Nick, I did some tests with buddyapi xtra a few months ago and the printfile
command. My question with that is does the end user need to have acrobat to
be able to print the pdf, or is buddyapi smart enough to print without
acrobat being installed?
Thanks,
John
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Subject: Re: <lingo-l> OH no not again... Printing
> From: "John Horn (Home)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Ok, before I start beating my head against the file cabinet again this
year
> because printing in Director is such a pain. I used POM on the last
project
> I needed printing, but it seemed like I was constantly running around in
> circles trying to figure out the POM coordinet system. Let me explain
what
> I need to do. I need to take 8.5 x 11 forms, display them on-screen, have
> text fields that can be filled in by the user, and then print the form and
> the text fields out.
Yes indeedy, PrintOMatic is a pain for everything except the simplest
things. I have several horror stories my own self! ;-)
You might want to look into using PDF forms. You can take user data (from
director) & slap it into a pre-designed PDF form document. I have never done
this in a production piece, but I have experimented a bit. It isn't super
hard. There is an article on how to do this at
http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=878
Once you have the PDF form data, it should be simple enough to print the
form using the Buddy Xtra. Which, by the way, is how we now print
everything -- PDFs via buddy...
Good luck,
Nick Youmans
FutureMedia
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