Air 2.0 has the whole native process thing, so guess this is possible if you have a shell script or something that can do this. I have not looked at the PHP thing, but CF has access to printers via the server as of CF8. See CFPRINT and getPrinterInfo() for example. I've never used this, but personally I would look at this if in a corporate "behind the firewall" setup. In these cases the printers are all networked and under AD permissions or some such, standardized basically. Just my $0.02. If you are thinking of printing from Flash, give up now, it sucks, as in really really sucks :)
Its easy-peasy to setup autoupdating AIR apps that present the user with a dialog if the application has a new version out. Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Laurence MacNeill <[email protected]>wrote: > Yeah, I don't care for the version-control stuff, if we wind up doing this > with AIR... But the people who are going to access this program are pretty > much in-house only, so hopefully it won't be too terrible... The only > people outside of our company who will access this app are the IT staff from > our client companies, so they should be smart enough to realize what's going > on, I would hope. > > I found an article that talks about integrating version-control into an AIR > app, and using our CF server to send the new app automatically when an older > app tries to log in. So hopefully we can do that, if we do need to go to > AIR... It does seem like we can automate the entire process, which is what > we'd need of course. > > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/managing_air_updates_with_coldfusion.html > > The PHP sharedPrinter thing -- I'm not sure, yet, if that's going to be an > option or not... It would mean installing PHP on our servers, and I have no > clue about anything related to PHP... It *seems* like it might be an > option, but I don't really know enough about PHP to know for sure yet... > (Can PHP determine what printer(s) is/are connected to the client's computer > -- it appears that it can? Can it send a print-job to a specific printer on > that computer without popping up a dialogue box? If so, how do I set up and > control that print-job? How do I get my Flex app to send a print job > *through* the PHP server to the client's printer? These are the questions I > need to answer before I can know if it will work for us.) > > Frankly, I don't yet know enough about AIR to even be absolutely certain > that will work for us -- again, it *seems* like it could work, but I guess > I'll just have to play with it to know for sure. I'm still pretty much open > to any and all suggestions here, if anyone can think of anything... > > L. > > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:58 AM, Eric DeCoff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Air is definitely an option but version control becomes an issue PHP has >> the same drawback.. is the sharedprinter option viable for you... >> >> sent via droid >> >> On Sep 1, 2010 9:11 PM, "Laurence MacNeill" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > AIR 2.0 is still so new that the info is still confusing... I'm not 100% >> > certain, myself, but it does look like a good possibility. >> > >> > On Sep 1, 2010 9:08 PM, "Cameron Childress" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Laurence MacNeill >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From what I've read, it does appear that AIR 2.0 will do it. There are >> >>> methods on PrintJob that will return a list of the client's printers, >> and >> >>> let you select one to send the job to, and skip all dialog boxes. So >> AIR >> >>> might actually be an option. >> >> >> >> Guess I should pay better attention - Google tells me you might be >> >> right! Will have to check this out... >> >> >> >> -Cameron >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Cameron Childress >> >> Sumo Consulting Inc >> >> http://www.sumoc.com >> >> --- >> >> cell: 678.637.5072 >> >> aim: cameroncf >> >> email: [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe >> in >> > the subject line >> >> >> >> For more info, see http://www.affug.com >> >> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ >> >> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> > >
