Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
You can systematically change the slave printer on the remote Accuterm PC using host-issued scripting, but you gotta be careful of windows printer names with spaces. I dump check printing code directly to a printer and then reset back to default using this method. I seriously doubt a binary word doc will pass through without wrecking the slave session, but you can ask Pete on the Asent support forum. There is probably already a similar question on the scripting forum. Glen.mobile RewriteRule ^(garbage|junk)$ /$1 [NC,L] On Apr 30, 2010, at 1:20 AM, Robert Houben robert.hou...@fwic.net wrote: Back in 1985/86 I helped design and develop a terminal emulator, the first one for PICK, called PK Harmony (based on the PC-Harmony Business Basic emulator family). We designed all these useful escape sequences so you could have a PICK/BASIC program run a DOS command, or drive a printer, either directly or through a slave printer function. I'd like to think that modern terminal emulators have a way to direct output to a printer, but maybe not. I've been out of the terminal emulator end of things and into ODBC/JDBC and successors for almost 20 years now. They might pop up and ask you what printer to send output to, which would be a bit of a drag. The more useful thing would be to be able to ask the emulator what printers it has available and optionally select one by name or ordinal, from the list. Then you could do everything programmatically, without interaction. These days I tend to operate from telnet, so I don't really know the emulators, anymore. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of McGowan, Ian Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:31 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer I forgot the obligatory plug for pickwiki: http://www.pickwiki.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?RunAProgram - this page has escape sequences for a lot of the common emulators... Ian McGowan -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of McGowan, Ian Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:25 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer If you can arrange for the terminal emulator to run a command, you can fire off (for example): cmd /c start http://myserver/files/abc123.pdf; And the end user's PC will launch the default browser and attempt to connect to the web service. You set the mime-type to application/ pdf, include some magic javascript in the pdf to open up the print dialog automatically, and Bob's your uncle. Closing the pdf is tricky, we've left it to the user to do that. For word, substitute macros for javascript (though the user will have to be prepared for scary popups). If you have full control of the client's environment, you can install tools like doit (by the author of putty) and bypass the terminal emulator bit. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/doit/ The other way we do this to send word, excel and pdf docs generated by pick basic code is to simply email it to the user. Sometimes there's no other options - there's a firewall in the way, security won't allow other methods, etc. The users don't seem to care, as long as they get a document in a few seconds. Ian McGowan 925.609.2554 -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kevin King Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:01 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer Glen, so how is it exactly that an event on the server will trigger this transfer, open, print, and exit? ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message is intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential, privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose any information contained in the message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete the message. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
The beauty of the Accuterm (and other direct 'push' features) is that there is virtually no setup required on the PC in order to transfer the data. If Accuterm is operational and you have a network connection, it simply works. And if you get really creative, after the file is transported to the PC, then you can activate open Excel run an Accuterm script that opens said file and automatically formats the columns right in front of the user. My users have come to LOVE this 'magical' report delivery method. And no special setup is necessary on their PC. Sincerely, David Laansma IT Manager Hubbard Supply Co. Direct: 810-342-7143 Office: 810-234-8681 Fax: 810-234-6142 www.hubbardsupply.com Delivering Products, Services and Innovative Solutions -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Robert Houben Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:21 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer Back in 1985/86 I helped design and develop a terminal emulator, the first one for PICK, called PK Harmony (based on the PC-Harmony Business Basic emulator family). We designed all these useful escape sequences so you could have a PICK/BASIC program run a DOS command, or drive a printer, either directly or through a slave printer function. I'd like to think that modern terminal emulators have a way to direct output to a printer, but maybe not. I've been out of the terminal emulator end of things and into ODBC/JDBC and successors for almost 20 years now. They might pop up and ask you what printer to send output to, which would be a bit of a drag. The more useful thing would be to be able to ask the emulator what printers it has available and optionally select one by name or ordinal, from the list. Then you could do everything programmatically, without interaction. These days I tend to operate from telnet, so I don't really know the emulators, anymore. