Hide Message "printing... Please Wait"

Legacy Poster

• 6. Mai 2013 11:38

Hi for all,

 

I created a file of the type .btbat for label printing, I throw from a process "printing.bat" that is running continuously in a loop, and it works perfectly, but it shows a window with the message "Printing... Please wait".

 

Now I want to run it from a windows service, but I do not know how you disable the message window.

Can you help me please?. Thank you very much, greetings.

 

Robert.

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  Ian Cummings

  Moderator

  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • 9. Mai 2013 10:08

  Instead of running a batch file, why don't you develop your service to use BarTender's automation interface?  Note that this requires the Automation edition or above.

   

  http://www.bartenderbarcodesoftware.com/label-software/whitepapers/Controlling-Barcode-Label-Software-using-C-Sharp-and-VB.NET(English).pdf

   

  Public Sub Demo()
     ' Initialize & start a new BarTender print engine. 
     using btEngine As New Engine(True)
        ' Open a format.
        btEngine.Documents.Open("C:\Format1.btw")
  
        ' Declare a commandline and execute it ' (this command line will print all open formats). 
        Dim commandLine As String = "/P"
        btEngine.CommandLine(commandLine)
  
        ' Since the commandline is processed asynchronously, we must ' wait for printing to complete before stopping the engine. 
        Do While btEngine.IsProcessingCommandLines OrElse btEngine.IsPrinting
           System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500)
        Loop 
  
        ' Stop the BarTender print engine.
        btEngine.Stop(SaveOptions.SaveChanges)
     End Using 
  End Sub
  

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  Legacy Poster

  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • 11. Mai 2013 15:06

  Hi,

   

  first, thank you very much for the quick response, let me explain how it is currently operating.

   

  Content of file .csv

  first row -> printer;label;status;spec_name;article_id;unit_id;customer_po;short_name;code_product_fefco;grade;width_ord;diam_ord;s_wgt_scaled;s_length_lineal;unwind;mill_id;Barcode1;Barcode2;Order_id;Line_Item;Consignee_id
  
  second row ->

  MD1W1;STANDARD;G;INTERPAC  105;INT105X2250X1400X100;3010000002;inicio opti;STOCK;50;105;225;140;2502;10700;<<<<;MD1;30100000022712;501052250250210700;D000002;2;99999071
   

  the concatencion of the first two columns of the csv. determining the printer. MD1W1+STANDARD

   

   

  Content of files.txt

  3020072977_1368281901.csv
  3030052193_1368281948.csv
  3030052193_1368282066.csv

  relationship of files containing information to transfer the labels to print

   

   

  each file labelMD1W1.btbat, labelMD1W2.btbat, labelMA1W1.btbat, labelMD1RW1.btbat is designed for a four different printer

   

  @echo on
  setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
  cd  D:\labels\label
  
  :begin
  del /Q D:\labels\label\label.csv
  del /Q D:\labels\label\files.txt
  dir /B D:\labels\print_label\*.csv >D:\labels\label\files.txt
  for /f "eol=# tokens=*" %%a in (D:\labels\label\files.txt) do (
      if not %%a.==. (
          copy /Y D:\labels\print_label\%%a D:\labels\label\label.csv
          for /f "eol=# skip=1 tokens=1,2 delims=; " %%f in (D:\labels\label\label.csv) do (
              If Not "%%f"=="" (                
                  If "%%f%%g"=="MD1W1STANDARD" CALL D:\labels\label\labelMD1W1.btbat
                  If "%%f%%g"=="MD1W2STANDARD" CALL D:\labels\label\labelMD1W2.btbat
                  If "%%f%%g"=="MA1W1STANDARD" CALL D:\labels\label\labelMA1W1.btbat
                  If "%%f%%g"=="MD1RW1STANDARD" CALL D:\labels\label\labelMD1RW1.btbat
                  move /Y D:\labels\print_label\%%a D:\labels\printed_label
                  TIMEOUT /T 10
              ) ELSE (
                  TIMEOUT /T 10
                  goto begin
              )
          )
      )
  )
  
  endlocal
  TIMEOUT /T 10
  goto begin

   

   

  everything works fine in the current batch, showing the popup mentioned, "Printing... Please wait", the problem is that if someone closes the session, it stops working.
  
  For that reason, I tried to launch the batch, from scheduled tasks, without errors, but does not work.
  
  Also with the compiler "Quick batch compiler", I made ​​the batch executable .exe. From the cmd (command line of windows), the executable works correctly and displays the popup mentioned "Printing... Please wait".
  
  But now, the executable launched from the scheduled tasks, or from the service, does not produce errors, but does not work, for this, I think it all fails if from the scheduled tasks, or services, because you can not display the popup.
  
  Thank you very much, best regards.

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