[THIN] Re: Filemaker to PDF
- From: "Steve Raffensberger" <sraffens1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:52:43 -0500
Filemaker to PDFWe encountered this problem where I used to work. We added
an old 2 or 4 gig drive (not raided or anything) locally to the Citrix
server to act as the PDF repository. Once users created their PDF files in
it, they could open Explorer and copy them from the repository to their V:
drive. They could also map to it from their PC and copy it that way. We
didn't worry about backing it up because the data is recreatable. You could
use a nightly robocopy to transfer the PDF's over to a file share for
backup/archive if you feel that's necessary. We worried more about garbage
collection. We just ran a nightly script that deleted any PDF's older than
two days.
Hope this helps,
Raff
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Schneider, Chad M
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:28 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Filemaker to PDF
Your explanation makes sense.
So is it not possible to save PDF to location off of the local server
Adobe Launches from?
Teh trouble that leaves, is PDF is created in local X on Server A. User
does what is required and prints PDF. That PDF then sits in Location X on
Server A. How do we get rid of it, or for that matter, save it for
historical reasons, to a more accessible, stable, backed up location, ie. a
file server? If this is not possible, I am fine with that, but need to
explain it to those of power. :)
Thanks.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mark Cook
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 10:14 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Filemaker to PDF
Would I be correct in thinking that a 'net use' in their session would
result in something like this
Status Local Remote Network
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OK V: \\client\c$ Client Network
In which case the print spooler cannot see 'into' the client session ! It
essentially is in session 0 (ie. Same as the console) therefore has no
concept of client drives ! Again, the V: is mapped to \\client\c$ in the
context of the users session.
I'll try and be a little simpler if I can
User a - session 12 map's V: to \\client\c$ on his local PC
User b - session 18 map's V: to \\client\c$ on his local PC
User a send's a print request to generate a PDF document which is actually
done via a print driver. Therefore, at the end of the day spoolsv.exe (the
spooler process) will try to 'save' the PDF to the drive you have asked it
to - this is done in session 0 by the spooler process and not in session 12
or 18 ! Therefore, how does session 0 know where \\client\a$ actually is
????
Not sure if that clear's things up or makes it more confusing !?
Mark
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From: Schneider, Chad M [mailto:CMSchneider@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 January 2005 16:04
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Filemaker to PDF
Please elaborate.
The C$ on client is the V: drive on the server, for each user session.
So how do I tell the PDF to go to a location not local to the server?
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mark Cook
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:52 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Filemaker to PDF
But the C$ mapping is local to their session, not the print spooler
process ! Remember, the spooler is in it's own environment so how would it
know what \\client\c$ was pointing at !?!? Does that make sense, if not
I'll reword it !!!
M
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From: Schneider, Chad M [mailto:CMSchneider@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 January 2005 15:44
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Filemaker to PDF
We have a dept. using Filemaker, through Citrix (MPS 3.0), that wants to
send some reports to PDF. Acrobat 6.0 Pro installed on Citrix servers.
Seems that if I try to send the PDF to a local server drive, works fine.
If I try to send it to their C$ on client, or any mapped network drive, just
hangs at printing....sits in the queue, and can not be cleared without
bouncing the spooler. Never creates the PDF.
Thoughts?
Chad M. Schneider
Technology Analyst
Bemis Company, Inc.
920-303-7609
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