RE: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc.
On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Glen B wrote: > Doesn't using PrintWizard imply the use of a Windows server somewhere? If > not, then can you provide a link to your Linux version? > I've looked your offering over several times and end up considering other > options simply because I already have too many disparate servers forced to > perform individual tasks due to vendor "requirements". I'm hoping I missed > something. I'm not yet at the virtualization point since one power supply > has 10X higher of a chance of blowing up than 10 power supplies. It is true that Print Wizard runs on Windows, although it does not require a dedicated machine or even a particularly powerful machine. In this case, the original poster said his UV was running on Windows. Print Wizard is not particularly portable. It makes intensive use of the Windows printer driver, and nothing similar exists on the Unix/Linux platform. PW is written in Delphi, which is nominally portable to Linux (but not to SCO Open Server, for instance) as Kylix. Some time back I developed a version for Kylix that focused mainly on PDF creation, but it dies for lack of attention. If you need the functionality of Print Wizard and don't want to add a Windows box, then virtualization is probably the way to go. Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com company e-mail: r...@anzio.com voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc.
On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Norman Bauer wrote:
> Hey Bob,
> ...
> I favor LaTeX because of the huge community that surrounds it and the
> wealth of information that can be derived from it and because it
> produces beautiful documents. That being said, it's also very terse
> and not well known. Since I am the sole programmer I have to consider
> the person who will inevitably fill my shoes one day when I move on.
> What is the likely hood of them knowing LaTeX? How difficult would it
> be for them to learn? and so on. When taking questions like that into
> consideration you can see how they may tip the scales in favor of
> another method.
Point well taken. Another point might be this: is the tool designed for
the problem you're trying to solve?
It would appear that LaTex was designed for fine-grained typesetting,
including mathematical and engineering formulas.
Print Wizard Markup Language, on the other hand, was designed for an easy
and gradual evolution from traditional mono-spaced text reports
("greenbar") to more complex formats.
(Side note: Donald Knuth, the inventor of TeX, was in the audience of a
presentation I did years ago at a Unicode conference, and actually came up
afterward and asked some questions about international character set
handling. I was a bit awestruck. He is also the author of a seminal series
of books on computer algorithms.)
Regards,
Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc.
personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com
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RE: [U2] UV, Linux, and Active Directory
We use Centrify DirectControl to do this. -Original Message- From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Norman Bauer Sent: Wednesday, 28 January 2009 2:00 p.m. To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] UV, Linux, and Active Directory I am still learning UV, it's been a long three months of learning, but I have to say that I really do like it. That being said, we run it on Windows Server 2003. We recently tried to deploy it on Server 2008 which IBM says is possible in the docs. However it will not run on Server 2008. My suggestion to my boss was to try running it on CentOS 5, when I was promptly rebuked for the idea. I was told that if we were to do that our UV accounts could not authenticate against Active Directory. And that may be somewhat tue given that our authentication module was custom written. How are you authenticating against AD on Linux? I would be very interested in knowing, because I would love to move us off of UV for Windows and run it on Linux because there is so much that I personaly know that I can do running it on Linux that it takes major hoops to pull of on Windows but is realatively trivial on Linux, like PDF printing, Python scripting, Postgresql integration, Apache tricks, etc;. Thanks, Norm --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2][UD] Named pipe issue - UPDATE
Hi, Our C portion of the system appeared to use a method of opening pipes in Read/Write mode because: " * Open and write request data to_server pipe * first before we tell the BASIC server. This way the * BASIC server has something to read just in case we get out of * sync by the Unix kernel putting us to sleep" " Checking the BASIC system, none of the OSOPEN statements specified READONLY or WRITEONLY. It appears that every so often, OSOPEN would open a pipe that should be WRITEONLY pipe as READONLY and allow the OSWRITE statement to 'succeed' without error, but not actually write the data. I'm still in the process of re-writing the old C code, because adding the READONLY/WRITEONLY statements has resulted to the system being able to process 15+ requests a second to only 0.7. I'll post an update on any findings of interest once we have it working correctly. Regards, Dan -Original Message- From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wally Terhune Sent: Wednesday, 28 January 2009 2:28 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2][UD] Named pipe issue - UPDATE Dan - please confirm, but... my understanding is that the recommendation from IBM U2 support to add the READONLY or WRITEONLY keywords to your OSOPEN UniBasic statements resolved your named pipe issue. anything more to add? Thanks Wally Terhune U2 Support Architect IBM Information Management Software Tel: (303) 773-7969 T/L 656-7969 Mobile: (303) 807-6222 Email: wal...