On 19 June 2007 16:58, Tilman Schröder wrote:
>>> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007, "Tilman Schröder" wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> I just spend some frunstrating hours on figuring out how to run a >>>> self-compiled cygwin mysql daemon as a service (win xp). > Thank you for your tips, but I changed the way to achieve my goal ... > I ported the app to fpdf, a free pdf creation class for php which does > not require any external library. Then I converted the pdf to postscript > using ghostscript and then sending the postscript-file to the printer > using the program printfile (http://www.lerup.com/printfile/) ... I've > had enough problems with cygwin and I had lots of problems with > ghostscript+printfile, too, I am happy now because it just works and > will work for the next 5 years ... To be honest, if you have been having difficulty using mysql to convert files between postscript and pdf, that's probably not actually Cygwin's fault... cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/