Redraw INVC screen?

Hey, here's one for the gurus:

A client has asked for a button on the INVC screen that will call up a
printer-friendly version (narrower, text only). At first I thought that
this would be simple; but there's a complication because the user is logged
out when INVC is displayed. I could just make my button pass the order
number as a parameter for the alternate screen, but this is a slight
security risk, since it means that anyone can retrieve the info if they
know the number.

I suppose a better solution is to do something with the session ID, after
retrieving it from the cookie ... anybody done this before? Any other ideas?

Thanks --

Kent Multer | /| P.O.Box 701895, Dallas TX 75370
Magic Metal Productions | / | (214) 824 8937 voice/fax
| | [email protected]
* Web designer/developer http://frontpage.dallas.net/~kent
* Miva Script consultant
* Author, The Official Miva Web Scripting Book -- available on-line:
<A HREF ="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0966103211/magicmetalproducA">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0966103211/magicmetalproducA</A>

Redraw INVC screen?



Hey Kent,

Sebenza already has something for $24
http://jmhonline.net/cgi-bin/mivamodules/go.cgi?id=429

Jason

>
> I suppose a better solution is to do something with the session ID, after
> retrieving it from the cookie ... anybody done this before? Any other
ideas?
>
> Thanks --
>
> Kent Multer | /| P.O.Box 701895, Dallas TX 75370
> Magic Metal Productions | / | (214) 824 8937 voice/fax
> | | [email protected]
> * Web designer/developer
http://frontpage.dallas.net/~kent
> * Miva Script consultant
> * Author, The Official Miva Web Scripting Book -- available on-line:
> <A HREF ="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0966103211/magicmetalproducA">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0966103211/magicmetalproducA</A>
>
>

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Kent wrote:
> out when INVC is displayed. I could just make my button pass the order
> number as a parameter for the alternate screen, but this is a slight
> security risk, since it means that anyone can retrieve the info if they
> know the number.

Only if they also know the login and password. If all you needed was an
order number, there would be no security in a Miva Merchant store.
Think about it, orders start at 1001 and go to whenever. If someone
orders something from your store and they know their order number is
12345, then they have a pretty good idea what the previous recent order
numbers are. It does them no good, since they won't see the order
unless they know the login and password. If you want them to see the
invoice with all the same details except on a narrower screen, you can
make a link to your special screen with the order number and they can
login and print it. If you want them to see a "similar" invoice (may
not include all info from the invoice), there are already modules that
redraw most of the info.

--
Bill Weiland - Emporium Plus <A HREF ="http://www.emporiumplus.com/store.mvc ">http://www.emporiumplus.com/store.mvc </A>
Modules for eCommerce. Mail Mgr, Coupon, Rate This, Wait List Mgr,
PayPal, Gift/Wish List, Froogle data feed, Shipping & dozens more
Online Documentation <A HREF ="http://www.emporiumplus.com/tk3/v3/doc.htm ">http://www.emporiumplus.com/tk3/v3/doc.htm </A>
Product Question <A HREF ="http://www.emporiumplus.com/store4.mvc?Screen=SPTS ">http://www.emporiumplus.com/store4.mvc?Screen=SPTS </A>
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Redraw INVC screen?



Kent,

Just append the time of the order to the URL. This number should be
sufficiently random that combined with the Order # itself would be
impossible to guess.

Darren Ehlers
OpenUI Developer Consortium
<A HREF ="http://www.openui.org/ ">http://www.openui.org/ </A>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kent
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 2:18 AM
> To: Miva Merchant coders list
> Subject: [mrc] Redraw INVC screen?
>
>
> Hey, here's one for the gurus:
>
> A client has asked for a button on the INVC screen that will
> call up a
> printer-friendly version (narrower, text only). At first I
> thought that
> this would be simple; but there's a complication because the
> user is logged
> out when INVC is displayed. I could just make my button pass
> the order
> number as a parameter for the alternate screen, but this is a slight
> security risk, since it means that anyone can retrieve the
> info if they
> know the number.
>
> I suppose a better solution is to do something with the
> session ID, after
> retrieving it from the cookie ... anybody done this before?
> Any other ideas?
>
> Thanks --
>
> Kent Multer | /| P.O.Box 701895,
> Dallas TX 75370
> Magic Metal Productions | / | (214) 824 8937 voice/fax
> | | [email protected]
> * Web designer/developer
> http://frontpage.dallas.net/~kent
> * Miva Script consultant
>
> * Author, The Official Miva Web Scripting Book -- available on-line:
>
> <A HREF ="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=> 0966103211/magicmetalproducA">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=> 0966103211/magicmetalproducA</A>
>
>

Redraw INVC screen?



