Thanks Matt! I have been testing command-line printing with Launch External Process. It holds some promise… Thanks for the additional details on the process.
I look forward to the webinar session March 13th on your WebSockets component. I have seen enough of your work to know it will be topnotch and groundbreaking for most 4D Developers. Thanks in advance for sharing! Kirk > On Jan 25, 2019, at 3:18 PM, spiffyguy via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Kirk, > > I use launch external process and the "lpr" command on both Mac and Windows. > > For Mac it is built in. On windows you need to go to the control panel > (win7 and up) or settings (win10) and look for "LPR Port Monitor" in the > "turn windows features on or off" section. (If you have windows pro, it's > not an option for Windows Home) > > Depending on the network.... you could just make sure the lpr command line > is installed on the server and have all the printers setup on the server. > Then either have the client / web interface choose a printer or have a > default based on the machine requesting the PDF to be printed. > > Something like this should work right out of the box on Mac. Windows it > changes only slightly based on the path of the PDF. > > You can get the a $printerName to use from the command PRINTERS LIST. > > LAUNCH EXTERNAL PROCESS("lpr -P "+$printerName+" "+Replace string(Convert > path system to POSIX($pathToPDF);" ";"\\ ")) > > - Matt > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://4d.1045681.n5.nabble.com/4D-Tech-f1376241.html > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
