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Posted by mbstevens on 08/10/05 17:50
nightstar@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We are modernizing how our statements are printed. I have a layout in
> mind and have been trying to get it to work with no luck. I want to
> use <div> tags, all css controlled, for multiple sections of our
> statement. Here is what I want/have so far. Any input appreciated.
>
>
> this section defines the whole statement, absolutely positioned
> <div id="statement">
> This section identifies the header section, it can be specific height
> because the "mid" div tag contains a graphic and no text will hang
> below the graphic in this section.
> <div id="header">
> These next three are absolutely positioned taking up x% of the top row.
> <div id="left"></div>
> <div id="mid"></div>
> <div id="right"></div>
> </div> end header
>
> <div id="midsection">
> The stuff for the middle section should go here, contains customer
> info, and all shold be under the header. This section can expand on
> the Y axis depending on who the customer is. This should also contain
> two divs creating 4 equal columns instead of using a table.
No, no. See first comment below.
> </div> end midsection
>
> <div id="bottomsection">
> Contains the money issues of the statement, and expands on the Y axis
> depending on how many transactions are made.
> </div> end bottom section
>
> </div> end statement
>
> any input would be fine or some css that will acomplish this. I am new
> to CSS and positioning.
>
> Thanks
>
Warnings often seen here against table markup apply only to non-tabular
data! The _main_ part of a bank statement is an A-1, bonafide, genuine,
nonparel example of tabular data.
So, after generating the customer name and such, you would change to
table markup. Generate the page with your server side language which is
accessing your database. Don't bother putting the table in it's own
div. It is a CSS positionable thing in itself.
I suggest sucking _all_ needed info for a statement from the database
into some variables. Then the program can decide about how many columns
to print in any particular row, how many rows to print, etc. If you try
to read info a bit at a time from the database, you're likely to get
bitten. I'd go with Perl for this task, but that's just me.
--
mbstevens
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