OT: view pdf file on a unix system

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Dennis Malen wrote:

> We use an Anzio script to access the server.

I though so! I think what you have is a three-tier system:

1) An AIX system where filePro runs.

2) A Terminal Services server.

3) A thin client.

When you run a terminal emulator (Anzio or whatever), it actually runs on 
2) and "serves" its screen to 3), while connecting to 1). It is CRITICAL 
that you know what processor the code is executing on.

If you want the user, who is looking at 3), to see a PDF, the PDF viewer 
must run in Windows, because it will be run on 2) and serve to 3). 

Alternatively, you could run an X package (technically an X display 
server) on 2), to be controlled by 1), and serve its results to 3).

This stuff is not for the faint of heart!


> 	
> Dennis Malen
> 516.479.5912
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at spamcop.net>
> To: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 4:44 PM
> Subject: Re: OT: view pdf file on a unix system
> 
> 
> > On 6/15/2011 3:44 PM, Dennis Malen wrote:
> > [...]
> >> No problem if we are relegated to keeping the PDF on the windows side and
> >> viewing from Unix. Just want to see whether I can view from Unix when the
> >> PDF resides in UNIX.
> >
> > Hold on... You mean you already have everything you need to view PDFs on 
> > the Unix box, if the PDF is stored on a Windows box?  I find it very hard 
> > to believe that the same program would be unable to view the PDF stored 
> > locally on the Unix box itself.
> >
> > What command do you use to view a PDF on the Unix box, when the PDF is 
> > stored on a Windows box?
> >
> > -- 
> > Kenneth Brody 
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