Scroll boxes - Removing Scrollbars + Inaccuracies

[WhiteTiger]

Ok, one good thing about the computer my office has put to use, is the ability to make forms, and print them out...ok, well we decided to take it to the next step...by putting them in HTML forms, and throwing them on our Intranet (We have a whole intranet tool system that goes through everything our office does/runs, rules, help, etc.)

Now, this saves us a LOT of money (No more 3 part forms to buy with the stupid pink/yellow/white copies....god those are EXPENSIVE!)

But now, with the office people like they are...like to complain about every freakin little thing.

The forms look the same, people fill them out, then print them...it gives them at LEAST 3x the room than they would normally have had by typing (takes up less space)...but of course SOMEONE has to whine about it, and I have to fix it.

OK, NOW to the problem...
These multiple line text boxes have scroll bars...Grrr...they aren't wanted...how can I get rid of them?

Now the OTHER problem.
When printed, the printer actually prints LESS lines than on screen...say if I have a 15 line text box, it only prints 9 of those...how can I fix this among varying printers? Regards,
Anthny
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[jasonsalas]

You could really do some wonders for your presentation by using ASP to handle your form. You could customize the output to be however you like....and this would avoid the printing issues and unwanted scrollboxes.

You could even use XML to make your data reusable and portable after your publish it on your intranet.

I have some DOCs about using ASP/XML if you'd like them...just e-mail me at jason@kuam.com and I'll send them to you.

HTH,
Jason

 

[WhiteTiger]

Ummm...one problem, its not a presentation...its an HTML page thats to be printed...not a presentation, and I'm NOT sending the information to another page.

Is there any way to do this with perhaps a print button that prints results in the proper form? Regards,
Anthny
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[MrGrey]

You could hide the scrollbars using CSS.

<style>
textarea {overflow:hidden;}
</style>

Hope this might help.

Cheers,

Tom