Re: [hylafax-users] Mail merge on linux, non X

[Pedro Rocadas <procadas@yahoo.com>]

Using html always presents issues and the best know is
the images...html2ps can't solve the problem. A good
approach is using java in all process.
First, you must use a java html parser, java CC is a
good one. 

http://www.google.pt/search?q=html+parser&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=pt-PT&meta=

Second, take the parser results and build a pdf file.
iText is a good option

http://www.lowagie.com/iText/index.html

and Third, use gnu-hylafax as your hylafax client. 


--- Edison Cneeden <edison_cneeden@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> We would like to build a system where a user can
> create a letter on his 
> Windows PC. This letter should then be submited via
> the intranet system to 
> the server, along with any pictures involved. After
> that, a php script 
> should process the contacts database on this
> intranet server and submit a 
> personalised copy of the letter to sendfax.
> 
> Why this way? The letter is prepared by an external
> copywriter. The contacts 
> database is on the intranet server and we all have
> thin clients.
> 
> It is sorta working for the moment but it is lacking
> important features. 
> What I did was have the copywriter give us a HTML
> file of the letter with 
> template fields in it like {company_name} and such.
> This template is 
> processed against a contact by a php script, written
> to a new HTML file, ran 
> trough html2ps and the resulting ps is then
> submitted to sendfax. Thereafter 
> the new html is  deleted.
> 
> It works good but not great. Lay-out of the ps is
> sometimes unpredictable 
> and html2ps cannot handle more than one fontface in
> the same letter. This 
> and other factors make that the resulting faxed
> letter does not allways look 
> exactly as the copywriter intended. This makes the
> boss p$ssed and we canot 
> have that :-)
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> Edison
> 
>
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