OT: view pdf file on a unix system

[Dennis Malen]

Thank you Bob, you described it exactly.

I would like to accomplish what you described in your second to last 
paragraph. I am trying to stay away from anything to do with Windows. I 
would prefer that everything reside on Unix and its accessibility be 
controlled by Unix.

Our server goes down to often.

I must say we do use Anzio very successfully and are very pleased with your 
product. AIX is so reliable and has been such a workhorse for us and has 
proven its reliability over and over. It appears that windows or our 2003 
server (which we are upgrading to 2008) effects the continuity of work.

Perhaps if 2008 proves to be more reliable that would change my mind. 
Because we use Anzio for so many different functions between Unix and 
windows and it works so well I would consider remaining with the windows 
server if it was more reliable.

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Rasmussen" <ras at anzio.com>
To: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
Cc: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at spamcop.net>; 
<filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: OT: view pdf file on a unix system


> 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>
>> Cc: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
>> 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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