Automating reports

[jb]

If you can get the raw URL's to the 4 charts you want, you can make an HTML 
document using a table for layout. Or just have them all inline without a 
table. It wouldn't be automated but you could put the document as your start 
page in your browser. It should update whenever you opened the browser or hit 
refresh.
jb

On Tue October 4 2005 04:47, Robert F. Stockdale IV wrote:
> Unfortunately wget doesn't download the graphics correctly. Actually it
> downloads the page without the graphic. This is the command I used:
>
> wget
> http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/printable.asp?symb=SPX&siteid=mktw&
>intflavor=advanced&submitted=true&time=8&freq=1&comp=Enter%20Symbol:&compidx
>=aaaaa~0&uf=4&ma=1&maval=50&lf=4&lf2=0&lf3=0&type=2&compind=aaaaa~0&size=1&s
>tyle=1013&customdate=true&startdate=0&enddate=0&linkname=Interactive%20Chart
>ing&origurl=/tools/quotes/intchart.asp&rand=478450953
>
> If the web address is loaded in a browser it brings up a printable chart
> of the S&P 500 index. Is there something I'm missing? The Fpdf looks
> like a great idea. Hope I can use it. I'm not real good at scripting,
> although I'm trying to learn some. Been looking at abs-guide (Advanced
> Bash Scripting Guide) and some Python.
> Thank you.
> Bob
>
> Justin Bennett wrote:
> > I do similar stuff with automated reporting from our database. I use PHP
> > and the Fpdf program (http://www.fpdf.org/) to generate a PDF from a PHP
> > program. From PHP you could Email this or print it. I don't know if you
> > know php but:
> >
> > You could write a php program that:
> >
> > 1. Gets the Images with wget and save them in a local directory
> > 2. Creates a PDF and includes your labels and images you saved from the
> > wget
> > 3. Emails or prints the PDF
> >
> > Fpdf has some examples that you could modify to do what you like without
> > the much trouble.  Then I fire the PHP program from cron on a nightly
> > basis.
> >
> >
> > Justin
> >
> >
> > Justin Bennett
> > Network Administrator
> > Dynabrade, Inc.
> > 8989 Sheridan Dr.
> > Clarence, NY 14031
> >
> > On 10/3/2005 4:15 AM, Robert F. Stockdale IV wrote:
> >> Hello everyone:
> >>     I have this project I'm trying to do. It starts by saving charts
> >> from a web page. There are 4 charts that get updated daily (M-F). I
> >> currently do this manually by right clicking on the chart in Firefox
> >> and select save as. These are stock indexes for monitoring the
> >> investment portion of a retirement portfolio. I then put the 4 charts
> >> on one page in OpenOffice Writer with labels above each chart. How can
> >> I automate this process or is there an easier process to create a pdf
> >> or postscript file for output to default printer? I can send a sample
> >> output if some one would like to see the manual result.
> >> Thank you
> >> Bob

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