Hey Monks,

I have a friend about to tie the knot and it gave me an idea. He has all (220) guests and their respective addresses in a spreadsheet. It took ages for them to type out all of the invitations. Dreading typing and sending the thank you notes, I thought to write a program to do it for them.

Here is how it will work: I build a form for him to fill out. A pull-down menu selects the person who gave the gift (pulled from the spreadsheet), and there are 4 thank you templates to choose from (for example, one is money) At the bottom is a comment box to add a personal note, so it appears less automated. An image will be selected from the wedding pictures yet to be taken (probably cycle through a small array or something). Once the form is submitted, the chosen template letter is filled in, a picture is added and the address displayed in a printer friendly HTML format. In the end, it will look like a standard card. A flap with the address on the front, opening to the inside will be the picture on the top and the letter/hand signiture on the bottom. The flap will fold over and seal with a sticker.

I would assume something like this has been done many times before. I plan to alter it for myslef when I graduate in the spring. Can anyone give me some pointers or ideas to improve this? What might I be leaving out?

Thanks all.

In reply to automatic thank you! by csuhockey3

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