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Should I use Use list or doclib?

I've got a list with a few thousands items. (It is a list of users that have completed some course.)

Sometimes a user would like to have a course diploma printed. How could we achiveachieve this?

AlterniveAlternative 1: The obvisusobvious solution would be to make the list be a document library, connect a template and then you could simply print the document directly. The disadvantage would be that you would have to store thousands of documents that never would be used. (The main purpose of the list is just to keep track of users completing a course)

Alternative 2: Store the users in a list as today, but thethen generate the document on the fly. In that case we have totwo more options, server side or client side (javascriptJavaScript).

I would like to withtake the clientside approach (https://github.com/edi9999/docxtemplater ) but this lacks support for IE.

Finally the question: Are there other options for generating this doc clientside? AreIs alternative 1 the best solution?

Thanks for any help

Larsi

Should I use list or doclib

I've got a list with a few thousands items. (It is a list of users that have completed some course.)

Sometimes a user would like to have a course diploma printed. How could we achive this?

Alternive 1: The obvisus solution would be to make the list be a document library, connect a template and then you could simply print the document directly. The disadvantage would be that you would have to store thousands of documents that never would be used. (The main purpose of the list is just to keep track of users completing a course)

Alternative 2: Store the users in a list as today, but the generate the document on the fly. In that case we have to more options, server side or client side (javascript).

I would like to with the clientside approach (https://github.com/edi9999/docxtemplater ) but this lacks support for IE.

Finally the question: Are there other options for generating this doc clientside? Are alternative 1 the best solution?

Thanks for any help

Larsi

Use list or doclib?

I've got a list with a few thousands items. (It is a list of users that have completed some course.)

Sometimes a user would like to have a course diploma printed. How could we achieve this?

Alternative 1: The obvious solution would be to make the list be a document library, connect a template and then you could simply print the document directly. The disadvantage would be that you would have to store thousands of documents that never would be used. (The main purpose of the list is just to keep track of users completing a course)

Alternative 2: Store the users in a list as today, but then generate the document on the fly. In that case we have two more options, server side or client side (JavaScript).

I would like to take the clientside approach (https://github.com/edi9999/docxtemplater ) but this lacks support for IE.

Finally the question: Are there other options for generating this doc clientside? Is alternative 1 the best solution?

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Should I use list or doclib

I've got a list with a few thousands items. (It is a list of users that have completed some course.)

Sometimes a user would like to have a course diploma printed. How could we achive this?

Alternive 1: The obvisus solution would be to make the list be a document library, connect a template and then you could simply print the document directly. The disadvantage would be that you would have to store thousands of documents that never would be used. (The main purpose of the list is just to keep track of users completing a course)

Alternative 2: Store the users in a list as today, but the generate the document on the fly. In that case we have to more options, server side or client side (javascript).

I would like to with the clientside approach (https://github.com/edi9999/docxtemplater ) but this lacks support for IE.

Finally the question: Are there other options for generating this doc clientside? Are alternative 1 the best solution?

Thanks for any help

Larsi