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of McGowan, Ian Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:31 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer I forgot the obligatory plug for pickwiki: http://www.pickwiki.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?RunAProgram - this page has escape sequences for a lot of the common emulators... Ian McGowan -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of McGowan, Ian Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:25 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer If you can arrange for the terminal emulator to run a command, you can fire off (for example): cmd /c start http://myserver/files/abc123.pdf; And the end user's PC will launch the default browser and attempt to connect to the web service. You set the mime-type to application/pdf, include some magic javascript in the pdf to open up the print dialog automatically, and Bob's your uncle. Closing the pdf is tricky, we've left it to the user to do that. For word, substitute macros for javascript (though the user will have to be prepared for scary popups). If you have full control of the client's environment, you can install tools like doit (by the author of putty) and bypass the terminal emulator bit. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/doit/ The other way we do this to send word, excel and pdf docs generated by pick basic code is to simply email it to the user. Sometimes there's no other options - there's a firewall in the way, security won't allow other methods, etc. The users don't seem to care, as long as they get a document in a few seconds. Ian McGowan 925.609.2554 -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kevin King Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:01 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer Glen, so how is it exactly that an event on the server will trigger this transfer, open, print, and exit? ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message is intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential, privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose any information contained in the message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete the message. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
I understand the beauty of being able to push reports out a slave printer, but what do you do when the goal is printing labels with specific large proportionally spaced fonts and center or right justification of the text? ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
I use Bartender on the host (or on a windows host if NIX) -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kevin King Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 10:40 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer I understand the beauty of being able to push reports out a slave printer, but what do you do when the goal is printing labels with specific large proportionally spaced fonts and center or right justification of the text? ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
I've used AccuTerm, wIntegrate, FTP, rcp, cp, COPY and others I cannot even remember their names. I used them for conversions, setup demos, setup development accounts, etc. They all are slow, sometimes they do not copy all of the data, and or require multiple steps. Must I learn archaic codes or macros? Yuk. What I really wanted is what I can get in a modern interface like Windows Explorer. The ability to copy and paste U2 database data from Universe to Universe, Unidata to Unidata, Unix to Windows, or Linux to Windows. Oh, I want the data to be transferred fast and accurately. [ad] I've done that with our Eclipse based tools. I can transfer gigabytes of data from one system to another use standard copy and paste routines. I don't have to remember Q-pointers, bridge transfer scripts, or anything else. For $49.00 you can get the capability and save yourself hours of wasted time. You also get a state of the art Basic code editor, Dictionary editor, and data editor. Our team has been working overtime with the plethora of changes. See www.u2logic.com/tools.html for more information. [/ad] Regards, Doug The Original Eclipse based tools people -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dave Laansma Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 6:40 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer The beauty of the Accuterm (and other direct 'push' features) is that there is virtually no setup required on the PC in order to transfer the data. If Accuterm is operational and you have a network connection, it simply works. And if you get really creative, after the file is transported to the PC, then you can activate open Excel run an Accuterm script that opens said file and automatically formats the columns right in front of the user. My users have come to LOVE this 'magical' report delivery method. And no special setup is necessary on their PC. Sincerely, David Laansma IT Manager Hubbard Supply Co. Direct: 810-342-7143 Office: 810-234-8681 Fax: 810-234-6142 www.hubbardsupply.com Delivering Products, Services and Innovative Solutions -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Robert Houben Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:21 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer Back in 1985/86 I helped design and develop a terminal emulator, the first one for PICK, called PK Harmony (based on the PC-Harmony Business Basic emulator family). We designed all these useful escape sequences so you could have a PICK/BASIC program run a DOS command, or drive a printer, either directly or through a slave printer function. I'd like to think that modern terminal emulators have a way to direct output to a printer, but maybe not. I've been out of the terminal emulator end of things and into ODBC/JDBC and successors for almost 20 years now. They might pop up and ask you what printer to send output to, which would be a bit of a drag. The more useful thing would be to be able to ask the emulator what printers it has available and optionally select one by name or ordinal, from the list. Then you could do everything programmatically, without interaction. These days I tend to operate from telnet, so I don't really know the emulators, anymore. