传递值以仅打印，pdf预览或在excel中打开

Question

I have two reports: Checklist and Location. Depending on which report is chosen decides the action of the form of what path to take. I also have a select that ask the user whether or not they want to print automatically, preview as a pdf, or open in excel.

<select name="Format" required>
    <option selected value="">Select Format</option>
    <option value="print">Print</option>
    <option value="pdf">Preview</option>
    <option value="xls">Excel</option>
</select>

I am curious of how I am suppose to forward this information in order to do the queries and process the choice the user is requesting. I am sure people do things like this all the time. Would anyone like to share any examples or advice - stepping stones to get me on the right path? Thanks in advance!

Tagged below are all the languages I am using that I could use to achieve this goal.

Answer 1

I have tried using pdfmake on my reports. It has the option to generate a report with Excel, Print, or download pdf. All you have to do is pass a json array. You can read the documentation on github. Here's the link: PDFMake

This might not be the best answer but it would be a stepping stone for you.

Answer 2

If you are just trying to send data to a different page, then you can use query parameters for that. One option is to build the query parameters as users update the dropdown:

 var select = $('select[name=Format]'); function buildUrl(option) { return 'some/endpoint?option=' + option; } select.change(function() { var value = $(this).val(); var url = buildUrl(value); console.log('URL to call:', url); }); 

 <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.0/jquery.min.js"></script> <select name="Format" required> <option selected value="">Select Format</option> <option value="print">Print</option> <option value="pdf">Preview</option> <option value="xls">Excel</option> </select> 

and then you can use JavaScript or CF to detect the presence (or absence) of the query parameters to meet your app's requirements.

Hope this helps.