ahh -- ok. I see it. So I'd have to install PHP to get that to work, it seems?... Yuck... Not that I have a problem with PHP, per se, it's just that I've never used it, nor has anyone else in the office... I'd love to find a solution that involved Flex/FlashPlayer/AIR/ColdFusion somehow.
L. On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Eric DeCoff <[email protected]> wrote: > Lol Laurence, > > it called sharedprintername > > Okay thinking back.... coldfussion... > > sent via droid > > On Aug 31, 2010 6:24 PM, "Laurence MacNeill" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'm not quite understanding the link you sent -- that seems to deal with > > PHP, which I'm not using... Maybe I'm missing something, but saw nothing > > called "shareprinting" in the comments on that page... Sorry. > > > > And, yes, we are using ColdFusion... Version 9, actually. > > > > Not real sure if PDF printing would work for us or not... From what I've > > read, there are ways around the pop-up dialog box with PDF printing, but > > only if you're sending the job to the default printer. I need enough > > control to be able to tell the computer which printer to send the job to, > > based on the client's data. I'm thinking (hoping) that AIR (or something > > else) will give me that kind of control. > > L. > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Eric DeCoff <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Laurence, > >> > >> Read thru the comments for shareprinting ... > >> > >> I think this is what you are looking for... > >> > >> http://php.net/manual/en/ref.printer.php > >> > >> sent via droid > >> > >> On Aug 31, 2010 5:38 PM, "Eric DeCoff" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hey laurence, > >> > > >> > I'd love to see your solution to this... > >> > > >> > One of the biggest drawbacks to flashplayer... > >> > > >> > Are you using coldfussion? > >> > > >> > Also pdf printing might be an option... > >> > > >> > Will check when I get home .... > >> > > >> > sent via droid > >> > > >> > On Aug 31, 2010 4:48 PM, "Laurence MacNeill" <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >> I could really use some major advice here. We're so close to the > >> finishing > >> >> point on this project, and we're being held back by stupid printing > >> >> problems... > >> >> > >> >> We *HAVE* to be able to print with no pop-up dialog boxes. None. > Period. > >> >> > >> >> To make matters more complicated, the choice of which printer to send > >> the > >> >> job to will be affected by the data (i.e. a client with reg-code X > gets > >> >> printed on printer-1 and a client with reg-code Y gets printed on > >> > printer-2 > >> >> -- stuff like that.) So the program will somehow have to know what > >> >> printer(s) are attached (or networked) to the machine -- it can't > just > >> > send > >> >> all print-jobs to the default printer. > >> >> > >> >> We have to automate all of this, because the temp-workers we hire > can't > >> be > >> >> counted on to remember how do it correctly. Gotta be idiot-proof... > (I > >> >> know, every time you think you've made something idiot-proof, the > >> Universe > >> >> comes up with bigger and better idiots... So let's say "mostly" idiot > >> >> proof.) > >> >> > >> >> So... Any ideas on how I can deal with this? Should I dump Flash > Player > >> > and > >> >> switch to AIR? That would that give me better control over the > printing, > >> >> yes? But, can AIR actually do all that I'm asking for here? > >> >> > >> >> And, if we do switch to AIR, what will that mean for accessing our > data > >> > from > >> >> our ColdFusion/SQL server through https:, if anything? Any other > >> pitfalls > >> >> you can think of when migrating from Flash Player to AIR? Is there > >> > actually > >> >> a way to do this from the Flash Player, and maybe I won't need to > deal > >> > with > >> >> AIR at all? > >> >> > >> >> Sorry about all the questions, but we're really stuck here, and I've > got > >> > to > >> >> find a way to do this... > >> >> > >> >> Thanks, > >> >> Laurence MacNeill > >> >> Mableton, Georgia, USA > >> >
