Laurence, What is your current setup...
Where is your office located.. sent via droid On Aug 31, 2010 6:42 PM, "Laurence MacNeill" <laurence5...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <ericdec...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Lol Laurence, >> >> it called sharedprintername >> >> Okay thinking back.... coldfussion... >> >> sent via droid >> >> On Aug 31, 2010 6:24 PM, "Laurence MacNeill" <laurence5...@gmail.com> >> 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 <ericdec...@gmail.com> >> 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" <ericdec...@gmail.com> 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" <laurence5...@gmail.com > >> >> 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 >> >> >>
