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I would like a print function from listed records. Perhaps that I can choose multiple records with a checkbox and it print all records one by one. If that is possible. Perhaps I can add some PHP somewhere in settings for a connection to print out a record. I just don´t know how to do it!?

This swissknife as form (ChronoContact) and DB (ChronoConnectivity) Tool are fantastic.

If You need a betatester for this and the form tool, I am more than willing to help out.

Hi Jelu,

nice idea, I will add this to the todo list! its not very simple😉

I'm thinking about making a special forum topic for the SVNs so that everybody can test, keep checking with us🙂

Regards
Max

Hi Max!

You are really fast with your respond and I sure will check this forum out, every day 😀 .

I will licens connectivity too cause this is great stuff.

Regards

Jerker

Thanks Jerker!🙂

Regards
Max

Hi JeLu,

It is possible but not simple. Probably the easiest way is to build a custom listing page and include a Joomla Print-link.

Bob

Thnaks for your respond Greyhead, but exactly what do you mean by Custom listing page? Is it in ChronoConnectivity or as a Joomla Component?

Please be patience with me ´cause my skills are limited in coding. But I´m eager to learn as much as possible.

Regards

Jerker

using connectivity and include a joomla index2.php link, I think that's what Bob means but he may add more!🙂

Like the function Joomla use to "POP-UP" Print?

Should I add that link in Body tag at ChronoConnectivity General Tab?

Shall I use a PHP code or JS code in where? Another PHP-page or in Connectivity? Like Front Permission Tab?

Many questions but if I get a hint I can try it out, I hope!

Regards

JeLu

Hi JeLu,

Make a new connection to show only 1 record, get the link to this connection and replace index.php with index2.php, this will view the data but without any template pieces!

Regards
Max

This will only make a window with one record. That is not what I wanted to do. I want to print all records in an array. Eg if I have a list of members, I want to print out membercards and send out. I understand that I need to check wich members that shall be printed and then send to printer. This is the problem I don´t know if it is possible and if so is the case, how I manage this.

Hi jelu,

I'd probably create a custom form in Chronoforms where the form is just a way of selecting records, Then write PHP in the OnSubmit after field to display the results in a table layout with one card per cell. As Max said, displaying this with the index2.php option gets rid of the page framework that you dont' want to print.

As alternatives, you could dump the output into an Excel Spreadsheet and Mail Merge that into a Word page formatted for your card display.

Or, right now, I'd look at creating a pdf output from the form that could be printed or sent to a commercial printer. Whilst it's not so eay to do a pdf output you do have much better control over the page layout than you do in html.

Bob