Thanks for the hint of HTML::Parser. I have received that suggestion from several people, and I am looking at it now.
Changing the width of the page is not an option as that would "break" the interface (graphics/layout/etc) which were designed at 760px wide (at the customers reqest!) The client does not want a "narrower" interface. The design never called for the possbility of printing the page being viewed - so thats how we got here today. Also, to save ink/toner it would be nice if the "printed" version didn't have all the graphics of the page. To everyone that responsed (on and off list) - THANKS! p.s. - if you want to see somebody else's working example, check this out (its EXACTLY what I'm trying to mimic): http://www.delphiautomotive.com/news/pressReleases/pr5280-10022001 Note the button (and its affect) labeled: "Click Here for Printable Version" Rusty --- fliptop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rusty Wilson wrote: > > > > DESIRED SOLUTION: > > I would rather NOT go back and change the page > design. > > What I would like to do is put a link on each page > > (press release) that says "PRINT". This link would > > then call a cgi-bin/perl application that would > "strip > > out" the graphics/etc (which are forcing the page > to > > be too wide), and leave only the text and graphics > > between the <body> and </body> tags. > > does your statement here mean you're not willing to > simply change the > table widths to 640 so they fit on a page? > > look into html::parser: > > http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=HTML-Parser __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
