Automating reports

[jb]

Not sure what 4 charts you want or if this is even helpful. It is quick and 
easy to replace URL's and titles in any editor. You can also add the location 
to it on your comp and put it as your browser start page.
jb

On Tue October 4 2005 08:35, jb wrote:
> 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=mkt
> >w&
> > intflavor=advanced&submitted=true&time=8&freq=1&comp=Enter%20Symbol:&comp
> >idx
> > =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%20Ch
> >art 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

-- 
The nation that controls magnetism controls the universe.
		-- Chester Gould/Dick Tracy
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.nflug.org/pipermail/nflug/attachments/20051005/794dd8e5/chartsinline-0001.html