Forum OpenACS Q&A: Response to word prcessing in forms

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Posted by Kevin Crosbie on
I saw a site that uses iframes to allow a use to write the text in word format, and the form then posts this in html format to the server.

The example is on www.mixmail.com, it's a free Spanish email site which to see the example you will need to sign up for.  Go to compose an email and you will see the iframe box.  I downloaded to whole lot and hacked out all of the mixmail stuff so I could use it on a test site.

Problem is that it only works on IE(not sure what version) but at least 5.5+

For another way to display word processing forms, I wrote a templated letters module which uses merge fields to allow you to customise a word document and automatically generate an RTF file for download/display.

The module relies on you providing a query which will pull out the necessary merge fields and associating the letter with something like a ticket or a ticket category.

You can then save the letter as a general comment for later download.

I haven't gotten this module up to scratch yet, as it's customised for my application, but I could generalise it more if anyone wants it.

Kevin