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Check out AlivePDF... http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/custom-printing-with-flex-part-2-generating-pdfs-with-alivepdf/ Give you an example to play with and *source code* ** On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Laurence MacNeill <[email protected]>wrote: > Yeah, looks like PHP and CF now offer pretty much the same setup, it > seems. Looks like the printer(s) have to be shared on the network, thus > allowing the server to know about them. Fine for the shows when we're using > a local server; not good when the server is our web-hosting server. > > I'm guessing it's just gonna have to be AIR for us... Nothing else seems > to be panning out... > > L. > > > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Douglas Knudsen > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >>> >>> >> > -- Eric R. DeCoff Changing the world, 1 line of code at a time