@us.ibm.com http://www.ibm.com/software/data/u2/support From: "Dan McGrath" To: Date: 01/14/2009 05:56 PM Subject:[U2][UD] Named pipe issue. Sent by:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org Hi all, Just a quick introduction... I am a developer at a medium-sized financial institution in Australia. I've being working with Unidata for the last 2 years and have been quite surprised with the whole MultiValue system and its flexibility. Recently I've been tasked to determine the cause and find a solution to an annoy intermittent issue that has been experienced by one of our systems that links into Unidata. The part in question is a C daemon which talks to a Phantom process via Named pipes. Approximately every 15000 requests, the Phantom writes a response to the C daemon, which is never received. I've traced it down to the following lines of code and am starting to suspect a bug in Unidata (We run 7.1) The C daemon blocks at this line: Fd = open(Pipe, O_RDONLY); (Pipe is a named pipe) The associated lines in the Phantom that are running are: OSOPEN PIPE.NAME TO PIPE.HANDLE ON ERROR * just error handling and logging RETURN END ELSE * just error handling and logging RETURN END OSWRITE PIPE.DATA TO PIPE.NAME ON ERROR * just error handling and logging RETURN END OSCLOSE PIPE.HANDLE * more logging. While the C daemon is blocking at open, the Phantom apparently successfully opens the pipe and writes to it without error. None of the error logging code is touched and the logging after is. Obviously, being a named pipe, open and OSOPEN will block until they are both at that point. It appears that open does not believe the pipe has been opened by the Phantom. The requests that fail are exactly the same as the requests that succeed. Both data and logging output. This leads me to believe that either our UNIX system has a problem with the open call or Unidata has an issue with OSOPEN/OSWRITE which is not being caught by the ON ERROR or ELSE clauses. Using OSBWRITE makes no difference (Apart from the whole process slowing down?). Is there something I am missing or has any one else know of a similar problem in Unidata? Searching for bug reports etc for Unidata has been painful and unsuccessful and IBM 'Support' is well... you know. Thanks for reading! Dan McGrath # ## The information transmitted in this message and attachments (if any) is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. The message may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. The intended recipient of this e-mail may only use, reproduce, disclose or distribute the information contained in this e-mail and any attached files with the permission of IMB. # ##
Re: [U2][UD] Named pipe issue - UPDATE
Dan - please confirm, but... my understanding is that the recommendation from IBM U2 support to add the READONLY or WRITEONLY keywords to your OSOPEN UniBasic statements resolved your named pipe issue. anything more to add? Thanks Wally Terhune U2 Support Architect IBM Information Management Software Tel: (303) 773-7969 T/L 656-7969 Mobile: (303) 807-6222 Email: wal...@us.ibm.com http://www.ibm.com/software/data/u2/support From: "Dan McGrath" To: Date: 01/14/2009 05:56 PM Subject:[U2][UD] Named pipe issue. Sent by:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org Hi all, Just a quick introduction... I am a developer at a medium-sized financial institution in Australia. I've being working with Unidata for the last 2 years and have been quite surprised with the whole MultiValue system and its flexibility. Recently I've been tasked to determine the cause and find a solution to an annoy intermittent issue that has been experienced by one of our systems that links into Unidata. The part in question is a C daemon which talks to a Phantom process via Named pipes. Approximately every 15000 requests, the Phantom writes a response to the C daemon, which is never received. I've traced it down to the following lines of code and am starting to suspect a bug in Unidata (We run 7.1) The C daemon blocks at this line: Fd = open(Pipe, O_RDONLY); (Pipe is a named pipe) The associated lines in the Phantom that are running are: OSOPEN PIPE.NAME TO PIPE.HANDLE ON ERROR * just error handling and logging RETURN END ELSE * just error handling and logging RETURN END OSWRITE PIPE.DATA TO PIPE.NAME ON ERROR * just error handling and logging RETURN END OSCLOSE PIPE.HANDLE * more logging. While the C daemon is blocking at open, the Phantom apparently successfully opens the pipe and writes to it without error. None of the error logging code is touched and the logging after is. Obviously, being a named pipe, open and OSOPEN will block until they are both at that point. It appears that open does not believe the pipe has been opened by the Phantom. The requests that fail are exactly the same as the requests that succeed. Both data and logging output. This leads me to believe that either our UNIX system has a problem with the open call or Unidata has an issue with OSOPEN/OSWRITE which is not being caught by the ON ERROR or ELSE clauses. Using OSBWRITE makes no difference (Apart from the whole process slowing down?). Is there something I am missing or has any one else know of a similar problem in Unidata? Searching for bug reports etc for Unidata has been painful and unsuccessful and IBM 'Support' is well... you know. Thanks for reading! Dan McGrath # ## The information transmitted in this message and attachments (if any) is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. The message may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. The intended recipient of this e-mail may only use, reproduce, disclose or distribute the information contained in this e-mail and any attached files with the permission of IMB. # ## --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of graycol.gif] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of ecblank.gif] --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc.