While there may be modules to do this, since this is the Merchant Coders
list, maybe a brief discussion on various approaches is in order.

For example, one approach may be to change the invoice action to also write
an HTML file containing the simplified layout, link to that HTML file by
order number. Simple, but not to secure. You could also perhaps, run a
time-based script to remove these pages after say five minutes or so.
Another alternative is to actually just write ONE invoice screen using CSS
Print Media functions, or just more careful HTML, so that, in 99% of the
cases, it will print on A4 paper.

-Bruce


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Jason Henderson
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:59 AM
> To: Miva Merchant coders list; Kent
> Subject: Re: [mrc] Redraw INVC screen?
>
>
> Hey Kent,
>
> Sebenza already has something for $24

>
> Jason
>
> >
> > I suppose a better solution is to do something with the session
> ID, after
> > retrieving it from the cookie ... anybody done this before? Any other
> ideas?
> >
> > Thanks --
> >
> > Kent Multer | /| P.O.Box 701895,
> Dallas TX 75370
> > Magic Metal Productions | / | (214) 824 8937 voice/fax
> > | | [email protected]
> > * Web designer/developer
> http://frontpage.dallas.net/~kent
> > * Miva Script consultant
> > * Author, The Official Miva Web Scripting Book -- available on-line:
> > <A HREF ="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0966103211/magicmetalproducA">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0966103211/magicmetalproducA</A>
> >
> >

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Exactly.

Scott

Sebenza Studios
<A HREF ="http://www.sebenzastudios.com">http://www.sebenzastudios.com</A>
<A HREF ="http://www.mvcool.com/SS - Miva Modules">http://www.mvcool.com/SS - Miva Modules</A>


----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Ehlers" <[email protected]>
To: "'Kent'" <[email protected]>; "'Miva Merchant coders list'"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 8:02 AM
Subject: RE: [mrc] Redraw INVC screen?


> Kent,
>
> Just append the time of the order to the URL. This number should be
> sufficiently random that combined with the Order # itself would be
> impossible to guess.
>
> Darren Ehlers
> OpenUI Developer Consortium
> <A HREF ="http://www.openui.org/">http://www.openui.org/</A>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kent
> > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 2:18 AM
> > To: Miva Merchant coders list
> > Subject: [mrc] Redraw INVC screen?
> >
> >
> > Hey, here's one for the gurus:
> >
> > A client has asked for a button on the INVC screen that will
> > call up a
> > printer-friendly version (narrower, text only). At first I
> > thought that
> > this would be simple; but there's a complication because the
> > user is logged
> > out when INVC is displayed. I could just make my button pass
> > the order
> > number as a parameter for the alternate screen, but this is a slight
> > security risk, since it means that anyone can retrieve the
> > info if they
> > know the number.
> >
> > I suppose a better solution is to do something with the
> > session ID, after
> > retrieving it from the cookie ... anybody done this before?
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > Thanks --
> >
> > Kent Multer | /| P.O.Box 701895,
> > Dallas TX 75370
> > Magic Metal Productions | / | (214) 824 8937 voice/fax
> > | | [email protected]
> > * Web designer/developer
> > http://frontpage.dallas.net/~kent
> > * Miva Script consultant
> >
> > * Author, The Official Miva Web Scripting Book -- available on-line:
> >
> > <A HREF ="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=> 0966103211/magicmetalproducA">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=> 0966103211/magicmetalproducA</A>
> >
> >

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You know, if you have a way to customize your INVC screen, a better way
to
provide a printable invoice screen is through CSS. This is covered in
the
book "Eric Meyer on CSS" starting on page 128. Here's a link to this
excellent book:

Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design
by Eric A. Meyer

If you want to see a fantastic example of what can be done easily to
make
your invoice screen look great with the use of CSS, visit this page:

http://w6daily.winn.com/000983.html

You will need to visit the page, then either do a print preview or just
print out the page. BIG difference! There isn't any magic "printable
version" -- it's all right there in the page code.

Anyway, just something to think about.

