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    64 Bit PDF driver

    Has there been any update on the Amyuni PDF driver for 64 bit machines?

    I have customers that would like to purchase and use the Application server to build web apps for connecting to their Alpha databases, but they will not pursue it because they can't make reports available due to Alpha PDF printing problem on 64 bit machines.

    I just upgraded to Server 2008 and had to install as a 32 bit instead of 64 bit because of this problem.

    Has anyone heard anything about getting that fixed?

    mike
    Mike Reed
    Phoenix, AZ

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    Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

    We are going to be upgrading our server in about 3 months and I know that it will be 64 bit, we are not going to do 32 bit just for Alpha App server. We have doing some testing on converting to Alpha, but this may well be a deal breaker for us.

    I am curious to see what Alpha's response to this will be.

    Thanks for the insight into this. It would have very bad to have installed and converted and found that report printing wouldn't work on our 64 bit machine.

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      #3
      Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

      Mike, are you saying that Alpha cannot print reports on 64 bit machines, or that Alpha cannot create PDF images of reports on 64 bit machines? I ask because Bill seems to be thinking that general report printing wouldn't work on their 64 bit machines. Some clarification here might help. Thanks. -- tom

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        Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

        Hi Tom,
        I didn't discover the PDF problem on 64 bit machines until I tried to setup an Application Server with Zebra Host. Zebra Host set up the virtual server for me as a 64 bit machine. When I loaded the app and got it running, everything worked except for printing reports in the Web App. The routine would for example print a class roster as a temp report, pdf style and then display it on the users screen. This would not work. When I called, I discovered that the Ayumi PDF driver does not work on 64 bit machines. Zebra Host had to rebuild the server (and I had to reinstall everything) as a 32 bit machine to get the pdf printing/display to work.

        Mike
        Mike Reed
        Phoenix, AZ

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          #5
          Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

          Thanks. I see now, it's a problem with how the web server renders reports using 64 bit machines, not (necessarily) a problem with how an Alpha Five desktop app would behave on 64 bit machines.

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            #6
            Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

            Actually Tom - it is the same thing as far as I can tell. I cannot create pdf's using the Alpha Supplied Amyuni PDF Driver on my Vista 64 bit machine using desktop apps I have created. I have had to use vmware to create a virtual machine and installed XP. A real PIA actually. I think Alpha needs to get this addressed ASAP.

            Regards,


            Jeff

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              #7
              Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

              Jeff, thanks. Ok. Let me ask you the same question. In a desktop app on a 64 bit machine are you saying that reports cannot be printed at all? or are you saying that you can't create a PDF image of a report? -- tom

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                #8
                Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

                Thanks for pointing this out. I thought I was crazy when I couldn't get to work. We tried doing other things in our testing to get this to work.

                I agree that Alpha Software really needs to address this problem. I have noticed other posts over that past months about the Ayumi PDF driver not working on 64 bit machines.

                What can be done to encourage Alpha Software to do something about it?


                Bill

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                  #9
                  Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

                  Hey Tom

                  You can print fine if that is all you do but you cannot do much else. Definitely not create a pdf. This is more widespread of a problem than it appears too. For instance if you want to save a report as a text file (if I remember correctly) you get the same error because Alpha uses the Amyuni driver to handle that conversion as well it appears to me. I am not at that machine right now to fully go through the errors but it is a real problem that touches more than just creating a pdf. But as I mentioned, just plain printing to a physical printer works fine.

                  Regards,

                  Jeff

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                    #10
                    Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

                    I agree with Jeff, that it is a problem beyound the PDF file. If you are in a Web Application, how are you supposed to get a report to print to the screen for a user. Web app users don't have many options for printing.

                    bill

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                      #11
                      Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

                      I am not using Vista 64-bit, but noticed this in the Amyuni forum:

                      http://www.amyuni.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=7799

                      Perhaps there is something here that will help. I also wonder if you would get more help on their forum.

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                        #12
                        Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

                        With Alpha getting close to the release of Version 10, I'll bet 64 bit pdf's will be a Version 10 and above feature that probably won't make it into Version 9.

                        Pat
                        Pat Bremkamp
                        MindKicks Consulting

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                          #13
                          Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

                          Hi Pat,
                          You may be right about not fixing this version 10. If that is the case, then I believe that is wrong. There are many of us that use the Alpha products and if they are going to be like Microsoft, meaning you have to buy an upgrade, to get a "feature" fixed, then our company will look elsewhere for a database.

                          I can't believe Alpha would take this approach, but if they do, then that says a lot about their character.
                          I really hope they fix this problem and fix it soon. And take care of us existing users.

                          ow

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                            #14
                            Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

                            This seems to be an issue, and I hope Alpha will fix it soon. It is an issue for us, but I do think Alpha has the users best interests at heart.
                            I seem to recal an email or posting here a while back where Selyn said that 64 bit was a problem, but I don't remember what we said about getting it fixed.

                            At least he is aware of it, and hopefully addressing it.

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                              #15
                              Re: 64 Bit PDF driver

                              Am I wrong in thinking this is an Amyuni problem? If so, about all Alpha could do I suppose is select a different 3rd party to supply the necessary PDF functionality. I wonder what the tradeoffs would be if that were to occur?

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