Doesn't using PrintWizard imply the use of a Windows server somewhere? If not, then can you provide a link to your Linux version? I've looked your offering over several times and end up considering other options simply because I already have too many disparate servers forced to perform individual tasks due to vendor "requirements". I'm hoping I missed something. I'm not yet at the virtualization point since one power supply has 10X higher of a chance of blowing up than 10 power supplies. GlenB > -Original Message- > From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org]on Behalf Of Bob Rasmussen > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:42 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc. > > > On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Norman Bauer wrote: > > > Glen,Bill, Ron, and Brian, > > > > Thanks for the input on this. Glen's way seems to be about the same > > way I am thinking of going about it. And it is proof enough to me that > > it is possible, allthough I am going to probably use LaTex to do the > > markup, it looks nicer. We are running UV on Windows and will be for > > the forseeable future however this would be a great oppertunity to > > intro Linux into the environment. My company is under new managment > > and they were always opposed to the idea, the new managment is looking > > to improve and cut cost. > > Although I haven't looked at LaTex for some time (if ever), and it might > provide a very good solution, let me chime in to reinforce the earlier > reference to Tony G's description of Print Wizard, our product. > > In a nutshell, you could program your UV to output HTML-like page > descriptions. In fact, much of it could be HTML, although there is some > HTML we don't support. Conversely, there are things we support that HTML > doesn't such as specifying: > > * Generation of barcodes > * Paper size, orientation, etc. > * Precise placement of text and graphics on the page. > * Form overlays > * and more. > > The output of Print Wizard can go to: > > * Any Windows-supported printer > * Windows-only printers > * TIFF > * Fax > * PDF > > When you generate a PDF, you can also: > > * Create a table of contents > * Attach other documents > * Create internal or external links > * Certify the document > * Email it, interactively, semi-interactively, or automatically > > We're talking $300. > > Regards, > Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. > > personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com > company e-mail: r...@anzio.com > voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) > fax: (US) 503-624-0760 > web: http://www.anzio.com > street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. > 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 > Portland, OR 97223 USA > --- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] UV, Linux, and Active Directory
Hi Norm. I did it a year ago using samba, but not with Active Directory. It was a WinNT domain. I founded the procedure to authenticate in Windows Domain in some linux forum. It woked almost everythig, except replication. So, I returned to windows again... HTH Augusto - Original Message - From: "Norman Bauer" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:39 AM Subject: Re: [U2] UV, Linux, and Active Directory You would be correct and that was the release we were trying to install. We have an open issue with IBM, but so far the issue remains unresolved and the proposed solution does not work either. Norm On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:11 PM, djordan wrote: Hi Norm I believe it is the latest release of UniVerse that will run on 2008 Regards David Jordan --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc.
