SRS Document Printer Exception Maint

Any third-party application that is designed to deal with PDF documents and its further processing is compatible with SYSPRO.

This application must be able to accept a command line with the following format:

/f={path to file name}

The Linkage.xml file will contain XML with the following:

<UserSRSDocumentPrint>

<FileName>c:\users\username\appdata\local\temp\0f8fad5b-d9cb-469f-a165-70867728950e\previewfilename.pdf</FileName>

<Printer Name="PrinterName" Copies="1" Collate="true"/>

</UserSRSDocumentPrint>

No. You can save the executable associated with the third-party application to any location on your local system.

• The inability to further process or handle a PDF using any third-party application of your choice.

• The print quality issues experienced when using Type 3 fonts and dot-matrix printers.

• The need to manually configure specific printer device names using the UserSrsDocumentPrint.txt text file. This text file should no longer be maintained.

You'd typically follow this procedure when you want to load a third-party application associated with a particular printer device which is used when previewing a PDF of a report.

This third-party application of your choice is loaded when you select the Print function accessible via the toolbar of the SRS Preview window associated with a report.

1. Load the SRS Document Printer Exception Maint program (Program List > SRS Documents > Document Setup).
2. Select the New function from the toolbar.
3. This creates a new record in the Printer Application Setup list view.
4. Browse for the Printer that you want to associate with a third-party application of your choice. Ensure that you tab off your entry.

5. Browse for the Application name (i.e. the executable associated with the third-party application) that you want to load when the above-indicated printer is used to preview a PDF for a specific report. Ensure that you tab off your entry.

6. The row is automatically saved for you when you tab off the application name.

You've successfully associated one or more printer devices to a third-party application of your choice. This application is now going to load when you want to print a PDF of a document to this particular printer from the server-side printing document preview window.

You'd typically follow this procedure to use your selected third-party application of your choice when generating a preview of your PDF associated with a report.

You need to have already configured a third-party application associated with a particular printer device using this program first.

In this instance, we are using the AR Statement Print program as an example:

1. Load the AR Statement Print program.
2. Define all your relevant preferences and options in the Report Options pane.
3. Select Single against Statement selection.
4. Browse on the Statement format field. This loads the AR Statement Format program.
5. Highlight the format against which you want to associate a particular printer device in the list view.
6. Select Change. This loads the AR Statement Format window.
7. Select SRS Options under the Format options in the General tab.

8. Select Change.

   This loads the SRS Document Print Setup Program: SRSPB1 program.

9. Select the template against which you want to associate with a particular printer device.

10. Select Change.

    This loads the Maintain SRS Document Templates Program: SRSPM2 program.

    Occasionally, this window is already loaded if you've got an existing template.

11. Select the Add Printer drop-down in the toolbar of the Printers pane.

12. Select Browse for printer to select a particular printer device that you want to associate with the current report template that you're maintaining.

    These are the printer devices according to which you want to generate your PDF to when you select the Print function in the SRS Preview window associated with a particular report. A third-party application can be associated with each of these printer devices using this program allowing you to manipulate and further process the PDF as you require.

    This loads the Print window.

    For example:

    You've selected the Brother printer printer device. This is the printer device according to which you want to load a third-party application when you want to preview a PDF associated with a report.

    • You can't select a printer if your Reporting configuration setup option is configured as Server-side reporting using SQL. An error message is displayed, preventing you from continuing further.

    • Don't select a printer device that requires user input from your clients. A preview of your document becomes unresponsive as this a server-side printing feature where the service is run on a different machine. A file name prompt can't then be displayed on the client's machine.

    You can also select the Add Crystal template printer or SYSPRO current printer options if you require and can add as many printers as you require.

13. Select Save and Close.

    The Maintain SRS Document Templates Program: SRSPM2 program is closed and you're returned to the SRS Document Print Setup Program: SRSPB1 program.

14. Exit the SRS Document Print Setup Program: SRSPB1 program.

15. Exit the AR Statement Format program.

    You are returned to the AR Statement Print program.

16. Print your customer statement by selecting the Preview function accessible via the toolbar.

    This loads the SRS Preview window.

    If your Reporting configuration setup option is configured as Client-side reporting using SQL, then the Print window is loaded.

17. Select Print.

    For each printer device listed in the Maintain SRS Document Templates Program: SRSPM2 program for the template associated with this report, a third-party application is loaded. This is as long as you've configured a third-party application against your various printer devices in this SRS Document Printer Exception Maint program. If the print device isn't associated with a third-party application then the preview print the document to the device.

    Your generated PDF is stored under the following location on your local system:

    %AppData%\Local\Temp.

    This is only applicable if your Reporting configuration setup option is configured as Server-side reporting using SQL.

18. Select the printer that you want to load the third-party application of your choice.

    This lets you further process and manipulate the PDF generated for this report.

    For example:

    Suppose you configured three different printer devices against your report (also including your current printer):

    • Microsoft Print to PDF
    • Brother printer
    • Send to OneNote 2016

    You configured a third-party application against the Brother printer printer device. This third-party application is now loaded when this printer is used.

    This is only applicable if your Reporting configuration setup option is configured as Client-side reporting using SQL.

You've successfully loaded your third-party application of your choice when previewing your PDF associated with your report. You can now manipulate and further process this PDF as you require using this third-party application.