[Zope] Re: [Zope-dev] Transactions support on MySql

Andrew M. Kuchling akuchlin@mems-exchange.org
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 15:23:45 -0400 (EDT)


Evan Simpson writes:
>Unless you want to generate PDF or Postscript files on the fly, you are
>*not* going to get what you want from a browser-based application,
>regardless of the server.  Neither Zope nor any other Web App can
>control how your browser will print an HTML page (AFAIK).

Not in general, but within the Big Two you could do
something. www.fedex.com lets you print shipping receipts with
barcodes; I assume it's done by making the barcode from one-pixel GIF
images that get stretched to make the lines of the bar code.

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