making a template in Wordpad or
> > Word, save the file as rtf and open it, it's just plaintext. Copy it and
> > paste it to your php file, then insert required php magic in the rtf (echo
> > the user input values to right places) and finally make it look like rtf
> > document with headers.
> >
> > header('Content-type: application/msword');
> > header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="myfile.rtf"');
> > header('Cache-Control: private');
> >
> > This is at least how I've managed to do it. The only hard part is the rtf
> > which has quite messy markup.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the reply Kimmo,
> >
> > So, wouldn't this work - if it only appeared in the 'values posted'
> > case?
>
>
> As a wise man once said, "Well, duh!". I thought it was kinda obvious but
> apparently it wasn't. Yes, only in the case if values are posted.
>
:-) That wasn't my question.
I was referring to the substitution of '.rtf' with '.htm'.
But thinking about it, that won't work will it, because it will trigger
Word before the page is rendered? But perhaps if I set it up to preview
the rendered page in a web browser with maybe an edit button that then
sends the rendered page to Word?
Does any of that make sense?
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