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Automatically Emailing Documents from an IP Address

01/18/2013 6:26 AM

I have an electronic scale that automatically generates reports and sends them to an IP address. I want to print those reports as pdfs and email them automatically to selected email adresses.

How can I do that?

Or just emailing them.

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01/18/2013 8:22 AM

I use Primo to convert Word and text files to pdf files. It works with lots of different types of files. It's free and is highly rated.

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01/19/2013 3:24 PM

What program currently receives the reports?
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01/21/2013 11:10 AM

No one. They are accessed via an ftp client and viewed in the web browser.

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01/25/2013 10:40 PM

Is the scale currently sending the files to a computer or are you accessing the files directly from the scale using an FTP client or web browser?
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03/25/2013 2:46 PM

The files are in the scale and they are accessed via ftp.

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03/25/2013 4:03 PM

I would write a script to poll the scale periodically.

Personally I like Python, but there are many languages you could use. I've just had a quick look and Python has an FTP class with some examples already available.

I would also run it on a Linux box as there are good command line conversion tools available which can easily be accessed by the script.

I've recently done something similar with a PLC. I'd be happy to give you a hand if you wish.
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03/26/2013 7:57 AM

Hi Buzz. I am very advanced on this small project working with Python. It is the least priority project, so I haven't dedicated much time until now. These last two days I have been struggling to find a way to identify the latest file and retrieve it.

I tried to post the code here for you to look, but CR4 doesn't allow that kind of formatting.

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