Re: User Exit after Packing Slip?

Tom,

Hmmm, generating a "Word" document from the AS/400 is going to be tricky, if 
not impossible.  I talked with someone pretty knowledgable about this and he 
said the only way it could be done is using Java and you would have to have the 
capability of setting
up classes in MS to use API's.  A custom program API would have to be written 
on the AS/400 to send the right parms to the MS API to generate the document.  
Another thought would be to create your document as an ASCI file that resides 
on the AS/400 with an
index to select from.  Are you trying to create MSDS forms with your packing 
slips or some other type of information automatically?  You can always copy the 
Packing Slip print program, rename it and call it from the User Exit as well as 
calling additional
print programs before returning to your originating program.

I do know there were a couple of companies that use Office Vision which resided 
on the AS/400 (not supported by IBM any longer though) that they were able to 
execute this type of function seamlessly.  Sorry, I can't provide more details. 
 Good luck in your
research.

Paola Groeber
MAPICS Consultant

Tom Wood wrote:

> Thanks Paola,
>
> We would like to keep the MAPICS packing slip as is, but trigger the printing 
>of a Word document at packing slip time.  Do you think this would still employ 
>the user exit?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PGroeber [mailto:pgroeber@bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 1:14 PM
> To: mapics-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: User Exit after Packing Slip?
>
> Tom,
>
> There is a User Exit for printing customized Packing Slips and you could 
>include trigger to also print a document from that User Exit.  Look under the 
>COM User Exit section to see the correct name.  User Exits will allow you to 
>execute one or more
> customized functions.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Paola Groeber
> MAPICS Consultant
>
> Tom Wood wrote:
>
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> > We would like to trigger the printing of a Word document right after the 
>MAPICS packing slip is printed, on an item-specific basis.  Is anyone 
>interfacing Word (or other PC software) with MAPICS?  Not sure if there's a 
>user-exit that would accomplish?
> >
> > Any ideas appreciated.  Thanks all.
> >
> > Tom Wood
> >
> > IS Manager
> >
> > Fort Recovery Industries, Inc.
> >
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