Printing failure mechanisms

[Nancy Palmquist]

Bob,

I don't think filepro checks anything.  It just executes the command 
supplied in PFPOSTPRINT.  I have used it for all kinds of things. The 
trigger is writing output to a file. (Or just opening a file, I have it 
open windows when the printer command indicates a file. Then you have to 
close it so the report can run.

Nancy

On 10/20/2015 4:09 PM, Bob Rasmussen wrote:
> Thanks Nancy. To be clear, with PFPOSTPRINT, filePro simply runs the 
> command given, it does NOT check for a result code, correct?
>
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2015, Nancy Palmquist via Filepro-list wrote:
>
>> Bob,
>>
>> If the job is sent to WIN:laser as the destination in the printer 
>> setup or you set the Printer Destination in your programming that 
>> way, the output goes to the print queue for the printer called 
>> "laser" on your local printer.  I think the WIN: part of the 
>> Destination accomplishes that.  The job is in the normal print queue 
>> and can be controlled and held as needed.
>>
>> With a PFPOSTPRINT command, it is picking up a file you wrote, which 
>> is what activates the command.  Then the command is doing whatever 
>> you asked it to do.  You can load the file into a word processer, web 
>> browser, spreadsheet, fax server, print server, etc.  That is a 
>> command line issue as to how that is handled.
>>
>> That is how I understand the process and it seems to work for me on 
>> the many computers I have setup with this.
>>
>> Nancy
>>
>> On 10/20/2015 12:11 PM, Bob Rasmussen via Filepro-list wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Does filePro, in general, have any mechanism to detect and react to 
>>> the failure of a print job? Or is printing a one-way pipe? 
>>> Specifically, what happens if a job launched via PFPOSTPRINT (on 
>>> Windows-based filePro) fails?
>>>
>>> Is the only way to deal with this possibility to rely on external 
>>> queueing, such as with an LPR/LPD queue?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
>>>
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>
> Regards,
> ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
>
> personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com
>  company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com
>           voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time)
>             fax: (US) 503-624-0760
>             web: http://www.anzio.com
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>                  10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9
>                  Portland, OR  97223  USA
>

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