Robert, Thanks much! This will help.
Ken On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Robert McKeever via 4D_Tech < [email protected]> wrote: > Ken: > > 1. Get a copy of PDFCreator 1.7.3 for Windows. if you can’t find one, let > me know and I’ll send you a copy. I could also dig out code for assigning > the printer to PDF Creator with file naming, etc. > > 2. You will probably have to run 2 ‘print’ passes, one for the batch PDF, > the other for individual PDF’s or hard copy. > > 3. Have 4D email the individual PDF’s. > > > On Jul 30, 2017, at 1:07 PM, Kenneth Geiger via 4D_Tech < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > I have a very mature application for a high-precision welding operation. > I > > had written the original app back in 1984 using SMART (a DOS Database > App). > > I re-wrote this app in 4D at the beginning of 2015. The "conversion" went > > smoothly and there are no known issues. It is presently on 4D v15 and I'm > > presently migrating it to v16 R3. It is a small system (Windows Server > 2012 > > R2, Windows 10 Pro workstations, 4-users). > > > > My customer has asked me to add some functionality. Presently, one of the > > functions creates and prints a batch of Invoices. This function just > prints > > two-sets of Invoices - one-set is filed and one-set is snail-mailed. Many > > of their customers want to receive the Invoices via email. In > anticipation > > of this, when I did the re-write I added two fields to the "customer" > table > > "email address" (text) and "email invoice" (boolean). While there are > > trivial and highly manual ways to do this, they would like to automate > > (completely, if possible) the process. In an ideal world, the function > > would: > > > > - Create a complete set of an Invoice Batch as PDF. This could be > > individual PDF documents for each invoice or one large PDF document > > containing all the invoices in the batch. This would be saved to the > server > > and would be my customer's file-copy. > > - For each Invoice where the bool field in the related customer is > true, > > create a PDF document of the Invoice and email it to the address in > > the "email address" field. > > - For each Invoice where the bool field in the related customer is > > false, create a physical printout to be snail-mailed. > > > > > > A typical batch of invoices (run monthly) is between 100 and 200 > individual > > invoices. Any recommended plugins and/or suggestions, recommendations, > or a > > direction in which to head would be most appreciated! > > > > Ken Geiger > > Dolores, CO > > 4D Developer since 1991 > > ********************************************************************** > > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > > ********************************************************************** > > _________________________________________ > Bob McKeever http://www.mswl.com < > http://www.mswl.com/> > McKeever's Software Wizardry > Port Coquitlam, B.C. > [email protected] > > > > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
