Re: Page breaks in HTML

["Dray, Adam" <Adam.Dray@PHH.COM>]

Ragu Sadasivam [mailto:sathyamangalam@HOTMAIL.COM] said:

> The reason I am even concerned about page breaks is b'cos, the report
> originally was designed that way per customer's request.  Right now, it
can
> be viewed with the SQR Viewer and printed. [It is a lengthy document -
1800
> pages].  The reason we want it on the web is for distribution and also the
> licensing issues with SQR Viewer.  Only y'day I found out about the page
> breaks not being possible in HTML.  If people are looking to put their
> reports out in the web, for the ease of distribution and viewing [since IE
> or Netscape is on everyone's desktop], should it not be able to recognize
> page breaks.  What is the use of publishing these reports online and go
> through the trouble of trying to fit them logically, if HTML is going to
do
> its own thing?

The web is a browser display medium, not a print medium.  The concept of
"pages" (a la pieces of paper) with page breaks does not exist in HTML.

Those who require fine web-to-paper control tend to use Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
format files.  With PDF ("Portable Display Format", I believe), you get the
page-level control you need, plus fine control over fonts and text
placement.

Doesn't SQR offer PDF output?

Adam