Hey Bob, I do promise that I will look at it. It may be exactly what I am looking for and as I said I _want_ to look at all solutions proposed. My inherent developer side always draws me to 'roll-your-own' solutions first since they generally give you a lot more control. The down side obviously is the complexity issue. And that ALWAYS sends you looking for robust solutions that may trade off some _control_ for manageability and less headaches. In other words, I'm just as _practical_ as much as I am a "Big Idea" guy. :) I favor LaTeX because of the huge community that surrounds it and the wealth of information that can be derived from it and because it produces beautiful documents. That being said, it's also very terse and not well known. Since I am the sole programmer I have to consider the person who will inevitably fill my shoes one day when I move on. What is the likely hood of them knowing LaTeX? How difficult would it be for them to learn? and so on. When taking questions like that into consideration you can see how they may tip the scales in favor of another method. Norm On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Bob Rasmussen wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Norman Bauer wrote: > >> Glen,Bill, Ron, and Brian, >> >> Thanks for the input on this. Glen's way seems to be about the same >> way I am thinking of going about it. And it is proof enough to me that >> it is possible, allthough I am going to probably use LaTex to do the >> markup, it looks nicer. We are running UV on Windows and will be for >> the forseeable future however this would be a great oppertunity to >> intro Linux into the environment. My company is under new managment >> and they were always opposed to the idea, the new managment is looking >> to improve and cut cost. > > Although I haven't looked at LaTex for some time (if ever), and it might > provide a very good solution, let me chime in to reinforce the earlier > reference to Tony G's description of Print Wizard, our product. > > In a nutshell, you could program your UV to output HTML-like page > descriptions. In fact, much of it could be HTML, although there is some > HTML we don't support. Conversely, there are things we support that HTML > doesn't such as specifying: > > * Generation of barcodes > * Paper size, orientation, etc. > * Precise placement of text and graphics on the page. > * Form overlays > * and more. > > The output of Print Wizard can go to: > > * Any Windows-supported printer > * Windows-only printers > * TIFF > * Fax > * PDF > > When you generate a PDF, you can also: > > * Create a table of contents > * Attach other documents > * Create internal or external links > * Certify the document > * Email it, interactively, semi-interactively, or automatically > > We're talking $300. > > Regards, > Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. > > personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com > company e-mail: r...@anzio.com > voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) >fax: (US) 503-624-0760 >web: http://www.anzio.com > street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. > 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 > Portland, OR 97223 USA > --- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] UV, Linux, and Active Directory
You would be correct and that was the release we were trying to install. We have an open issue with IBM, but so far the issue remains unresolved and the proposed solution does not work either. Norm On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:11 PM, djordan wrote: > Hi Norm > > I believe it is the latest release of UniVerse that will run on 2008 > > Regards > > David Jordan > --- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] UV, Linux, and Active Directory
Hi Norm I believe it is the latest release of UniVerse that will run on 2008 Regards David Jordan --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc.
On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Norman Bauer wrote: > Glen,Bill, Ron, and Brian, > > Thanks for the input on this. Glen's way seems to be about the same > way I am thinking of going about it. And it is proof enough to me that > it is possible, allthough I am going to probably use LaTex to do the > markup, it looks nicer. We are running UV on Windows and will be for > the forseeable future however this would be a great oppertunity to > intro Linux into the environment. My company is under new managment > and they were always opposed to the idea, the new managment is looking > to improve and cut cost. Although I haven't looked at LaTex for some time (if ever), and it might provide a very good solution, let me chime in to reinforce the earlier reference to Tony G's description of Print Wizard, our product. In a nutshell, you could program your UV to output HTML-like page descriptions. In fact, much of it could be HTML, although there is some HTML we don't support. Conversely, there are things we support that HTML doesn't such as specifying: * Generation of barcodes * Paper size, orientation, etc. * Precise placement of text and graphics on the page. * Form overlays * and more. The output of Print Wizard can go to: * Any Windows-supported printer * Windows-only printers * TIFF * Fax * PDF When you generate a PDF, you can also: * Create a table of contents * Attach other documents * Create internal or external links * Certify the document * Email it, interactively, semi-interactively, or automatically We're talking $300. Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com company e-mail: r...@anzio.com voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
[U2] UV, Linux, and Active Directory
I am still learning UV, it's been a long three months of learning, but I have to say that I really do like it. That being said, we run it on Windows Server 2003. We recently tried to deploy it on Server 2008 which IBM says is possible in the docs. However it will not run on Server 2008. My suggestion to my boss was to try running it on CentOS 5, when I was promptly rebuked for the idea. I was told that if we were to do that our UV accounts could not authenticate against Active Directory. And that may be somewhat tue given that our authentication module was custom written. How are you authenticating against AD on Linux? I would be very interested in knowing, because I would love to move us off of UV for Windows and run it on Linux because there is so much that I personaly know that I can do running it on Linux that it takes major hoops to pull of on Windows but is realatively trivial on Linux, like PDF printing, Python scripting, Postgresql integration, Apache tricks, etc;. Thanks, Norm --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc.
