What do you do for scanning from within Filepro
Boaz Bezborodko
boaz at mirrotek.com
Mon Mar 27 13:37:49 PDT 2017
Thanks, Bob,
I already have a server copy of PrintWizard Server running on one
machine, but it's not the one that would be connected to the scanner.
Does PW have to run on the computer to which the scanner is connected?
Boaz
> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:30:19 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Bob Rasmussen <ras at anzio.com>
> To: Boaz Bezborodko <boaz at mirrotek.com>
> Cc: "Filepro-List at Lists. Celestial. Com"
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> Subject: Re: What do you do for scanning from withing Filepro
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> It sounds like you're looking for two things: a confirmation of your
> general approach to storing scanned documents, and software that will
> programmatically do the scan. Right?
>
> On the first issue, I believe you're on the right track in using linked
> files. This approach allows other software to access and print those
> scanned documents. The alternative approach, storing scans inside blobs
> inside filePro, would make access and printing much more difficult.
>
> On the second part, you might look at Print Wizard. It provides (among
> other things) a command-line driven way to scan a document and store it in
> a specified filename and format. This can optionally be done with no user
> intervention; the command line can specify scanner name (any
> TWAIN-supported scanner), number of pages to scan, duplex or not,
> sheet-fed or not, density, color/gray/B&W, region of the page to scan, and
> so forth. The EXE call can return a result code that indicates success or
> failure.
>
> Print Wizard can also print, convert, or email the stored documents,
> either alone or as part of a larger print job such as from filePro.
>
> A demo version is available. A sample command line, to scan interactively,
> is:
> PRINTWIZ SCAN:// PDF://c:\temp\scan001.pdf
>
> A sample to scan WITHOUT user intervention, is:
> PRINTWIZ SCAN://?format=color?density=300?show=false
> c:\temp\scan002.tif
> (all one line).
>
> I'm always happy to help.
>
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2017, Boaz Bezborodko via Filepro-list wrote:
>
>> I'm looking to scan in files linked to specific Filepro records. This is the
>> first time I'm doing any kind of work like this.
>>
>> What methods do you folks use to accomplish this?
>> What software/hardware combinations make it easier?
>>
>> I was thinking of creating separate documents, saved to specific directories,
>> and storing the file names and locations in the record. But I don't know
>> what software to use that could trigger the scan and specify the file name,
>> directory, etc.
>>
>> I'm working with Filepro 5.6.10R9 running on Windows7 machines.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Boaz
>>
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> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:47:37 +0000
> From: Rick Mitchell <r.mitchell at bbswork.net>
> To: "filepro-list at lists.celestial.com"
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> Subject: Re: Seeking Filepro Programmer
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> Did anyone get a response on this?
>
>
>
>
> Rick Mitchell
>
> r.mitchell at bbswork.net
> 270-842-6789
> 270-202-7999
> Any day I learn something is a good day.
> If I learn something useful it is a Great Day
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> On 3/2/17 1:32 PM, "Delmont Neroni via Filepro-list" < > wrote:
>
>> I am mostly retired at this point, but I still have one client left, and
>> he needs a programmer/support person to do a bunch of cleanup and
>> modifications to his system. I told him this was a good time for me to
>> bow out and pass his business on to another Filepro programmer who is
>> younger (hopefully) and more up to date (not difficult) than me. He has
>> agreed to that.
>> He has been running the system for at least twenty years (maybe longer, I
>> can't remember). It is a highly customized version of the old Fourgen
>> system. The company is a Dunkin Donuts chain. The system runs in their
>> back office. They originally used all the major functions, including
>> payroll, inventory, etc., but they have gradually replaced many of those
>> functions with external automated systems (payroll, inventory, etc.). The
>> only thing left is accounting and sales input to the accounting system.
>> The system currently runs on a SCO Unix 5 HP server . One major problem
>> is that the menu system was built using Menu Maestro. This works very
>> well, but Menu Maestro, as far as I know, only runs on SCO 5, so the
>> system cannot be ported to any other platform. One project might be to
>> convert the Menu Maestro menus to Filepro menus, but this is not an
>> immediate need, perhaps a follow on.
