Automating reports

[Justin Bennett]

If you right click on the image on the page can you  get the url of just 
the image 
(http://www.marketwatch.com/charts/int-adv.chart?siteid=mktw&symb=SPX&sid=3377&time=8&freq=1&startdate=0&enddate=0&comp=Enter+Symbol%3A+aaaaa%7E0&compidx=aaaaa~0&ma=1&maval=50&uf=4&lf=4&lf2=0&lf3=0&type=2&size=2&style=1013&mocktick=1&rand=478450953)

you might be able to tweek the url everyday to get the current  image.  
If not you might have to save the images everyday in a folder as a 
certain name and run the script against the saved pics.



Justin Bennett
Network Administrator
Dynabrade, Inc.
8989 Sheridan Dr.
Clarence, NY 14031
 



On 10/4/2005 4:47 AM, 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&style=1013&customdate=true&startdate=0&enddate=0&linkname=Interactive%20Charting&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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