Glen,Bill, Ron, and Brian, Thanks for the input on this. Glen's way seems to be about the same way I am thinking of going about it. And it is proof enough to me that it is possible, allthough I am going to probably use LaTex to do the markup, it looks nicer. We are running UV on Windows and will be for the forseeable future however this would be a great oppertunity to intro Linux into the environment. My company is under new managment and they were always opposed to the idea, the new managment is looking to improve and cut cost. Thanks again, Norm On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Glen Batchelor wrote: > I use GS on Linux to generate 99% of our paperwork. I also added a > print-to-PDF-display and an email-me-a-PDF option in our printer selector > for traditional laser output. I use html2ps and htmldoc to generate the > Postscript content and then either convert to PDF or send the PS straight to > a PS-capable printer. All of our generated documentation is HTML formatted > and includes embedded EPS logos and signatures where applicable. > > I originally utilized uuencode and uudecode to store and recreate PDFs > to/from MV files. However, due to such a large resulting file size I > eventually transposed the MV files into a file hierarchy system on the O/S. > It saves on file-save size and time, but I now have to perform dual backups. > One is a cronjob for the O/S FHS and one is the normal MV file-save. That's > not big deal. I just plug in an e-sata drive and do an rsync on the > file-save images and the PDF tree to have a mobile backup of both. Of > course, if your backup size exceeds 1TB then you may have to consider other > backup options. > > > Glen Batchelor > IT Director > All-Spec Industries > phone: (910) 332-0424 > fax: (910) 763-5664 > E-mail: webmas...@all-spec.com > Web: http://www.all-spec.com > Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com > >> -Original Message- >> From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2- >> us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Norman Bauer >> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:22 PM >> To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >> Subject: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc. >> >> Hello, >> >> Is there anyone here who implemented their own PDF printing system using >> LaTex, >> Ghostscript, or TeX, etc. >> >> We are printing on multi-part forms for all of our shipping documents and >> I am >> looking into ways to getting us off that system. 100% of our forms are >> printed >> using UniBASIC. >> >> Any and all suggestions will be looked at. >> >> Thanks, >> Norm >> --- >> u2-users mailing list >> u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >> To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > --- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
[U2] Web Services Developer Help
Hi All, I am attempting to provide a web service that provides pricing info from our system.B I am able to do this pretty easily with the web services developer.B However, I am confused by something. Why do I have extra data in my tags?B For example, I have defined a field named "QUOTE" and I am seeing being returned by the web service.B I have looked at the wsdl and do not see that anywhere.B Is there some way that I can get rid of the "q0:"??? Thanks for any help you can spare, Scott --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc.
I use GS on Linux to generate 99% of our paperwork. I also added a print-to-PDF-display and an email-me-a-PDF option in our printer selector for traditional laser output. I use html2ps and htmldoc to generate the Postscript content and then either convert to PDF or send the PS straight to a PS-capable printer. All of our generated documentation is HTML formatted and includes embedded EPS logos and signatures where applicable. I originally utilized uuencode and uudecode to store and recreate PDFs to/from MV files. However, due to such a large resulting file size I eventually transposed the MV files into a file hierarchy system on the O/S. It saves on file-save size and time, but I now have to perform dual backups. One is a cronjob for the O/S FHS and one is the normal MV file-save. That's not big deal. I just plug in an e-sata drive and do an rsync on the file-save images and the PDF tree to have a mobile backup of both. Of course, if your backup size exceeds 1TB then you may have to consider other backup options. Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 E-mail: webmas...@all-spec.com Web: http://www.all-spec.com Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com > -Original Message- > From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2- > us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Norman Bauer > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:22 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc. > > Hello, > > Is there anyone here who implemented their own PDF printing system using > LaTex, > Ghostscript, or TeX, etc. > > We are printing on multi-part forms for all of our shipping documents and > I am > looking into ways to getting us off that system. 100% of our forms are > printed > using UniBASIC. > > Any and all suggestions will be looked at. > > Thanks, > Norm > --- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc.
