We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting that to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not been able to automate...
Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?
Regards. Desmond
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Could you use the TV as a monitor? Many now have a VGA input and I have successfully used a TV to display a screen using HDMI.
John
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We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting that to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not been able to automate...
Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?
Regards. Desmond
Desmond Lloyd wrote on 2018-02-21:
We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting
that
to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not
been
able to automate...
Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?
Regards. Desmond
Desmond,
The TV is connected to a computer. Can't you just display a VFP EXE there and have it auto update?
Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software
You could use a video camera to record the monitor that has the VFP screen, then take that video signal and feed it into the back of the TV. Last time I did this IIRC, I went through a VCR, as it could take the video feed and add the TV encoding to have it come out on channel 3 or 4.
Or... you could provide us with a bit more information about the app, the computer, the TV and what you're trying to accomplish. That *might* be easier, but no guarantees!
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Desmond Lloyd desmond.lloyd@gmail.com wrote:
We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting that to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not been able to automate...
Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?
Regards. Desmond
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We have a Raspberry PI connected to a TV on the wall. The PI displays a webpage with server stats etc.
Using CEC it even switches off the screen at 5pm and back on again at 9am Mon-Fri.
Been meaning to do some work on this. It could be much better!
On 21 February 2018 at 18:22, Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com wrote:
You could use a video camera to record the monitor that has the VFP screen, then take that video signal and feed it into the back of the TV. Last time I did this IIRC, I went through a VCR, as it could take the video feed and add the TV encoding to have it come out on channel 3 or 4.
Or... you could provide us with a bit more information about the app, the computer, the TV and what you're trying to accomplish. That *might* be easier, but no guarantees!
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Desmond Lloyd desmond.lloyd@gmail.com wrote:
We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting that to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not been able to automate...
Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?
Regards. Desmond
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I'd purchase a Raspberry PI. The power for this $30 computer can come from the USB port on the TV. Output from the Raspberri PI is from the HDMI port into the HDMI port on the TV.
I'd have the Raspberry PI boot and load a browser full screen with no menu. That browser would be configured to display a HTML page from itself and have that HTML page refresh every "X" minutes.
I'd then from your production system, I'd generate that HTML and whatever graphs / charts that you'd like. I would then have those files sent to the Raspberry PI via FTP, torrent, Dropbox or similar.
$0.02.
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Desmond Lloyd Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 12:32 PM To: ProFox Email List profox@leafe.com Subject: Displaying Content on a TV
We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting that to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not been able to automate...
Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?
Regards. Desmond
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On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 1:26 PM, Kevin J Cully kjcully@cherokeega.com wrote:
I'd then from your production system, I'd generate that HTML and whatever graphs / charts that you'd like. I would then have those files sent to the Raspberry PI via FTP, torrent, Dropbox or similar.
Or have the Raspberry Pi go to a website run by a VFP app. Lots of ways to produce a website with VFP, and you could set up the page to auto-refresh.
Buy a Chromecast. Anything that's displayed on a monitor can be wirelessly "cast" to the HDMI port.
Eric
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 12:32 PM, Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 1:26 PM, Kevin J Cully kjcully@cherokeega.com wrote:
I'd then from your production system, I'd generate that HTML and
whatever graphs / charts that you'd like. I would then have those files sent to the Raspberry PI via FTP, torrent, Dropbox or similar.
Or have the Raspberry Pi go to a website run by a VFP app. Lots of ways to produce a website with VFP, and you could set up the page to auto-refresh.
-- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com
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Thanks all for your responses!
What is the best way to generate HTML out of VFP? Report to HTML?
Regards, Desmond
On 21 February 2018 at 12:26, Kevin J Cully kjcully@cherokeega.com wrote:
I'd purchase a Raspberry PI. The power for this $30 computer can come from the USB port on the TV. Output from the Raspberri PI is from the HDMI port into the HDMI port on the TV.
I'd have the Raspberry PI boot and load a browser full screen with no menu. That browser would be configured to display a HTML page from itself and have that HTML page refresh every "X" minutes.
I'd then from your production system, I'd generate that HTML and whatever graphs / charts that you'd like. I would then have those files sent to the Raspberry PI via FTP, torrent, Dropbox or similar.
$0.02.
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Desmond Lloyd Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 12:32 PM To: ProFox Email List profox@leafe.com Subject: Displaying Content on a TV
We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting that to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not been able to automate...
Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?
Regards. Desmond
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That depends on the variability of yor html. If it is a lot of text, the using cVar=cVar+"html text" is the fastest way. If not, then you can use TEXT.. ENDTEXT or a mix of both. Or you can also use the htmlDocument object from Windows.
El 22 feb. 2018 0:39, "Desmond Lloyd" desmond.lloyd@gmail.com escribió:
Thanks all for your responses!
What is the best way to generate HTML out of VFP? Report to HTML?
Regards, Desmond
On 21 February 2018 at 12:26, Kevin J Cully kjcully@cherokeega.com wrote:
I'd purchase a Raspberry PI. The power for this $30 computer can come from the USB port on the TV. Output from the Raspberri PI is from the
HDMI
port into the HDMI port on the TV.
I'd have the Raspberry PI boot and load a browser full screen with no menu. That browser would be configured to display a HTML page from
itself
and have that HTML page refresh every "X" minutes.
I'd then from your production system, I'd generate that HTML and whatever graphs / charts that you'd like. I would then have those files sent to
the
Raspberry PI via FTP, torrent, Dropbox or similar.
$0.02.
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Lloyd
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 12:32 PM To: ProFox Email List profox@leafe.com Subject: Displaying Content on a TV
We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting
that
to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not
been
able to automate...
Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?
Regards. Desmond
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On 2018-02-21 12:31, Desmond Lloyd wrote:
We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting that to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not been able to automate...
Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?
One of my clients uses a big TV as a monitor for one of my apps. Just a simple HDMI connection. Am I misunderstanding your need?
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