I sent you an e-mail thru the AFFUG meetup site. I hope that was the site you were talking about. :-)
L. On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Eric DeCoff <[email protected]> wrote: > Luarence, > > Go to affug and send me a message.. > > I need to solve this for a 2011 project.. > > If you want to hookup and brainstorm this thru.. > > sent via droid > > On Aug 31, 2010 6:59 PM, "Eric DeCoff" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Laurence, > > > > What is your current setup... > > > > Where is your office located.. > > > > sent via droid > > > > On Aug 31, 2010 6:42 PM, "Laurence MacNeill" <[email protected]> > 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 <[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 > >>> >> > >>> >