Consider googling "iText". --Bill -Original Message- From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Norman Bauer Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:22 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc. Hello, Is there anyone here who implemented their own PDF printing system using LaTex, Ghostscript, or TeX, etc. We are printing on multi-part forms for all of our shipping documents and I am looking into ways to getting us off that system. 100% of our forms are printed using UniBASIC. Any and all suggestions will be looked at. Thanks, Norm --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc.
Back in December, Tony had this response to a similar question. > From: Tony G > > I can provide some BASIC code examples that > > show how to get PrintWizard to... > > Bonnie Barber wrote: > > Hi, I would be interested in the code examples. > > Rather than asking people to email requests, we decided to put > the demos online. Full code, PDFs, and images will be up in > about 2 days. I'll post a follow-up here. As promised, see the Demos link from this page: removepleaseNebula-RnD.com/products/printwizard.htm > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > From: normanba...@gmail.com > Subject: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc. > Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:21:55 + > > Hello, > > Is there anyone here who implemented their own PDF printing system using LaTex, > Ghostscript, or TeX, etc. > > We are printing on multi-part forms for all of our shipping documents and I am > looking into ways to getting us off that system. 100% of our forms are printed > using UniBASIC. > > Any and all suggestions will be looked at. > > Thanks, > Norm > --- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ _ Windows Live: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_01200 9 --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
[U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc.
Hello, Is there anyone here who implemented their own PDF printing system using LaTex, Ghostscript, or TeX, etc. We are printing on multi-part forms for all of our shipping documents and I am looking into ways to getting us off that system. 100% of our forms are printed using UniBASIC. Any and all suggestions will be looked at. Thanks, Norm --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
[U2] HELP - Issues with Unidata 6.1.15 & SQL
Must I utilize a BCI connection in conjunction with attempting to do a datalink update to a Unidata SQL table from a Microsoft based app? I set up the OLEDB connection and am able to view the subtables from the application. But when I set it to auto update from the translation map it bombs with the following error. Error: Couldn't insert row into table 'DELTA_TP_CUST_VEND_MV_SUB'. Error: Error 0x80004005: "[Ardent][UniData ODBC Driver][IBM][SQL Client][UNIDATA]Transaction access conflict: update in READ ONLY transaction" Is it a set-up issue? All permissions on the table are set to PUBLIC Is it because the app does not have a login name in unix within the proper group to access the table? What is the correct version of the OLEDB driver for 6.1.15 and what driver should be used on the SQL server side Or is it BCI is the missing link I do not remember having such difficulties cross platform before! --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] [UV] SQL select subquerying a saved list.
I do it in a similar way...
SELECT @ID FROM EINVOICES WHERE iInvoiceRef IN (SELECT EVAL "@RECORD"
FROM &SAVEDLISTS& 'INV.REF.LIST');
... But I agree there should be a more "natural" way of doing this.
Perry Taylor
-Original Message-
From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org
[mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Boydell, Stuart
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:40 PM
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: [U2] [UV] SQL select subquerying a saved list.
Hi,
I'm wondering if someone can show me a more elegant way to do a SQL
subquery.
I have a saved select list with a list of values which I want to
test
for in a SQL select IN clause.
Eg.
SELECT @ID FROM EINVOICES WHERE
iInvoiceRef IN (SELECT EVAL
'TRANS('&SAVEDLISTS&","INV.REF.LIST","-1","")'
FROM VOC WHERE @ID =
'WHO');
This works, but I don't like the format of
the subquery. I have done
this type of thing before but when the list was a
list of keys to
another file I could create a subquery like SELECT @ID FROM
OTHER.FILE
SLIST INV.REF.LIST. In this case iInvoiceRef doesn't link to
another
file.
