How I used Printwizard

[Richard Kreiss]

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> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of Bob Simcoe
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:17 PM
> To: Bob Rasmussen
> Cc: Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: How I used Printwizard
> 
> Bob
> I emailed you and the List, a week or so ago asking how to get started using
> the Print Wizard Demo to turn my FP5.0, Windows, printouts with Print
> Codes to my HP-4050 to PDF's.
> Here's what worked for me.
> The the following input processing  uses Reader to display the PDF generated
> by PW  of an Invoice selected from Field 1 input, for viewing, printing,
> emailing etc. My only problem, Print Wizard UI solved, by allowing me to tell
> PW where to send the PDF.  It  had to be in C:\stprt. The PW default was in
> \Documents and Settings\……\Print Wizard 4 on my workstation. Our IT
> people don't allow workstations access to the path beginning with
> Documents & Settings (this took me a over an hours to figure out) . We're
> only allowed access to the C:\stprt directory.
> Line 8 did the conversion perfectly.
> Also, unexpected, I was working on this from home using gotomypc, and I
> was able to easily print the pdf to the dumb windows printer attached to my
> laptop.
> Everyone here loves the results, and I know PW can do much more. There
> are 11 of us, should we purchase 1 Print Wizard 4 for each, or is there a
> version to put on the server?
> Note: I always program on a Stand file in Add Records Mode. The TAB to exit,
> I kept from the Tandy Accounting Package days. This is just test processing, if
> a existing invoice number wasn't entered, Reader would just present a blank.
> FP is on the S Drive.
> 
> 
>   1  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>        ◄ If:
>        Then: end
>   2  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
> @wlf1  ◄ If: @sk eq "rtab"
>        Then: delete ; close ; exit
>   3  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>        ◄ If: 'save inputed Invoice Number for Output Selection
>        Then: putenv "invno",1
>   4  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>        ◄ If: 'name the output txt file with the actual Invoice Number
>        Then: ptxtfile = "C:\stprt\Inv" & 1 & ".txt"
>   5  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>        ◄ If: 'name the output pdf file
>        Then: pdffile = "Inv" & 1 & ".pdf"	

Suggest you use ptxfile="inv_"{1{".txt"	       inv_12345.txt

 This will remove the spaces and makes it easier to search for the file name without using quotes when spaces are in the name.  The underscore makes for easier reading as assume that field 1 is the invoice #.  


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
  





>   6  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>        ◄ If: 'print HP-4050 output as  txt file to C:\stprt directory
>        Then: system "\fp\dreport SILines -f ILines -v sILines -ij -a -p" < ptxtfile
>   7  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>        ◄ If: 'change directory
>        Then: chdir "C:\stprt"
>   8  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>        ◄ If: 'use printwiz to generate txt to pdf
>        Then: system "C:\Program Files\Rasmussen Software, Inc\Print Wizard
> 4\printwiz" < ptxtfile < "/pdf /quiet"
>   9  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>        ◄ If: 'use Reader to display & process pdf file
>        Then: system "start AcroRd32.exe" < pdffile
> 10  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>        ◄ If: 'change back to original directory
>        Then: chdir "S:"
> 11  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>        ◄ If:
>        Then: 1 = "" ; screen  ,1
> 12  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
> declare◄ If:
>        Then: declare ptxtfile , pdffile
> 
> 
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