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of McGowan, Ian Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:31 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer I forgot the obligatory plug for pickwiki: http://www.pickwiki.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?RunAProgram - this page has escape sequences for a lot of the common emulators... Ian McGowan -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of McGowan, Ian Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:25 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer If you can arrange for the terminal emulator to run a command, you can fire off (for example): cmd /c start http://myserver/files/abc123.pdf; And the end user's PC will launch the default browser and attempt to connect to the web service. You set the mime-type to application/pdf, include some magic javascript in the pdf to open up the print dialog automatically, and Bob's your uncle. Closing the pdf is tricky, we've left it to the user to do that. For word, substitute macros for javascript (though the user will have to be prepared for scary popups). If you have full control of the client's environment, you can install tools like doit (by the author of putty) and bypass the terminal emulator bit. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/doit/ The other way we do this to send word, excel and pdf docs generated by pick basic code is to simply email it to the user. Sometimes there's no other options - there's a firewall in the way,
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
The same is true for HTTP based services, provided the service is secured for Internet querying or a VPN is in place for WAN requests. The only time port 80/443 are issues is when the PC is locked down due to a strict IAP. If you have a bridged VPN you can even use Windows/Samba shares across the nodes and open stuff up directly from an off-site server and not involve a web browser. A WINS server may be required depending on how the networks are tied together. Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 E-mail: webmas...@all-spec.com Web: http://www.all-spec.com Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dave Laansma Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:40 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer The beauty of the Accuterm (and other direct 'push' features) is that there is virtually no setup required on the PC in order to transfer the data. If Accuterm is operational and you have a network connection, it simply works. And if you get really creative, after the file is transported to the PC, then you can activate open Excel run an Accuterm script that opens said file and automatically formats the columns right in front of the user. My users have come to LOVE this 'magical' report delivery method. And no special setup is necessary on their PC. Sincerely, David Laansma IT Manager Hubbard Supply Co. Direct: 810-342-7143 Office: 810-234-8681 Fax: 810-234-6142 www.hubbardsupply.com Delivering Products, Services and Innovative Solutions -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Robert Houben Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:21 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer Back in 1985/86 I helped design and develop a terminal emulator, the first one for PICK, called PK Harmony (based on the PC-Harmony Business Basic emulator family). We designed all these useful escape sequences so you could have a PICK/BASIC program run a DOS command, or drive a printer, either directly or through a slave printer function. I'd like to think that modern terminal emulators have a way to direct output to a printer, but maybe not. I've been out of the terminal emulator end of things and into ODBC/JDBC and successors for almost 20 years now. They might pop up and ask you what printer to send output to, which would be a bit of a drag. The more useful thing would be to be able to ask the emulator what printers it has available and optionally select one by name or ordinal, from the list. Then you could do everything programmatically, without interaction. These days I tend to operate from telnet, so I don't really know the emulators, anymore. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of McGowan, Ian Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:31 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer I forgot the obligatory plug for pickwiki: http://www.pickwiki.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?RunAProgram - this page has escape sequences for a lot of the common emulators... Ian McGowan -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of McGowan, Ian Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:25 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer If you can arrange for the terminal emulator to run a command, you can fire off (for example): cmd /c start http://myserver/files/abc123.pdf; And the end user's PC will launch the default browser and attempt to connect to the web service. You set the mime-type to application/pdf, include some magic javascript in the pdf to open up the print dialog automatically, and Bob's your uncle. Closing the pdf is tricky, we've left it to the user to do that. For word, substitute macros for javascript (though the user will have to be prepared for scary popups). If you have full control of the client's environment, you can install tools like doit (by the author of putty) and bypass the terminal emulator bit. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/doit/ The other way we do this to send word, excel and pdf docs generated by pick basic code is to simply email it to the user. Sometimes there's no other options - there's a firewall in the way, security won't allow other methods, etc. The users don't seem to care, as long as they get a document in a few seconds. Ian McGowan 925.609.2554 -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kevin King Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:01 PM
