I don't mean to over illustrate WIN.PCRUN but I must endorse it. I've got clients using it to FTP to remote sites for order downloads, delete remote data, instantiate text file transfers, link UPS tracking numbers to UPS.com and fedex. 2 of my clients maintain fleets of 20-30 dispatchable trucks and when the dispatcher has the customer on the screen, they type 'MAP' and mapquest.com (sic) shows the map of the customer to help the driver on the walkie-talkie.
Another client has an interactive voice response IVR order entry system that saves orders in a shared directory. WIN.PCRUN runs bat files to get the new filenames, pick does the conversion and error log and WIN.PCRUN then deletes the successful orders from the original folder and copies the not-so-good orders to a reject folder. It polls every 5 minutes during the day, sleeps from 5pm to 730 am and refreshes the IVR data tables with fresh customers and products at 1:30 am. If I could run a macro from within excel with WIN.PCRUN i would be home free as I could export CSV's and format them from within excel instead of the suggested methods from the outside. One final use is to incorporate BLAT to kick off single or mass emails from within Pick (native or network). I even have the end of month process email to the owner at home of one of my clients that the process is complete so he can VPN in and print the various reports. Pretty cool. my 1 cent ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Boydell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U2 Users Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 6:49 PM Subject: RE: How to start windows programs > > Is there a way of starting windowsprograms on the users PC from a Unibasic > > program or do I need Wintergrate or some other tool to do that? > > You need a proficient terminal emulator. Wintegrate could be one option of > many. > > > I would like to send a invoice number away to an invoice archive on MS > > sql-server to get a pdf copy of the invoice in an Internet Exploreror > > acrobat reader window. > > The simplest method to open a pdf is to write the pdf to a server then send > the URI of the pdf to the emulator via an escape sequence. For example, to > open a pdf in your browser using ftp using Netterm: CRT > CHAR(27):'[]ftp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/invoice12345.pdf':CHAR(27):'[0*' > > My personal preference for emulators is Netterm. http://securenetterm.com. > It supports the ability to open URIs, kick off programs on the client as > well as more sophisticated functions. It's free to evaluate (with no expiry > time) and if you decide you want to buy it it's about US$30 for 1 and gets > cheaper by the dozen. > > Regards, > Stuart > > > > ********************************************************************** > This email message and any files transmitted with it are confidential > and intended solely for the use of addressed recipient(s). If you have > received this email in error please notify the Spotless IS Support Centre (61 3 9269 7555) immediately who will advise further action. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been scanned > for the presence of computer viruses. > ********************************************************************** > > -- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
