Invoices from filePro to email

[Jean-Pierre A. Radley]

Henry B. Castaneda propounded (on Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 03:06:06PM -0400):
| How do I setup my filepro (on SCO Unix) to automatically send an invoice
| generated inside filePro to email?


Write the invoice to a file, which can contain PCL codes generated by
using any supplied filePro script for an HP printer.

Call pcl2pdf, a shell script that uses pcl6 to convert said file to PDF.
Use Brian White's aljex repository for pcl6 that (ugh!) scribbles a font
directory in '/', or use my pcl6 port at ftp.jpr.com, which does not so
pollute the root directory.

Then dispatch the PDF file using mutt:

        mutt -s "Subject of msg" -a invoice-in-PDF-format \
		address at out.there message_body

where "message_body" is a text file to point out that PDF of invoice
is attached, tell where to get a PDF reader, and declaim any other
appropriate sentiments.

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JP