[U2] Complex printing (was Re: AccuTerm File Transfer)
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, Kevin King wrote: I understand the beauty of being able to push reports out a slave printer, but what do you do when the goal is printing labels with specific large proportionally spaced fonts and center or right justification of the text? What you need is a way to describe complex printing that is precise yet device independent. We happen to have such a thing. [Ad] Imagine describing your desired printout in HTML. But HTML won't let you be precise enough to get the text exactly right on the labels, it won't print barcodes, and it won't render consistently on different browsers and different printers. PWML addresses all that. Print Wizard Markup Language is our means of doing just what you describe. Rendering PWML is just part of what Print Wizard does. If you're using AccuTerm, you can passthroguh-print the PWML print job, then have AccuTerm fire off Print Wizard to render it on a specified printer. Peter already includes the scripts to do that. All you need is Print Wizard Personal Edition, which is $99. (You can even preview the labels, and tell it to start printing at a certain label, to avoid wasting a partial sheet.) Or, you can use AnzioWin, our terminal emulator, which has the Print Wizard engine built in. Passthrough print jobs will go straight to the printer (with optional preview). AnzioWin starts at $150. Demos are availble. For more info see: http://www.anzio.com/support/vendors/Multivalue%20-%20Frequently%20asked%20questions.html Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com company e-mail: r...@anzio.com voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
Kevin, Spell out what you want to achieve and I'm sure several solutions will be suggested. I'm sure Tony has plenty of suggestions for controlling MSWord from Accuterm. DDE was a god-send back in the day and I did some neat app-control things with it under Accuterm, but it's been replaced with COM mostly. The same things can happen, but they may require a bit more scripting work. I've moved away from heavy/critical Accuterm scripting, after running into session window name query issues with it. It was hit-or-miss as to whether or not I would get a null or the session name. Perhaps that has been fixed in later releases. For some things it's great, but for the few times I've (ab)used it the outcome was not 100% stable on high traffic calls. Of course, I typically run into odd problems the rest of the world doesn't so take it as you want. Did you read my 'transferring binary through FlashCONNECT from D3' article in Spectrum? The methodology behind that style of data handling and presentation is not unique to D3, FC, and Apache. I just happened to find that a great solution to help present the message. Too often people get stuck viewing one application as the center of the solution instead of a component of a larger plan. There are other ways to get a result 'outside of the box', while still using a required application as a trigger, controlling, or pass-through point. Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 E-mail: webmas...@all-spec.com Web: http://www.all-spec.com Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kevin King Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 10:40 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer I understand the beauty of being able to push reports out a slave printer, but what do you do when the goal is printing labels with specific large proportionally spaced fonts and center or right justification of the text? ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
[U2] Remote Printing
We are looking for remote printing options from Unidata for VPN users. Currently using a remote print manager called RPM by Brooks. Cisco VPN RS6000/AIX Unidata 7.1 Primac business software What are other companies using for this purpose? Thanks. Steve Steve Kunzman Andover, MN ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
Later versions of AccuTerm support Print Wizard which will process documents that use PCL5 for formatting and print them on any Windows printer, or send the document as a pdf via email or fax. Lots of other bells whistles. The hooks to call Print Wizard can be used to pass the slave print job to any command. You just need to create a custom print adapter script (VBA) and tell AccuTerm to use it for slave printing. Regarding comments earlier in the thread, ASCII download (or simply using the data capture to capture the stream to a file) is faster because it is a blind transfer without any handshake or error checking. This is fine if you are using a network connection because the session is running TCP which by definition is an error-free flow-controlled connection. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Remote Printing
