So how did you send the ZPL code from the server to the client? In other words, the thermal printer is on the client side. So I need a way to execute cmd.exe on the client computer and then send the correct ZPL code.
Dave Cordes Senior ColdFusion Developer 636-939-1081 (H) 636-578-4235 (M) -----Original Message----- From: Andy Clary [mailto:aclary@;teleplanwireless.com] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:42 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Using CFEXECUTE from a Web Browser??? The app we used was written in FoxPro and was installed on the client machine. The ZPL commands can be found in the documentation that comes with the printer or on zebra's website. The logic is basically, build up the required ZPL file and then send the ZPL via a command prompt copy command (similar to what you did using cfexecute) to lpt1. I imagine you could do this in any language you wanted, we just used FoxPro because we had to get to our database anyway. Andy -----Original Message----- From: Dave Cordes [mailto:davecordes@;charter.net] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:28 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Using CFEXECUTE from a Web Browser??? Andy, Could you give me an example of how you used ZPL to send to a local client printer? Dave Cordes Senior ColdFusion Developer 636-939-1081 (H) 636-578-4235 (M) -----Original Message----- From: Andy Clary [mailto:aclary@;teleplanwireless.com] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:26 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Using CFEXECUTE from a Web Browser??? We too, have to print barcodes on zebra printers. For simple barcodes, we ended up using a barcode font, used CF to display a dynamic page to the browser and used Meadco's ScriptX object to control printing functions. You can find the ScriptX object at http://www.meadroid.com/scriptx For one project, we had to print a 2D barcode and we thought using a zpl file (native language for zebra printers) was the best way. The developer who wrote it actually used FoxPro (because that is the database we are using) to receive some parameters, run a query and then create a zpl file which could then be sent to the printer. It actually works well. Andy -----Original Message----- From: Dave Cordes [mailto:davecordes@;charter.net] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 7:36 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Using CFEXECUTE from a Web Browser??? Dave, Actually we're trying to use it to print barcodes to a Zebra LP2844 thermal printer. And we're trying to do it from IE. If you open a command prompt and type "copy C:\zebra.txt LPT1" and have valid EPL2 code in that text file it should print a barcode. That's how we're trying to use it. Dave Cordes Senior ColdFusion Developer 636-939-1081 (H) 636-578-4235 (M) -----Original Message----- From: Dave Wilson [mailto:dave@;autosdirect2u.com] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 5:59 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Using CFEXECUTE from a Web Browser??? Couple of points and questions on this. Firstly, have you tried using CFX_ShellExec tag? I've been using this since cf4.01 due to various shortcomings of cfexecute's implementation over the years. Secondly. Do you need any particular type of printer to support this direct printing method? I just tried the copy file LPT1 command on a machine here with a little epson inkjet printer. The printer busy lights begin to flash but nothing actually gets printed. Do you need a good networkable laser printer which can support direct file dumps? I want to use this technique in our systems for invoicing and much more. Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:jochemd@;oli.tudelft.nl] Sent: 24 October 2002 09:05 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Using CFEXECUTE from a Web Browser??? Dave Cordes wrote: > I checked and ColdFusion is logged in as the "Local System Account" so > I don't think it could be a permissions problem. I'm not so sure about that. > I found some other posts on the ColdFusion Support Forums that would > lead me to believe that your second point about timing out is the > cause. Here is the link that talks about it. 2 issues: CF MX always waits for the entire period specified in the timeout instead of the shortest of the timeout and the process finishing (but you still haven't told us which version/OS/servicepack you use). Every version of CF will wait forever on your specific code because if you call cmd.exe you need the /c parameter. > I read somewhere that Macromedia has no current plans to fix it so > that's not a good sign. http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/?6213=3 Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
