Re: HTML to PDF Generator (X-Server on i)

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Vern,

The link for the FAQ is broken and the search instructions given to
download the product don't return any results.

If you want 5799PTL, use the link I provided earlier.

Charles

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is a free - I think - or very inexpensive PRPQ or something called
> Programmer Tools or Tools for Develoeprs - it includes a STRVNCSVR
> (Start VNC Server) and lots of other goodies. Library is QAPTL. Look up
> 5799PTL iSeries Tools For Developers - http://tinyurl.com/2576vpu will
> bring you to a page where you can then go to an FAQ and all that. It
> used to be downloadable - might still me, according to this site.
>
> Vern
>
> On 8/5/2010 1:16 PM, Crispin Bates wrote:
> > Yeah, I knew what X was, honest guv...
> >
> > So yes, Scott did get X server running on the i. If I remember correctly,
> > there was some other example that I thought was from Scott where he had an
> > entire desktop running. But it may have been from someone else...
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dennis Lovelady"<iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'"<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:55 PM
> > Subject: RE: HTML to PDF Generator (X-Server on i)
> >
> >
> >
> > > Thanks, Crispin.  To clarify, X is the Bell Laboratories graphical user
> > > interface on which Windoze was based.  (Using a very broad brush, it is
> > > the
> > > "Windows" of Unix.  It's also sometimes referred to as X-Windows.)  An X
> > > Server provides a graphical login to terminals that might connect over the
> > > cloud.
> > >
> > > Dennis Lovelady
> > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
> > > --
> > > Flashlight: (n) A case for holding dead batteries.
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> > > > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Crispin Bates
> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:39 PM
> > > > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > > > Subject: Re: HTML to PDF Generator (X-Server on i)
> > > >
> > > > If I understand the question -
> > > > http://systeminetwork.com/article/what-qshell-and-pase-can-do-you
> > > > (section
> > > > Using PASE to Run Open-Source Unix Software)
> > > > Scott had a game of chess being delivered from his i...
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Dennis Lovelady"<iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'"<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 12:19 PM
> > > > Subject: RE: HTML to PDF Generator (X-Server on i)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > I wonder how difficult it would be to get wkhtmltopdf
> > > > > > working on i in Pase?
> > > > > Well, I stopped considering it when I read, under Features, "... the
> > > > X11
> > > >
> > > > > client must be installed."  I am not administrator on the systems
> > > > that I
> > > >
> > > > > use, so haven't had opportunity to work with this.  But I'm fairly
> > > > certain
> > > >
> > > > > X
> > > > > client is lacking on the standard i installation.
> > > > >
> > > > > Brings up an interesting question.  Has anyone on this list
> > > > successfully
> > > >
> > > > > installed and exercised an X server on their System i?
> > > > >
> > > > > Dennis Lovelady
> > > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
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