I have used the TRANS/VOC arrangement which seems like a
hack to me,
it's also relatively slow. Does anyone know a 'nicer' way to get
back a
select list to use with the IN clause?
Regards,
Stuart Boydell
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RE: [U2] Moving a UniVerse a/c from Unix to Windows
There's an easier SELECT than that SELECT VOC WITH TYPE EQ 'F' TYPE is a predefined i-descriptor in DICT VOC. Cheers, Wol -Original Message- From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Jef Lee Sent: 27 January 2009 07:48 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Cc: Steven Tilden; John Steer; Glenn Cameron; Glenn Summerfield Subject: RE: [U2] Moving a UniVerse a/c from Unix to Windows Dave this may not be letter-accurate but from memory it's like VOC has MYVERYLONGFILENAME 0001 F 0002 MYVERYLONGFILENAME 0003 D_MYVERYLONGFILENAME But on the Unix filesystem it's .../MYVERYLONGFIL/ENAME Where the long UniVerse name is turned into a folder + file combination for Unix's sake. The backup did nothing more than follow what was there. We have just been told why the indices failed: they were disabled. The backup/restore process disabled them to minimize process time. We didn't know that (UniVerse for Dummies definitely needed here). A BUILD.INDEX works when they're disabled but automatic updating when the record is updated does not work. So next time it will be: "Everybody! Get off the system!" SSELECT VOC WITH F1="F" OR F1="F ]" ENABLE.INDEX "OK everybody it's ready to use!" Jef. -Original Message- From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dave Taylor Sent: Tuesday, 27 January 2009 3:06 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Moving a UniVerse a/c from Unix to Windows Jeff, The indices may still be failing because they are still too long. Were the long names "broken in the Unix system" during backup or were they broken in the Windows system upon restore? Have you set LONGNAMES ON in the Pick-flavor account? eg: >WHO 5232 uvnt.spooler From W2KAPPSERVER\UV >LONGNAMES ON Your 'VOC' has been modified to use long file names. >ED VOC LONGNAMES 3 lines long. : P 0001: R 0002: UNIVERSE.VOCLIB 0003: LONGNAMES Bottom at line 3. : EX > If the longnames are breaking up on Type 1 files, RESIZE them to Type 19 files. hth, Dave Dave Taylor Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. Authorized IBM Business Partner 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 (O) 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (F) 310-377-3550 (C) 310-561-5200 www.sysmarkinfo.com - Original Message - From: "Jef Lee" To: Cc: "Steven Tilden" ; "John Steer" ; "Glenn Summerfield" ; "Glenn Cameron" Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:31 PM Subject: [U2] Moving a UniVerse a/c from Unix to Windows > Does anyone have the magic bullet? We have a UniVerse account that was > backed up using uvbackup on an AIX platform. We restored the account on to > a Windows platform and the sky fell in. > > Firstly there was the 13 (14?) character naming boundary. File names & > record names that were longer than this boundary were broken in the Unix > system into "acceptable" chunks. I think this protocol dates back decades > (centuries?). Well so far with much fiddling and leg work we have > gotten passed that. > > Now the indices on files are failing to maintain their integrity. This is > what happens: > 1. Look for a record using a keyed search and it was not found > 2. Rebuild the indices using BUILD.INDEX > 3. Repeat #1 and the record was found > 4. Add or edit a record affecting a keyed field and the indices return to > #1. > > What's the answer? Do we need to change the way we physically port the > account? Is there a tool that will resolve the problem? Should we create a > new empty account and copy all the records into it, then build the > indices? > > All thoughts and guidance appreciated. > > Our UniVerse is: >>CT VOC RELLEVEL > > RELLEVEL > 0001 X > 0002 10.1.11 > 0003 PICK > 0004 PICK.FORMAT > 0005 10.1.11 >> > > Thanks, > > Jeffrey Lee > Senior Analyst/Programmer > > IT Vision Australia Pty Ltd (ABN: 34 309 336 904) > PO Box 881, Canning Bridge WA 6153 > Level 3, Kirin Centre, 15 Ogilvie Road, Applecross, WA, 6153 > P: (08) 9315 7000F: (08) 9315 7088 > W: http://www.itvision.com.au > ___ > > NOTICE : This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) > only and may > contain confidential or privileged material. Any unauthorised review, use, > alteration, > disclosure or distribution of this e-mail (including any attachments) by > an unintended recipient > is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the > sender as soon as > possible by return e-mail and then delete both messages. > ___ > --- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-us
