Re: How Big Is a Letter Page

[<Matt.Haas@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,

The issue is that nothing that I'm aware of implements the parts of CSS3
that let you define the size of a "page" for printing. You can force
page breaks but that's about it. Here's an example style sheet that lets
you do that:

<style type="text/css">
.shipntrack   {page-break-before: always;}
</style>

If you assign the class "shipntrack" to something (like a div), you'll
get a page break before that element prints. I use this technique for
things like making sure the payment stub prints on it's own page when
online invoices are viewed.

Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 4:43 PM
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] How Big Is a Letter Page

I could go into a long rant, but lets just put it this way.

It is an emailed newsletter... requirements include the HTML version
included in the email and a "printable version" in PDF. Dealing with
user/office politics. Us programmers know that it should just be HTML or
just PDF, but as we know its the users in control and they won't change.

On 6/1/07, Matt.Haas@xxxxxxxxxxx <Matt.Haas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> If you are trying to have absolute control over page flow, generate a
> PDF. HTML is the wrong tool for the job.
>
> Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Mike
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 4:08 PM
> To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: [WEB400] How Big Is a Letter Page
>
> We are having "issues" with a multi-page HTML newsletter. They want to
> set
> the page breaks so they can control the flow.
>
> I have found that 750 is a good width, but how high in pixels would a
> letter
> size page be? And is there a way to force these sizes so they can't go
> bigger than that our defined size?
>
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