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, skunz...@comcast.net wrote: We are looking for remote printing options from Unidata for VPN users. Currently using a remote print manager called RPM by Brooks. Print Wizard can work for this as well. One possibility is to use the LPD protocol from the server, and run Print Wizard's LPD service to receive the jobs. Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com company e-mail: r...@anzio.com voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
On file transfer: Kevin King explained to me how he can use directory files in Universe to create a file that is visible to the underlying OS. This raises the possibility of firing off an OS-based file transfer protocol (such as 'sz' for Zmodem) to do a robust transfer. What do you think? On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, Peter Schellenbach wrote: Later versions of AccuTerm support Print Wizard which will process documents that use PCL5 for formatting and print them on any Windows printer, or send the document as a pdf via email or fax. Lots of other bells whistles. The hooks to call Print Wizard can be used to pass the slave print job to any command. You just need to create a custom print adapter script (VBA) and tell AccuTerm to use it for slave printing. Regarding comments earlier in the thread, ASCII download (or simply using the data capture to capture the stream to a file) is faster because it is a blind transfer without any handshake or error checking. This is fine if you are using a network connection because the session is running TCP which by definition is an error-free flow-controlled connection. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com company e-mail: r...@anzio.com voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
Hey Peter, that sounds like the ticket for what I need. What version should I look for? Glen, the goal is to be able to print a label on a laser printer from a keypress on the Unidata application side. The complexities are that the label needs various fonts, most of them proportionally spaced and center or right justified. That's the gig. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
Kevin - AccuTerm 2K2 Standard version (not the Lite version) release 5.3c and 5.3c-sp2 includes the Print Wizard hooks. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
You will need to write sequentially (OPENSEQ, WRITESEQ) to make the DIR file not only visible but also usable to the OS, though. Unless you use CR:LF at the end of every line instead of attributes of course. I just changed a program today that was using the proprietary SB+ interface to write text files to Windows, which tended to hang more than not lately. I now write to a Samba share on Unix, convert the files using EXECUTE '!unix2dos...', and then fire off a DOS batch file using an SB+ process to copy them into the right directory on a Windows network drive. You can of course use zmodem, ftp or another protocol from Unix if you prefer. Then you are actually totally independent from any terminal emulation software. I've done this before on sites that where using only telnet. It works perfectly fine and is a lot faster and more reliable too. I did this on UniData, but I believe it works on Universe as well. Mecki Bob Rasmussen wrote: On file transfer: Kevin King explained to me how he can use directory files in Universe to create a file that is visible to the underlying OS. This raises the possibility of firing off an OS-based file transfer protocol (such as 'sz' for Zmodem) to do a robust transfer. What do you think? On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, Peter Schellenbach wrote: Later versions of AccuTerm support Print Wizard which will process documents that use PCL5 for formatting and print them on any Windows printer, or send the document as a pdf via email or fax. Lots of other bells whistles. The hooks to call Print Wizard can be used to pass the slave print job to any command. You just need to create a custom print adapter script (VBA) and tell AccuTerm to use it for slave printing. Regarding comments earlier in the thread, ASCII download (or simply using the data capture to capture the stream to a file) is faster because it is a blind transfer without any handshake or error checking. This is fine if you are using a network connection because the session is running TCP which by definition is an error-free flow-controlled connection. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com company e-mail: r...@anzio.com voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
I'd opt for print wizard unless you want to hard code the PCL and avoid middleware. You can code the PCL font and spacing escape codes directly in your app and just print the code to the slave printer like normal. It's a little more design time, but it'll be a fairly static setup. If you want PCL example code to use print the label from Word to a Laserjet 4 driver set to print to file. Or, Google it. There are lots of PCL references on the web. I can help as well. Glen.mobile RewriteRule ^(garbage|junk)$ /$1 [NC,L] On Apr 30, 2010, at 1:04 PM, Kevin King precisonl...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Peter, that sounds like the ticket for what I need. What version should I look for? Glen, the goal is to be able to print a label on a laser printer from a keypress on the Unidata application side. The complexities are that the label needs various fonts, most of them proportionally spaced and center or right justified. That's the gig. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer (script to change windows printer selection)
