Filepro-list Digest, Vol 90, Issue 6 -- Re: How to POST / WRITE a FORM to a file instead of a printer

[Steve Parker]

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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 15:09:43 -0400
From: "Steve Parker" <sparker at abccompuserve.com>
Subject: RE: How to POST / WRITE a FORM to a file instead of a printer
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I am "back from the dead" so to speak, and back on my VSIFAX project from
ages ago! My original problem -- that of sending a properly formatted FAX
from a report format, specifically a statement -- was resolved. What I
thought would be the easier problem has me stumped so far.

I need to "send" a quote or invoice as a FAX. As I have not gotten
satisfactory results from a printer interface and the lp -d fax2 etc etc
script, but have had excellent success with the vfx commend, that is the
approach I have been using.

So in writing a process that utilizes the "system" command to run a "report"
against a single record, I find that the process will not work, even with
-u, as I am still in the record from which I wish to create the "report".
And so a thought I had was to "print" the output to a file using the "FORM"
command, or something similar. Once created, it is easy to send off in a
FAX!

Or perhaps I am just looking at this all wrong and need some input to set me
straight!

Thanks!

Steve Parker
ABC Computing Services






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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 15:22:37 -0400
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If your only problem is that you're standing in the record, why not post all
the data you need to a record in a temp file and then send the fax from that
record?

Dan Bauer

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Steve Parker
<sparker at abccompuserve.com>wrote:

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Dan,

As they say, the devil is in the details! I CAN post it all to a temp file,
but cannot picture how I then trigger the "send" or output processing from
my "open" record without additional user input, or processing from a menu or
something such.

Trying to keep it simple for the users, so invoices do not end up being
delayed in getting sent out!

Am open to ideas!

Steve

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Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:15:29 -0400
From: Nancy Palmquist <nlp at vss3.com>
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Steve,

I think the FORM from clerk is what you want.

You will need to use the PRINTER commands to send it to a file or to the 
vfx as output.  I did that years ago but have long since gotten away 
from vfx stuff so I forget.  I remembered it working like a print 
spooler so you could use filePro to redirect output to it.  It just 
needed the first line of the job to have the phone number and connection 
stuff a fax needs.  Isn't that how it works? That is so simple that 
way.  I still try to use fax systems that act like a printer.

I think you will want to do a PRINTER FLUSH after the FORM to get all 
the data written then you can pick it up with vfx and do your faxy thing.

Nancy

[sparker] 
Hi Nancy!

Thank you for your reply. And yes, "something like that" is where I am at!
LOL! I have all of the working great with OUTPUT processing, but not with
INPUT processing. I can "PRINT" a line or two for a report from a record,
but cannot seem to get the syntax right in sending an entire FORM to a
designated TEMP file so I can then process it out with the "SYSTEM" command.
Very easy once I get to that point!

In other words, I have the "hard part" pretty well figured out and working,
but am stuck on the so call "easy stuff"! (I wish I had all of the time back
that I have spent on such "trivial" easy projects and issues!)

Thanks!

Steve
ABC Computing Services