Thanks Matt!
I have been testing command-line printing with Launch External Process. It
holds some promise… Thanks for the additional details on the process.
I look forward to the webinar session March 13th on your WebSockets component.
I have seen enough of your work to know it will be topnotch and groundbreaking
for most 4D Developers. Thanks in advance for sharing!
Kirk
> On Jan 25, 2019, at 3:18 PM, spiffyguy via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Kirk,
>
> I use launch external process and the "lpr" command on both Mac and Windows.
>
> For Mac it is built in. On windows you need to go to the control panel
> (win7 and up) or settings (win10) and look for "LPR Port Monitor" in the
> "turn windows features on or off" section. (If you have windows pro, it's
> not an option for Windows Home)
>
> Depending on the network.... you could just make sure the lpr command line
> is installed on the server and have all the printers setup on the server.
> Then either have the client / web interface choose a printer or have a
> default based on the machine requesting the PDF to be printed.
>
> Something like this should work right out of the box on Mac. Windows it
> changes only slightly based on the path of the PDF.
>
> You can get the a $printerName to use from the command PRINTERS LIST.
>
> LAUNCH EXTERNAL PROCESS("lpr -P "+$printerName+" "+Replace string(Convert
> path system to POSIX($pathToPDF);" ";"\\ "))
>
> - Matt
>
>
>
>
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