If the default printer on the remote session is used for the label and for all other documents, then you don't need this code at all, but I figured I'd post it anyway for reference. Here's the code I use to change the default printer in Accuterm: ACCUTERM.PRINTERNAME = Local-Windows-Printer-Name PRINT CHAR(27):CHAR(2):'P InitSession.PrinterName=':ACCUTERM.PRINTERNAME:'':CHAR(13): To print PCL directly, make sure the slave printer section is marked Text mode and that the driver for Local-Windows-Printer-Name is a PCL-compatible driver. You will also need to set a specific printer in the session printer setup, so that it can be changed programmatically. Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 E-mail: webmas...@all-spec.com Web: http://www.all-spec.com Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kevin King Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:04 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer Hey Peter, that sounds like the ticket for what I need. What version should I look for? Glen, the goal is to be able to print a label on a laser printer from a keypress on the Unidata application side. The complexities are that the label needs various fonts, most of them proportionally spaced and center or right justified. That's the gig. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Complex printing (was Re: AccuTerm File Transfer)
Kevin, now that you're asking questions like this, perhaps the demos I've provided for PrintWizard would be of value: nospamNebula-RnD.com/products/PW/demo2.htm (Nebula RD does not sell or support PrintWizard) That's BASIC code to provide text positioning, styles, justfication, images, barcodes, rotation, boxes, colors, lines, PDF, FAX, Email, and lots of other cool features. It's much more readable than PCL and the product support is outstanding. HTH On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, Kevin King wrote: I understand the beauty of being able to push reports out a slave printer, but what do you do when the goal is printing labels with specific large proportionally spaced fonts and center or right justification of the text? Bob Rasmussen responded: What you need is a way to describe complex printing that is precise yet device independent. We happen to have such a thing. [Ad] Imagine describing your desired printout in HTML. But HTML won't let you be precise enough to get the text exactly right on the labels, it won't print barcodes, and it won't render consistently on different browsers and different printers. PWML addresses all that. Print Wizard Markup Language is our means of doing just what you describe. Rendering PWML is just part of what Print Wizard does. [snip] ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
While the PW thing looks cool, and especially the integration with AccuTerm, the customer is on an earlier version of AccuTerm and I'm not entirely certain I can convince them to upgrade. But... we have some really good ideas floating around here, and I appreciate all the input. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, Glen Batchelor wrote: I'd opt for print wizard unless you want to hard code the PCL and avoid middleware. You can code the PCL font and spacing escape codes directly in your app and just print the code to the slave printer like normal. It's a little more design time, but it'll be a fairly static setup. If you want PCL example code to use print the label from Word to a Laserjet 4 driver set to print to file. Or, Google it. There are lots of PCL references on the web. I can help as well. That works up to a point. But Kevin said he wanted to CENTER variable-pitch text, which would require knowing and using the width of every possible character. Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com company e-mail: r...@anzio.com voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, Kevin King wrote: While the PW thing looks cool, and especially the integration with AccuTerm, the customer is on an earlier version of AccuTerm and I'm not entirely certain I can convince them to upgrade. But... we have some really good ideas floating around here, and I appreciate all the input. In that case you can use Print Wizard Server Edition, and send the print job via LPD from the server to Print Wizard. Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com company e-mail: r...@anzio.com voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
If that's the case, then check out HTMLDOC. You can generate PS from an HTML file and then have Ghostscript create a pcl3 file from that using the pcl3 output device option. You can then dump that file through the slave printer and clean up the temp files. I'm not 100% proven on the PCL support as an end-all solution, since I recently found a bug in the PDL code. But, the GPL stuff is stable for the most part and I use it regularly. The PCL data size is sometimes bloated due to vector graphics blobs, but it should work OK for simple text PCL layouts. Best thing is it's free. Of course, you should probably pay for an HTMLDOC license if it's installed for enterprise use. It's not that expensive. Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 E-mail: webmas...@all-spec.com Web: http://www.all-spec.com Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kevin King Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 2:29 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer While the PW thing looks cool, and especially the integration with AccuTerm, the customer is on an earlier version of AccuTerm and I'm not entirely certain I can convince them to upgrade. But... we have some really good ideas floating around here, and I appreciate all the input. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Remote Printing
If you can, email the user a pdf :-)
I went to a lot of trouble many years ago printing via samba on AIX to local
windows printers, and while it worked, it was painful to support (and then the
requirements changed to have remote users with ssh but not vpn access).
You can do some amazing things in those custom printing scripts though...
