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Guys

I have got an exe which takes a printername and file(s)
as arguments for printing. This is running fine on the
local machine (printing to a network printer from the
local machine)

Can I put this exe on a server and allow users to print
on their networked printers. Should I be doing a web
service for this..?

How can I provide the exe access to printing from the
server, what rights do the admininstrators need to give
to the exe for this. Will they need to use CASPOL.EXE

I would appreciate any help

Thanks in advance
 
Can I put this exe on a server and allow users to print
on their networked printers.
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If you do so the users will have to download the program and execute it
locally for this probably they will need to select the printer and the
document, so using command line is not the best solution I think.
Should I be doing a web
service for this..?
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If so it will be printed IN the server's printer, not in each user's

I think it will be better to map it in a network share and put a shortcut in
the desktop, even in this case it would be better if they can select the
file (and printer) visually.


cheers,
 
Ignacio,

thanks for that,
I think it will be better to map it in a network share
and put a shortcut in the desktop, even in this case it
would be better if they can select the file (and
printer) visually.
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I have got global users who need to print batch reports
from a web app on the printers added to their local
machines, how can I do this..

Can you suggest any solution for me


thanks
 
Hi,

What are you printing ?

Can you convert it to something like pdf .doc etc ? if so what you can do
is open a new window with the document and then the user will be able to
print it from there with no problem.

cheers,
 
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Hi,
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What are you printing ?
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I am printing a batch of reports which is basically
preformatted text,
Can you convert it to something like pdf .doc etc ? if so what you can do
is open a new window with the document and then the user will be able to
print it from there with no problem.
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I see what you mean here, but the users wants
functionality to select a number of reports by their name
and the program should go and print the batch of reports
without further intervention by the user..
 
Hi,


I am printing a batch of reports which is basically
preformatted text,
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So it can be converted
I see what you mean here, but the users wants
functionality to select a number of reports by their name
and the program should go and print the batch of reports
without further intervention by the user..
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How they users access the app? IT's a web or win app?
If it's a web then you have to convert the reports to something that the
user can print , you could open a new windows with the results and do a
Print() , it's jus that the printout will not looks very "report" like
if you use something like Crystal Report you can create some nice formatted
reports then you can export them to a pdf

How long do they take to run? if they take a while you could executed them
in the background and then send an email to the user when the results are
ready.

cheers,
 
Ignacio,

the report is normally in html format,


A web app generates the complete report but this has to
happen in the background, I cannot bring up a print
dialog

what do you mean by a print() .. Is it the window.print()
in javascript
I have tried that and it always brings up the print dialog
 
the report is normally in html format,


A web app generates the complete report but this has to
happen in the background, I cannot bring up a print
dialog

what do you mean by a print() .. Is it the window.print()
in javascript
I have tried that and it always brings up the print dialog
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Hi,

Yes, I meant that, and it will always show the printer dialog.

I don;t know if any way to print it without showing the print dialog, maybe
with an activeX object you could solve this ...

Cheers,
 
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