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Posted by Steve on 09/26/07 13:15
"rf" <rf@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> "Steve" <no.one@example.com> wrote in message
> news:uTlKi.116$n96.31@newsfe06.lga...
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>> "Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message
>> news:QAhKi.1186$hI7.351@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net...
>>> "Steve" <no.one@example.com> wrote in message
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>>>> i *so* don't get it either. maybe i've got a type-o or am
>>>> referencing/misspelling the attribute. would you post your media print
>>>> sample to print landscape with all margins at 0.25"
>>>
>>> body {
>>> onload: javascript:'alert("When printer dialogue is displayed, make
>>> sure to select -landscape-.")';
>>> }
>>>
>>> ... or something like it.
>>
>> please tell me you're joking, right? i'm taking about using css to set
>> margins and page orientation...not the user. but, i know the above is a
>> joke.
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> No joke.
>
> What you are thinking of is the page media "size" property and its
> "landscape" and "portrait" values.
>
> They were around in CSS 2 but were dropped in CSS 2.1. They are
> re-introduced in CSS 3 but nobody actually supports them. IE is unlikely
> to support them for a long time, as it still doesn't support even CSS 2.1
> properly.
>
> No support === not usable so instructing the user is the next best thing.
>
> Google groups for <css size landscape> and settle down for a good read :-)
thanks richard. that was my understanding too. i had to ask it though...i
really don't want to buy a pdf lib or wrap fpdf in a class that does what i
want. anyway, it seems that's what's on the menu.
thanks again.
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