Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Getting Started / August 2006

When you are generating the html, preserve whatever data you need as session
variables.  

Put the code that converts the content to pdf (you can use cfdocument for
this) in a separate template.  Let's call it abc.cfm.  It's going to be called
as a pop-up, so, at the end of that template, add something like this:

<script>
winClose=window.setTimeout("window.close()",2000);
</script>

To call it with a button, do something like this:

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Emailwin=window.open('abc.cfm','thewin',
'width=500,height=500,left=30,top=30');">
<input type="button" value="whatever" />
</a>