Laurence, Have you concidered using Microsoft reporting features?
sent via droid On Sep 4, 2010 5:10 PM, "Laurence MacNeill" <laurence5...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the info, Eric... > > Unfortunately that solution still appears to require user-interaction of > some sort... You can't just hit Print and have it go to the printer that > you want it to go to. Unless, of course, the printer is shared on the > network and available to the server -- so it's the same situation I'm in > with PHP sharedPrinter or CF getPrinterInfo... Even if I create the PDF > file and save it to the user's computer (and that requires them clicking on > a "save" button) it's still not going to automate the decision as to which > printer the file goes to... > > Having said that -- if it were possible to save the file without > user-interaction, it might work for us to have a process running in the > background that looks for PDF files in a given directory, then automatically > prints them when they appear there. That'd work for all our company's > computers, but not the client's computers unless they were willing to > install and run such an applet... > > The more I look, the more it looks like AIR is the only option... :-( > > L. > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Eric DeCoff <ericdec...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Laurence, >> >> This is part three that lets you hide the header... >> >> >> http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/custom-printing-with-flex-part-3-printing-data/ >> >> *source code* also available >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Eric DeCoff <ericdec...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Laurence, >>> >>> Back Home.... >>> >>> 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 < laurence5...@gmail.com >>> > 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 < >>>> douglasknud...@gmail.com> 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 < >>>>> laurence5...@gmail.com> 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 <ericdec...@gmail.com >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" <laurence5...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> 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" <camer...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Laurence MacNeill >>>>>>> >> <laurence5...@gmail.com> 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: camer...@gmail.com >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> >> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Eric R. DeCoff >> Changing the world, >> 1 line of code at a time >>