dsir...@x04ifl01:/usr/local/bin -cat spoolmail
#!/bin/sh
# Email the spooled file to the current user
# Parameters: 2 = full path to file
if [ $1 == TXT ]; then
file=/tmp/report.$$.txt
# Leave things alone
perl -p -e 's/\n$/\r\n/;' $2 $file
else
# RTF is the default
file=/tmp/report.$$.rtf
# Copy the header to a working copy
cp /usr/local/lib/TEMPLATE.RTF $file
# Append the report to the working copy
cat $2 $file
# Swap page breaks ^L for \\page and \n for \\par
perl -i -n -e 's{^L}{\\page }g;chomp;print $_,q(\\par );' $file
# Add a final paragraph marker to the end
echo \\par }} $file
fi
# Figure out who to send to
TO=`getalias $LOGNAME`
FROM=$TO
# Check for addresses that should be sent confidential
SUBJECT=Your report
expr match $TO .\*customer.com /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
SUBJECT=Confidential: $SUBJECT
fi
# Send it, already
/usr/local/bin/uuenview -b -f $FROM -m $TO -s $SUBJECT $file
rm $file
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[mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of skunz...@comcast.net
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 9:12 AM
To: U2-Users
Subject: [U2] Remote Printing
We are looking for remote printing options from Unidata for VPN users.
Currently using a remote print manager called RPM by Brooks.
Cisco VPN
RS6000/AIX
Unidata 7.1
Primac business software
What are other companies using for this purpose?
Thanks. Steve
Steve Kunzman
Andover, MN
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Re: [U2] AccuTerm File Transfer
From: Glen Batchelor If that's the case, then check out HTMLDOC. As a former devoted fan of HtmlDoc I'd now vote against it. - It only supports most HTML 3.2 specs, not all. These days anything that doesn't support HTML 4 is downright primitive. - There are always issues with fonts and character positioning. - To make up for the HTML deficiencies, one might thing CSS is an option, but this is not a browser and HtmlDoc does not support CSS. - While GPL, there is only one real author, Michael Sweet, who is more famous for writing CUPS. Michael is now an employee of Apple and projects like HtmlDoc seem to be in maintenance mode at best. HtmlDoc was always way behind in the priority queue after CUPS. So it's almost there, and not getting any better. The C++ source is available, but like most really popular Free and Open Source Software, most people just want it to be Free and Without Cost and the availability of source doesn't encourage anyone to enhance the source even for their own use. (I've dabbled with the code and even published a binary release on our freeware pages for people who didn't want to mess with source.) I shifted from HtmlDoc to PDFCreator, and then eventually moved to PrintWizard. PW is one of those tools that satisfies a Lot of needs- and I'm a big fan of using one, good, supported tool rather than resorting to a hodge-podge of little applets. 2 devaluated cents T Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com Nebula RD sells mv.NET worldwide and provides related development services remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com/blog Visit PickWiki.com! Contribute! http://Twitter.com/TonyGravagno ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Complex printing (was Re: AccuTerm File Transfer)
Been working with PrintWizard all afternoon, thanks. This looks like it'll do the job nicely for our immediate need. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
[U2] Soap error question
Hi All, We have a strange result happening with a simple soap service call and I was hoping someone has seen this problem or something like it before. We have 3 different soap calls: SSN.VERF, SSN.VERF.SUP SSN.SUBMIT. Each program has 2 inputs: CUST.NO SSN and 1 output: VERIFY. The first one: SSN.VERF is a program on UniData that accepts Cust.No last-4 of SSN. The program then reads the customer record and validates that the last 4 of that customer's SSN match the 4 digits sent in the transmission. If they match then it returns a 1 in the variable called VERIFY. Otherwise, it returns a 0 (zero) in VERFIY. SSN.VERF.SUP: Is for supervisors to send the whole 9-digit SSN and have it verified as well with the same VERIFY variable being passed back. SSN.SUBMIT: Is for adding the SSN to the customer's record if it does not already exist. It checks for the existence in the record and in the cross-reference file and returns 1 if the update was successful and zero otherwise. Now for the problem: SSN.VERF SSN.VERF.SUP both work as expected. SSN.SUBMIT appears to work when it is for an invalid entry (the SSN is already on file) but whenever a valid SSN is entered for a customer with a blank SSN field it fails with a strange error message, like this: soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/; xmlns:soapenc=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/; xmlns:xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema; xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; soapenv:Body soapenv:Fault faultstringException: Internal Web Service Server Error/faultstring detail UniSOAPException errorException: Internal Web Service Server Error/error /UniSOAPException /detail /soapenv:Fault /soapenv:Body /soapenv:Envelope Can anyone suggest how we could debug this problem? Is there a way to capture whatever it is that is freaking out the soap process? TIA, Bruce Lunt ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
