Printing Attachment

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I am not sure.... but have you tried the Auto-print program.... I was told that is how to print an automatic "label" when a job traveler is printed.....
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Hope this helps,
Lana

--- On Wed, 11/5/08, homestyleindustries <homestyleindustries@...> wrote:

From: homestyleindustries <homestyleindustries@...>
Subject: [Vantage] Printing Attachment
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 11:50 PM






I have been trying to find a way to print attachments. First, I tried
to figure out where they are stored in the database so that I could
add them to a Crystal Report. Then I got to thinking and figured it
wouldn't print the attachment, but rather the path name to the
attachment. Next, I tried to add an attachment to a job and figure
out a way to print it from there without actually opening the document
in another program. Again I failed at finding a solution. So, does
anybody know a way to either add an attachment to a Crystal Report or
print an attachment from within Vantage(without actually opening the
document)? My goal is to be able to have a CAD drawing of a part to
give out with or on the traveler.

Thanks,

Eric Frisk
Home-Style Industries


















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I have been trying to find a way to print attachments. First, I tried
to figure out where they are stored in the database so that I could
add them to a Crystal Report. Then I got to thinking and figured it
wouldn't print the attachment, but rather the path name to the
attachment. Next, I tried to add an attachment to a job and figure
out a way to print it from there without actually opening the document
in another program. Again I failed at finding a solution. So, does
anybody know a way to either add an attachment to a Crystal Report or
print an attachment from within Vantage(without actually opening the
document)? My goal is to be able to have a CAD drawing of a part to
give out with or on the traveler.

Thanks,

Eric Frisk
Home-Style Industries
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I don't know if this will help you with what you are trying to do or
not, but it is possible to dynamically put an image from a file on to
the traveler if the name of the file can be referred to with the data
on the traveler. I'm assuming you could create a section of the
traveler that would contain the CAD file you want to print.

What we do is put a digital picture of the part on our traveler. We
store the pictures on our network with the file name that same as the
part #.

Then you can add a OLE Object on the Crystal Report. On the Picture
tab inside the OLE Object formatting window there is a Graphic
Location area with a formula button. Inside the formula button refer
to the location of the document. This is the formula I use.

"F:\PartPhotos\Bw\"&{JobAsmbl.PartNum}&".jpg"

I'm not sure how it will work with a CAD file, but it might be worth
a try.

Brian Stenglein
Clow Stamping Co.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "homestyleindustries"
<homestyleindustries@...> wrote:
>
> I have been trying to find a way to print attachments. First, I
tried
> to figure out where they are stored in the database so that I could
> add them to a Crystal Report. Then I got to thinking and figured
it
> wouldn't print the attachment, but rather the path name to the
> attachment. Next, I tried to add an attachment to a job and figure
> out a way to print it from there without actually opening the
document
> in another program. Again I failed at finding a solution. So,
does
> anybody know a way to either add an attachment to a Crystal Report
or
> print an attachment from within Vantage(without actually opening
the
> document)? My goal is to be able to have a CAD drawing of a part
to
> give out with or on the traveler.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric Frisk
> Home-Style Industries
>