Understanding fpGI

Bob Rasmussen ras at anzio.com
Thu Nov 15 11:53:25 PST 2007


I'm working with someone who is familiar with filePro, but working with 
fpGI for the first time. We're trying to figure out how to best make Print 
Wizard work in this scenario. So I'm seeking some basic information.

The server, which is remote from the users, is a Windows 2003 box. The 
client machines use fpGI. My understanding of this is:

1) filePro runs on the Windows 2003 box.
2) fpGI establishes a telnet-like connection to that server, runs a hidden 
terminal emulator, and applies a GUI to that.

My questions:

3) Is this description right?

4) Does fpGI provide any kind of printer redirection, or passthrough 
print?

5) If we tell FP to print-to-file and run a script via PFPOSTPRINT, will 
that happen on the server or the client?

6) Does fpGI provide a mechanism by which a server program can launch a 
program (e.g., Acrobat) on the client?

7) Does fpGI provide a way to transfer a file from server to client?

Thanks much.

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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