filePro and symbols

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> Behalf Of Wally Turnbull
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:13 AM
> To: filePro Mailing List
> Subject: Re: filePro and symbols
> 
> Top reply:
> 
> George - I have not followed this thread closely but seeing that it is
> still alive I will jump and and hopefully not repeat.  Like most
> filePro printing issues there are several ways to go about doing what
> you are asking - depending on circumstances.
> 
> 1.  If your laser printer has the smiley symbol as a character in one
> of its internal fonts then you can create a printer code to print it.
> 
> 2.  If your laser printer does not have the smiley symbol as a
> character in one of its internal fonts then you can obtain and copy a
> downloadable Truetype font to the printer when required and create a
> printer code to print it. This takes several steps and can get tricky
> to configure if you don't know what you are doing.  Once you have it
> in place it is fairly easy to use.
> 
> 3.  Unless there are a lot of special symbols that you want to print
> the easiest solution might be to insert a smiley image (picture)
> rather than a font character at the point you want it to print.  The
> advantage to this solution is that it is easy to set up, can be any
> size, and can be any image not just one that exists in a font.  The
> disadvantage is that it would have to be printed at an exact X,Y
> position on the report/form.  It could not move left or right as part
> of a variable.
> 
> Consider these options and if any of them seem appropriate for you let
> me know if you would like more info.
> 
> Peace,
> Wally Turnbull
> 
> On Jun 17, 2008, at 12:38 AM, George wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Steve.
> I'm trying to replace a user-defined symbol or group of characters
> with the
> smiley, but have not found a way to accomplish that.  The only way I
> know
> would be to replace the character(s) with a chr() and I have not found
> one
> that gives me a smiley or heart.
> My customers use Windows.
> 


Wally,

One of my client's, with two partners out of the SQL world, wouldn't want to
trade the FP application I built for them for a SQL version of the program.


Some of the things they like:
	1. Speed of changing and/or adding functionality
	2. Logging in to their system from their Windows based telephone and
running filepro almost as fast as when they are in the 	office.  Since they
travel a lot, using their phone rather the a laptop, is one thing they
really love.  

Have any of you done this with an IPhone?


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
rkreiss at gccconsulting.net