RE: HTML Expert Needed...

I agree with Jim. We run our vendor package's "traditional" reports in a CGI
process and convert the AS/400 spooled output into a PDF for online viewing.
I have not seen it work where the form submit can create a PDF viewable in
the same window. We elected to show a "your report is ready" page with a
link to the PDF.

Loyd

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Franz [mailto:franz400@triad.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:18 PM
To: web400@midrange.com
Subject: Re: [WEB400] HTML Expert Needed...


I do know from my own experience serving dynamically created pdf documents
from a cgi site, that there is a known pdf/netscape/ie problem where
sometimes (and with some versions- always) the pdf page will be blank if
trying to display within the same browser panel. We chose a workaround
published in Adobe Tech Support to change the preferences in Acrobat Reader
to always disply document in a new panel. Always works. There is quite a bit
of info in the Adobe site, listing all kinds of problems. It seems that the
various versions & features of the reader, along with various IE & Netscape
versions makes for some bumps. Is it required that your pdf appear in the
existing table? Or can it be the link to display the file? jim franz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Silberberg" <jsilberberg@mindspring.com>
To: <web400@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:58 PM
Subject: [WEB400] HTML Expert Needed...


>
> To the Web400 List & Some Bcc Friends,
>
> HELP !!!!!!
>
>     From a Frontpage generated web page I am building.......
>
>     <td width="575" align="center" valign="top">
>           <embed src=http://xxx.xxx.org/bids/GMAG_Bid_012002.pdf
> width=98% height=526>
>   </center></td>
>
>         Is designed to embed a PDF document into the table cell on a
> web page, eventually I will rewite the PDF name based on a
> registration process using a CGI program, but for now I just
want
> this to work. While my own eyes can only see the IE 5.05...  Browser,
> and
it
> seems to work okay, I am beeing told that a Netscape and a IE 6.......
> browser are both having issues with the embed function !!
>
>             It does need to be embeded so that we can set cache to
expired,
> and control the page contents with the CGI program !
>
>             Any HELP would be great.  I feel like I am learning DE-RPG
> all over again ...  :-(
>
>         TIA,  JMS...
> ========================
> Jeffrey Silberberg
> CompuDesigns, Inc.
> Atlanta, Georgia  30350-5640
> (770) 399-9464