OT: view pdf file on a unix system

[Dennis Malen]

Thanks Bob, I will speak with AIX as we have a full service agreement with 
them.

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Rasmussen" <ras at anzio.com>
To: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
Cc: "filePro Mailing List" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: OT: view pdf file on a unix system


> 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.
>
> Regards,
> ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
>
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