filePro Printing from SCO Openserver 6 directly to an SMB share

[Chris Rendall]

>>>Hi Brian:
>>> 
>>>   The customer actually wants me to "print to file"; specifically to 
>>> a
SMB
>>> Network share.  A lot of the forms and reports they print never get
printed.
>>>For example, they will look at a customer statement, call the 
>>>customer
and
>>> ask for a payment and then delete the statement.
>> 
>> We use AnzioWin and print a number of our reports directly to PDF.  We 
>>run filePro on Linux and the PDF's are saved to the users home 
>> directory on a Windows file share.  Most of our users are running 
>> AnzioWin on the corporate network, but for our remote users they login 
>> to AnzioWin running on Citrix XenApp and they have access to their 
>> home directory on the Windows file share through XenApp.

>     Are you letting the AnzioWIn do the PDF conversion?  Or are you generating the PDF files in filePro and just letting AnzioWin direct the filePro-generated PDF files to a Windows File Share?
>
>     Most of the reports have simple type size changes (IE, 10 CPI, 12 CPI,
>15 CPI) and a few other commands, like landscape printing.  Not all reports go to laser printers, though.  Many reports are still printed on impact printers, so my solution has to be able to accommodate >either of those 2 types of printer.  
>
>     Of course, I'm hoping NOT to have to go through and change dozens of menus or, worse yet, have to create duplicate reports.  
>
>     Several years ago I did test a couple of these reports printed to PDF's using filePro PDF conversion, and the customer did say that those reports are acceptable.  

AnzioWin is creating the PDF document. 

In my menu script I have:

PFPT=ON;export PFPT
echo -e '\0034 PRINTER PDF://H:\\report.pdf?view \0035'
echo -e '\0034 FLUSHTIMER 0 \0035'
echo -e '\0034 OVERLAY \0035'
### Insert filePro commands for report here ###
echo -e '\0034 FLUSH \0035'

All our reports go to laser printers, but this should work just fine whether the report prints to laser or impact printer.   I have not had to make any changes to our reports to get the PDF output.  I just add the commands above around the line of filePro code for the report.  You can also combine multiple reports in one PDF.   

--- Chris