Ot; Old Wish list requests

[Kenneth Brody]

On 8/6/2018 12:59 AM, Bob Rasmussen wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Aug 2018, Kenneth Brody via Filepro-list wrote:
> 
>> On 8/5/2018 12:31 AM, Bob Rasmussen wrote:
>>> See below.
>>>
>>> On Sat, 4 Aug 2018, Kenneth Brody via Filepro-list wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/23/2018 12:41 PM, Fairlight via Filepro-list wrote:
>>>>> Hell, how about emulation of PCL5 -> PCL6, so people can buy any old
>>>>> printer they want.  Finding affordable PCL5 printers has become a 
>>>>> challenge
>>>>> in the last decade or so.
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> Given that PCL5 and PCL6 are as compatible as C++ and COBOL, I don't see 
>>>> any point in "emulating" PCL5-->PCL6.  However, given that filePro has 
>>>> been able to generate PDF files for some time now, I would suggest that 
>>>> you just use that route.
>>>
>>> Outputting PDF reports doesn't easily address the issue of printing to 
>>> non-PCL printers. It's still a multistep process.
>>>
>>> Print Wizard can take PCL6 in and render to any Windows-supported 
>>> printer, with no user actions.
>>
>> Not sure that you mean by a "multistep process", as you can simply set the 
>> destination to "PDF:[print]" on Windows, or "PDF:|command_to_print" on *nix.
> 
> I meant, if the goal is to generate a printout, then if you have filePro 
> generate a PDF, you still have to cause that PDF to be printed. I see hints 
> in your response that my understanding was incomplete. Take the Windows 
> case. Are you saying that by using "PDF:[print]", Then FP will tell Windows 
> to print the PDF? If so, then my point is moot. (But does it work to a 
> specific, non-default printer?)

Yes, a destination of "PDF:[print]" will generate the PDF file, and print it 
to the default printer, in a single step.  I forget the details at the 
moment, but there is also a "PDF:[printto]" version that will print to a 
non-default printer.

There are also "[open]" and "[edit]" verbs:

     https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/shell/fa-verbs

I'm sure that PrintWizard has plenty of options that filePro's built-in PDF 
generator doesn't have (I purposely did not read the PWML docs, to avoid 
"stealing" ideas from it), but for most people, I believe that filePro's 
version is sufficient.

-- 
Kenneth Brody

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