>> As I understand it right now, the immediate needs are:
>> 1. Eliminate unused code, menus, and data from the system (system
>> cleanup).
>> 2. Automate input of sales data (currently done manually).
>> 3. Automate export of accounting data to reporting and analysis tools
>> that the owner likes to use to generate his own reports, etc. (mostly
>> Excel, I believe).
>> 4. Improve the bank reconciliation process - automate this as much as
>> possible.
>> So, we are looking for someone with plenty of experience developing
>> Filepro systems and a detailed understanding of accounting systems.
>> Knowledge of, or experience with, Fourgen is a definite plus, as is any
>> knowledge of Dunkin Donuts systems.
>> If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your phone number
>> and a brief summary of experience to del at altsystem.com.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Del Neroni
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 20:46:01 +0000
> From: Rick Mitchell <r.mitchell at bbswork.net>
> To: Rick Mitchell via Filepro-list <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> Subject: Re: Seeking Filepro Programmer
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> I guess I didn't get a response from him.
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> Thanks
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>
> Rick Mitchell
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> r.mitchell at bbswork.net
> 270-842-6789
> 270-202-7999
> Any day I learn something is a good day.
> If I learn something useful it is a Great Day
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> On 3/24/17 3:00 PM, "Mike Schwartz" <mschw at athenet.net> wrote:
>
>> Del asked that we contact him directly, so I guess you would have to
>> ask Del who responded: del at altsystem.com
>>
>> Mike Schwartz
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list-
>>> bounces+mschw=athenet.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Rick
>>> Mitchell
>>> via Filepro-list
>>> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 2:48 PM
>>> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>>> Subject: Re: Seeking Filepro Programmer
>>>
>>> Did anyone get a response on this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Rick Mitchell
>>>
>>> r.mitchell at bbswork.net
>>> 270-842-6789
>>> 270-202-7999
>>> Any day I learn something is a good day.
>>> If I learn something useful it is a Great Day
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/2/17 1:32 PM, "Delmont Neroni via Filepro-list" < > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am mostly retired at this point, but I still have one client left,
>>>> and he needs a programmer/support person to do a bunch of cleanup and
>>>> modifications to his system. I told him this was a good time for me to
>>>> bow out and pass his business on to another Filepro programmer who is
>>>> younger (hopefully) and more up to date (not difficult) than me. He has
>>>> agreed to that.
>>>> He has been running the system for at least twenty years (maybe longer,
>>>> I can't remember). It is a highly customized version of the old Fourgen
>>>> system. The company is a Dunkin Donuts chain. The system runs in their
>>>> back office. They originally used all the major functions, including
>>>> payroll, inventory, etc., but they have gradually replaced many of
>>>> those functions with external automated systems (payroll, inventory,
>>>> etc.). The only thing left is accounting and sales input to the
>> accounting
>>> system.
>>>> The system currently runs on a SCO Unix 5 HP server . One major problem
>>>> is that the menu system was built using Menu Maestro. This works very
>>>> well, but Menu Maestro, as far as I know, only runs on SCO 5, so the
>>>> system cannot be ported to any other platform. One project might be to
>>>> convert the Menu Maestro menus to Filepro menus, but this is not an
>>>> immediate need, perhaps a follow on.
>>>> As I understand it right now, the immediate needs are:
>>>> 1. Eliminate unused code, menus, and data from the system (system
>>>> cleanup).
>>>> 2. Automate input of sales data (currently done manually).
>>>> 3. Automate export of accounting data to reporting and analysis tools
>>>> that the owner likes to use to generate his own reports, etc. (mostly
>>>> Excel, I believe).
>>>> 4. Improve the bank reconciliation process - automate this as much as
>>>> possible.
>>>> So, we are looking for someone with plenty of experience developing
>>>> Filepro systems and a detailed understanding of accounting systems.
>>>> Knowledge of, or experience with, Fourgen is a definite plus, as is any
>>>> knowledge of Dunkin Donuts systems.
>>>> If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your phone
>>>> number and a brief summary of experience to del at altsystem.com.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Del Neroni
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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