Well, that did something, and it does sound like it should work. I've scoured the web and haven't found anyone with code that does what I'm trying to do. I've got a working, hardcoded Postscript file here: http://www.winecarepro.com/kiosk/fast/shell/barcodemerge.ps But I need to somehow serve it with PHP, so I can change some variables in it. By putting headers in place with PHP, and then doing an "echo" of the postscript, I get postscript errors (though Preview doesn't tell me what the error is): http://www.winecarepro.com/kiosk/fast/shell/serverps.ps Trying to trick the web-browser into thinking it's receiving Postscript from a PHP file is tricky. I don't know what to do next. Here's the code I was using in the above url: http://www.winecarepro.com/kiosk/fast/shell/serveps.php.zip It's not clear to me if the server is parsing the postscript first and then serving it, or if the server is server the postscript as-is and the browser sends it to Preview which interprets it. I basically want to replicate the functionality found here: http://blog.maniac.nl/webbased-pdf-lto-barcode-generator/ On Mar 23, 2010, at 5:37 PM, Peter Lind wrote: > You can create a .php script that sets a proper header to make the > browser download the file rather than display it. That also allows you > to set the filename for the download. What you'd need to do is include > something like: > > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename: 'barcodemerge.ps'"); > > That tells the browser to download the file. You can also try setting > the content-type > > header('Content-type: application/postscript'); > > Either of the above might do the trick for you. > > Regards > Peter > > On 23 March 2010 22:10, Rob Gould <gouldimg@xxxxxx> wrote: >> I love the idea of using PHP to insert data into Postscript. I'm just not sure how to make it happen. >> >> The good news is that I've got barcodes drawing just the way I need them: >> >> http://www.winecarepro.com/kiosk/fast/shell/barcodemerge.ps >> >> The bad news is that's all hard-coded Postscript. I'd like to take your suggestion and use PHP to loop-through and draw the barcodes - - - however, if I put anything that resembles PHP in my .ps file, bad things happen. >> >> Anyone know the secret to creating a postscript .ps file that had PHP code injecting data into it? >> >> Here's the source file that works. Where PHP would be handy is at the very bottom of the script.... >> >> http://www.winecarepro.com/kiosk/fast/shell/barcodemerge.ps.zip >> >> >> On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:48 AM, Richard Quadling wrote: >> >>> On 23 March 2010 05:48, Jochem Maas <jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Op 3/23/10 3:27 AM, Rob Gould schreef: >>>>> I am trying to replicate the functionality that I see on this site: >>>>> >>>>> http://blog.maniac.nl/webbased-pdf-lto-barcode-generator/ >>>>> >>>>> Notice after you hit SUBMIT QUERY, you get a PDF file with a page of barcodes. That's _exactly_ what I'm after. >>>>> Fortunately, the author gives step-by-step instructions on how to do this on this page: >>>>> >>>>> http://blog.maniac.nl/2008/05/28/creating-lto-barcodes/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So I've gotten through all the steps, and have created the "barcode_with_samples.ps" file, and have it hosted here: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.winecarepro.com/kiosk/fast/shell/ >>>>> >>>>> Notice how the last few lines contain the shell-script that renders the postscript: >>>>> >>>>> #!/bin/bash >>>>> >>>>> BASE=”100″; >>>>> NR=$BASE >>>>> >>>>> for hor in 30 220 410 >>>>> do >>>>> ver=740 >>>>> while [ $ver -ge 40 ]; >>>>> do >>>>> printf -v FNR “(%06dL3)” $NR >>>>> echo “$hor $ver moveto $FNR (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode” >>>>> let ver=$ver-70 >>>>> let NR=NR+1 >>>>> done >>>>> done >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I need to somehow create a PHP script that "executes" this shell script. And after doing some research, it sounds like >>>>> I need to use the PHP exec command, so I do that with the following file: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.winecarepro.com/kiosk/fast/shell/printbarcodes.php >>>>> >>>>> Which has the following script: >>>>> >>>>> <?php >>>>> >>>>> $command="http://www.winecarepro.com/kiosk/fast/shell/barcode_with_sample.ps";; >>>>> exec($command, $arr); >>>>> >>>>> echo $arr; >>>>> >>>>> ?> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> And, as you can see, nothing works. I guess firstly, I'd like to know: >>>>> >>>>> A) Is this PHP exec call really the way to go with executing this shell script? Is there a better way? It seems to me like it's not really executing. >>>> >>>> that's what exec() is for. $command need to contain a *local* path to the command in question, currently your >>>> trying to pass a url to bash ... which obviously doesn't do much. >>>> >>>> the shell script in question needs to have the executable bit set in order to run (either that or change to command to >>>> run bash with your script as an argument) >>>> >>>> I'd also suggest putting the shell script outside of your webroot, or at least in a directory that's not accessable >>>> from the web. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I think this is a translation of the script to PHP. >>> >>> <?php >>> $BASE = 100; >>> $NR = $BASE; >>> >>> foreach(array(30, 220, 410) as $hor) { >>> $ver = 740; >>> while ($ver >= 40) { >>> printf("$hor $ver moveto (%06dL3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 >>> barcode\n", $NR); >>> $ver -= 70; >>> ++$NR; >>> } >>> } >>> >>> >>> >>> It produces output like ... >>> >>> 30 740 moveto (000100L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 30 670 moveto (000101L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 30 600 moveto (000102L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 30 530 moveto (000103L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 30 460 moveto (000104L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 30 390 moveto (000105L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 30 320 moveto (000106L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 30 250 moveto (000107L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 30 180 moveto (000108L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 30 110 moveto (000109L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 30 40 moveto (000110L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 220 740 moveto (000111L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 220 670 moveto (000112L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 220 600 moveto (000113L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 220 530 moveto (000114L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 220 460 moveto (000115L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 220 390 moveto (000116L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 220 320 moveto (000117L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 220 250 moveto (000118L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 220 180 moveto (000119L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 220 110 moveto (000120L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 220 40 moveto (000121L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 410 740 moveto (000122L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 410 670 moveto (000123L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 410 600 moveto (000124L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 410 530 moveto (000125L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 410 460 moveto (000126L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 410 390 moveto (000127L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 410 320 moveto (000128L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 410 250 moveto (000129L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 410 180 moveto (000130L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 410 110 moveto (000131L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> 410 40 moveto (000132L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode >>> >>> >>> No idea if that is accurate or not. 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