OT: view pdf file on a unix system

[Bob Rasmussen]

See below.

On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Dennis Malen wrote:

> Thank you Bob, you described it exactly.
> 
> I would like to accomplish what you described in your second to last
> paragraph. 

(Running X).

> 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.

I think that running X is non-trivial, and I would advise against this 
approach. Furthermore, I believe that a Unix-based PDF viewer is fairly 
limited in its support for printing, particularly re. what kinds of 
printer it will support. I'm sure someone will correct me if 
I'm wrong.
 
> Our server goes down to often.

WHICH server? Must be "2)", the Terminal Services server.

> 
> 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.

If you decide to use a Windows-based PDF viewer, and want the control 
of this to reside on the AIX server, there are basically three 
ways to go: 

1) Crossmount: You make part of the AIX drive visible to the TS server 
(through Samba). Then you have AIX tell Anzio to "start" the PDF file by 
its Windows pathname.

2) FTP/HTTP access: You run an FTP or HTTP server on the AIX, and have AIX 
tell Anzio to "start" the URL of the appropriate PDF.

3) Transfer-and-load: You have Aix do a Zmodem (for instance) transfer of 
the PDF to a Windows location, then do a "start" on it.

When I say "start", I mean "start" at the Windows prompt level, or 
"winstart" as an Anzio command.

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....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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