Windows7 Compatible for filePro

[Rkreiss@verizon.net]]

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:19 PM
To: Nancy Palmquist <nlp at vss3.com>
Cc: filePro Mailing List <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Subject: Re: Windows7 Compatible for filePro

On 3/31/2010 11:40 AM, Nancy Palmquist wrote:
> Guys,
>
> I am wondering if anyone would suggest that filePro 5.6 is Windows 7
> compatible.  I can certainly install it and make it work on my Windows7
> computer.  I had to license it to the Drive ID, but it works.

Yes, I am running filePro 5.6 (as well as numerous older versions) on my 
Windows 7 box.  The only version I can't run are the old 16-bit real-mode 
MS-DOS version.  (And the error message implies that it's because I'm on the 
64-bit version of Windows.)

> My hesitation is in the area of printing.  I am seeing a real disconnect
> with the ability to print from filePro to the new printers available for
> new machines with Win7.
>
> The newer printers seem to have PCL6 instead of PCL5.

As mentioned elsethread, this is a printer issue, not a Windows issue.

> If filepro would provide, out of the box, a proper way to handle
> printing on Windows, I think I would feel better about suggesting that
> my software - built under filepro - is windows 7 compatible.

filePro does work out of the box with Windows printing.  The problem with 
PCL6 is that it's related to the rest of the PCL series in name only. 
filePro can print to pretty much any printer which supports "RAW" mode 
printer output and can actually print things more than images.

Now, if you mean filePro should support GDI printing, you have to realize 
that that means basically eliminating print codes.

Ken,

This is why is suugest using something like the Printwiz engine to translate pcl to a markup language that these dumb printers understand.

Now this begs the question if this can be done in one program from FPtech or remains needing to use 2 output programs.

Richard Kreiss
>From phone
[...]
> So to tell Microsoft that I have tested my application and it is Windows
> 7 compatible has left me cold.  I don't think filePro has the features
> that would meet that level of functionality on Windows7.

What does "Windows 7 compatible" mean in this case?  filePro is a true 
32-bit Windows console application.

[...]

-- 
Kenneth Brody
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