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skemcin · Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 1284 Location: Plainfield, IL

First off, the "E-Mail to Friend" is functional (have fun playing with that one!

Now, the "Print Preview" is functional as well. I am currently chosing to use Flash Paper as the print media - please answer the poll so that I can guage whether people would prefer the printer friendly pages to be generated as flash paper or as a pdf.

Thanks in advance.
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Peter_in_AU · Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 2745 Location: Sydney, Australia

you're right about how cool Flash Paper looks. Are the results good as pdf when you actually put it onto paper?
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WhoDak · Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 492 Location: Akron, OH

Flash. Two reasons:

First, a flash applet opens in a snap, whereas a PDF, for me atleast, takes about 5-10 seconds to open up the PDF viewer if I haven't recently used it.

Second, the flash is real slick, I like it a lot, it's not cluttered like Acrobat and it functions well. Form and function.
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skemcin · Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 1284 Location: Plainfield, IL

I prefer the flash paper myself - and yeah, it prints to paper very well.

I can easily make it an option (pdf or flash) for the user. I can program it so the first time you print something from the site I look for a cookie and use what it is set too. If it doesn't exist, then a simple form would give the user the option to select. That just seems a little over the top, so I figured I ask.

Since I am developing the site on a Cold Fusion server, I can use the latest technologies - mainly flash paper and flash forms. Flash paper is nice for reasons already stated - very fast, and no worries of plugin download requirements with 98% of browsers with flash preinstalled. The only draw back is the limited formatting control.

Flash forms, on the other hand, are also very slick - have you seen the "E-Mail to Friend" feature on the development site? It uses flash forms, and I really like them cuz they look sweet but most of all because they are very very very hard to hack. No more "Right Click, View Source, Hack Form" routine.
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924.org (no time to complete)
9249206346 - 89k – new shifter bushings, belts, running well.
9249206347 - 8k – waiting its resurrection, no power at the fuel pump and fuse #7 blows w/power

AppleBit · Joined: 16 Nov 2002 Posts: 1516 Location: Minneapolis, MN

now that I used paper flash I want to change my vote! That rocks! screw PDF
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