HTH
Tom

PS, another fantastic book about CSS:
Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation
by Owen Briggs, Steve Champeon, Eric Costello, Matthew Patterson



> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Bruce - PHOSPHOR
> Media
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 10:14 AM
> To: Miva Merchant coders list
> Subject: RE: [mrc] Redraw INVC screen?
>
>
> While there may be modules to do this, since this is the Merchant
Coders
> list, maybe a brief discussion on various approaches is in order.
>
> For example, one approach may be to change the invoice action to
> also write
> an HTML file containing the simplified layout, link to that HTML file
by
> order number. Simple, but not to secure. You could also perhaps, run a
> time-based script to remove these pages after say five minutes or so.
> Another alternative is to actually just write ONE invoice screen using
CSS
> Print Media functions, or just more careful HTML, so that, in 99% of
the
> cases, it will print on A4 paper.
>
> -Bruce
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Jason Henderson
> > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:59 AM
> > To: Miva Merchant coders list; Kent
> > Subject: Re: [mrc] Redraw INVC screen?
> >
> >
> > Hey Kent,
> >
> > Sebenza already has something for $24
>
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > >
> > > I suppose a better solution is to do something with the session
> > ID, after
> > > retrieving it from the cookie ... anybody done this before? Any
other
> > ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks --
> > >
> > > Kent Multer | /| P.O.Box 701895,
> > Dallas TX 75370
> > > Magic Metal Productions | / | (214) 824 8937 voice/fax
> > > | | [email protected]
> > > * Web designer/developer
> > http://frontpage.dallas.net/~kent
> > > * Miva Script consultant
> > > * Author, The Official Miva Web Scripting Book -- available
on-line:
> > >
> <A HREF ="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0966103211/magicmetalproducA">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0966103211/magicmetalproducA</A>
> > >
> > >

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Yes, CSS is much better way to handle printing. If you have Ultra Batch
installed in your store, you can see the example of using CSS for
different screen and printed layout directly in the Admin. CSS is used
for hiding the control header, toolbars, navigation, for setting
margins, for inserting page-breaks between invoices, etc. The user does
not need to reload the page to get a printable version - just clicking
the printing button, that's all.

Ivo Truxa

| http://miva.truxoft.com
| Advanced Miva Merchant modules


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom

You know, if you have a way to customize your INVC screen, a better way
to
provide a printable invoice screen is through CSS. This is covered in
the
book "Eric Meyer on CSS" starting on page 128. Here's a link to this
excellent book:

Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design
by Eric A. Meyer

If you want to see a fantastic example of what can be done easily to
make
your invoice screen look great with the use of CSS, visit this page:

http://w6daily.winn.com/000983.html

You will need to visit the page, then either do a print preview or just
print out the page. BIG difference! There isn't any magic "printable
version" -- it's all right there in the page code.

Anyway, just something to think about.

HTH
Tom

PS, another fantastic book about CSS:
Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation
by Owen Briggs, Steve Champeon, Eric Costello, Matthew Patterson

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Oops, I guess I should actually provide the links if I say I'm going to
provide the links!

"Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design"
by Eric A. Meyer
<A HREF ="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/073571245X/tomcatstci-20/">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/073571245X/tomcatstci-20/</A>

"Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation"
by Owen Briggs, Steve Champeon, Eric Costello, Matthew Patterson
<A HREF ="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904151043/tomcatstci-20/">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904151043/tomcatstci-20/</A>

HTH
Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Bruce - PHOSPHOR
> Media
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 10:14 AM
> To: Miva Merchant coders list
> Subject: RE: [mrc] Redraw INVC screen?
>
>
> While there may be modules to do this, since this is the Merchant
Coders
> list, maybe a brief discussion on various approaches is in order.
>
> For example, one approach may be to change the invoice action to
> also write
> an HTML file containing the simplified layout, link to that HTML file
by
> order number. Simple, but not to secure. You could also perhaps, run a
> time-based script to remove these pages after say five minutes or so.
> Another alternative is to actually just write ONE invoice screen using
CSS
> Print Media functions, or just more careful HTML, so that, in 99% of
the
> cases, it will print on A4 paper.
>
> -Bruce
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Jason Henderson
> > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:59 AM
> > To: Miva Merchant coders list; Kent
> > Subject: Re: [mrc] Redraw INVC screen?
> >
> >
> > Hey Kent,
> >
> > Sebenza already has something for $24
>
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > >
> > > I suppose a better solution is to do something with the session
> > ID, after
> > > retrieving it from the cookie ... anybody done this before? Any
other
> > ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks --
> > >
> > > Kent Multer | /| P.O.Box 701895,
> > Dallas TX 75370
> > > Magic Metal Productions | / | (214) 824 8937 voice/fax
> > > | | [email protected]
> > > * Web designer/developer
> > http://frontpage.dallas.net/~kent
> > > * Miva Script consultant
> > > * Author, The Official Miva Web Scripting Book -- available
on-line:
> > >
> <A HREF ="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0966103211/magicmetalproducA">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0966103211/magicmetalproducA</A>
> > >
> > >