RE: [U2] Moving a UniVerse a/c from Unix to Windows
Dave this may not be letter-accurate but from memory it's like VOC has MYVERYLONGFILENAME 0001 F 0002 MYVERYLONGFILENAME 0003 D_MYVERYLONGFILENAME But on the Unix filesystem it's .../MYVERYLONGFIL/ENAME Where the long UniVerse name is turned into a folder + file combination for Unix's sake. The backup did nothing more than follow what was there. We have just been told why the indices failed: they were disabled. The backup/restore process disabled them to minimize process time. We didn't know that (UniVerse for Dummies definitely needed here). A BUILD.INDEX works when they're disabled but automatic updating when the record is updated does not work. So next time it will be: "Everybody! Get off the system!" SSELECT VOC WITH F1="F" OR F1="F ]" ENABLE.INDEX "OK everybody it's ready to use!" Jef. -Original Message- From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dave Taylor Sent: Tuesday, 27 January 2009 3:06 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Moving a UniVerse a/c from Unix to Windows Jeff, The indices may still be failing because they are still too long. Were the long names "broken in the Unix system" during backup or were they broken in the Windows system upon restore? Have you set LONGNAMES ON in the Pick-flavor account? eg: >WHO 5232 uvnt.spooler From W2KAPPSERVER\UV >LONGNAMES ON Your 'VOC' has been modified to use long file names. >ED VOC LONGNAMES 3 lines long. : P 0001: R 0002: UNIVERSE.VOCLIB 0003: LONGNAMES Bottom at line 3. : EX > If the longnames are breaking up on Type 1 files, RESIZE them to Type 19 files. hth, Dave Dave Taylor Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. Authorized IBM Business Partner 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 (O) 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (F) 310-377-3550 (C) 310-561-5200 www.sysmarkinfo.com - Original Message - From: "Jef Lee" To: Cc: "Steven Tilden" ; "John Steer" ; "Glenn Summerfield" ; "Glenn Cameron" Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:31 PM Subject: [U2] Moving a UniVerse a/c from Unix to Windows > Does anyone have the magic bullet? We have a UniVerse account that was > backed up using uvbackup on an AIX platform. We restored the account on to > a Windows platform and the sky fell in. > > Firstly there was the 13 (14?) character naming boundary. File names & > record names that were longer than this boundary were broken in the Unix > system into "acceptable" chunks. I think this protocol dates back decades > (centuries?). Well so far with much fiddling and leg work we have > gotten passed that. > > Now the indices on files are failing to maintain their integrity. This is > what happens: > 1. Look for a record using a keyed search and it was not found > 2. Rebuild the indices using BUILD.INDEX > 3. Repeat #1 and the record was found > 4. Add or edit a record affecting a keyed field and the indices return to > #1. > > What's the answer? Do we need to change the way we physically port the > account? Is there a tool that will resolve the problem? Should we create a > new empty account and copy all the records into it, then build the > indices? > > All thoughts and guidance appreciated. > > Our UniVerse is: >>CT VOC RELLEVEL > > RELLEVEL > 0001 X > 0002 10.1.11 > 0003 PICK > 0004 PICK.FORMAT > 0005 10.1.11 >> > > Thanks, > > Jeffrey Lee > Senior Analyst/Programmer > > IT Vision Australia Pty Ltd (ABN: 34 309 336 904) > PO Box 881, Canning Bridge WA 6153 > Level 3, Kirin Centre, 15 Ogilvie Road, Applecross, WA, 6153 > P: (08) 9315 7000F: (08) 9315 7088 > W: http://www.itvision.com.au > ___ > > NOTICE : This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) > only and may > contain confidential or privileged material. Any unauthorised review, use, > alteration, > disclosure or distribution of this e-mail (including any attachments) by > an unintended recipient > is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the > sender as soon as > possible by return e-mail and then delete both messages. > ___ > --- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
