Re: Printing on mainframe and locally

Len wrote:
>
> Can someone please help me. We are looking at a system for our business.
> Oracle Forms front-end and Oracle 8 database. The system does not have
> many reports written in. We will be responsible for all printing
> (letters and reports).
>
> We would like to use our mainframe for big batch jobs in the evening but
> also be able to print anything on any local printer immediately. Does
> someone have any good suggestions about a good tool to use.

We did exactly the same thing. We use a pl/sql stored proc to format each letter and depending on where it should be print (mainframe or localy) we put the letters into files that are redirect to local or mainframe printer. Received on Tue Nov 25 1997 - 00:00:00 CET