Re: Print a stored PDF file

On May 4, 5:46 am, KevinSmith <pleasedonotusethisaddr...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On May 3, 4:44 pm, Howard Schlossberg



<how...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Option 3 isn't so bad. I'm sure you must be able to print an external
document directly through AppleScript on a Mac. And on Windows, you can
use the Send Event script step, selecting the 'print document' option
and entering the calc/string for the correct PO's path/file name.

KevinSmith wrote:
Hello

When I print out an invoice, I want to print the stored PDF of the
client's purchase order too. It's not so straight forward though!

My options are:
1. CONTAINER: If I display or print the PDF in it's container, I can
only print the first page.
2. WEB VIEWER: Export the PDF file from its container to disk. I can
then use the Web Viewer in FileMaker 8.5 to display the PDF.
Unfortunately PDFs are not printable from the web viewer.
3. DROP FOLDER: Export the PDF from its container to a predefined
"drop
folder". I'll then need to have a custom application installled that
has
been configured to print any file saved to the drop folder. Kludgy
and
Expensive!

I'm using FileMaker 8.5 on Mac and PC.

Any suggestions? Right now I'm resigned to using the first option
which is display in a container. Although, I'll have to tell everyone
that we can only print the first page of the purchaser order.

Regards
Kevin

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Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
FM Professional Solutions, Inc. Los Angeles

FileMaker 8 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

Hello Again

Thanks for your suggestions and encouragement. When I wrote the
question I was half hoping you folks would agree with me that there
was no satisfactory answer and I would tell my client, let's go for
the simple, half-baked approach of only printing the first page.

You've now convinced me to sharpen my Events and Applescript skills
and give the PO printing through Acrobat a try. I think what I'll do
is print all the POs at the end of the print run. That way it will be
obvious to the human that he needs to do some collation.

I've been delaying sending the proposal to the client pending having a
definite solution to all this. Seems like I need to do some more
homework before submitting it now!

Thanks for taking the time to help me, I do appreciate it.

Now for some digressions:
- They print the Purchase Order with the invoice because the payer
e.g. accounts department is not always the same of the person who
raised the order. Some times they may even be in different countries.

- And yes, I'll be doing the same thing via email too. The system know
each clients preferred communication method (email/fax/post). The
print script will act accordingly. The best I can come up with is to
send two emails: one with the invoice attached and one with the
Purchase Order attached. The emails will just have to have "part 1" or
"part 2" in the heading. This is because I can't find a way for
FileMaker to attach two attachments to the same email.

Kevin Smith

As far as attaching multiple files to an e-mail, I would recommend the
SMTPit Pro plug-in. I'm generally wary of plug-ins, but this one is
cheap, straightforward, supported, and extremely functional. Multiple
attachments, HTML emails, full control over the SMTP settings, it
really puts the Send Mail script step to shame.
Good luck man,
Nate

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