Aloaha remote configuration

From Version 2.5 the Aloaha Processes are able to communicate with each other. This is not only possible between different two different user but also between different machines. 

This new technology allows the usage of a central remote configuration. It is also possible to move a printjob from machine A to machine B. This can be important if a user prints in a terminal session but wants his print job processed on the client machine.

Most commands are password protected and the inter process data is highly encrypted. Some commands are declared public. In case there is interest in this technology please contact our support for additional commands.

General Usage

First the Aloaha Pipe Object needs to be created. In VBS notation that would be:

set pipe = createobject("AloahaPipes.Monitor")

Next you would have to create the pipename. It is made of machine name and owner name of the pipe server (who is running Aloaha).

user="stefan"
server="vista"                              ' ="." fuer localhost
pipename = "aloahacreator_"&user&"_0"

Now you need to connect to the pipe in order to send commands:

pipe.Connect(pipename, server)

Once connected you can send your commands:

pipe.send_message("beep")

You can also read from the pipe with:

pipe.POP_Stack

Do not forget to close the pipe once your operations are done!

pipe.DisConnect
set pipe = nothing

Pipe Sample

dim pipe
dim server
dim pipename
dim user

set pipe = createobject("AloahaPipes.Monitor")

user="stefan"
server="vista" ' ="." fuer localhost
pipename = "aloahacreator_"&user&"_0"

if pipe.Connect(pipename, server)= true then
    if pipe.send_message("beep") = true then
        msgbox "ok"
        msgbox cstr(pipe.POP_Stack)
    else
        msgbox "Could not send message"
    end if
else
    msgbox "Could not connect to pipe"
end if

call pipe.DisConnect
set pipe = nothing

beep command

The command beep is a dummy command. It only instructs the server to send a beep via the computer speaker.

interactive

Interactive put Aloaha in Interactive (default) mode.

noninteractive

This command instructs Aloaha to work noninteractive. The automation mode requires at least a server license.

sign

Sign enables signing of every generated PDF Document. Signature settings such as appearance, position, certificate have to be set before!

nosign

Nosign disables automatic signing of PDF Documents.

reload

You call this command if you want Aloaha to reload all its settings from the registry. For example you changed registry settings manual.

exit

Instructs Aloaha to quit and exit!

emf: command

One great feature is to handover a remote machine a print job. Just call emf: <path to spl> and the remote Aloaha process will process that spool job.

For example emf: s:\20070725_115819_114_8.aloaha.emf

Please note that aloaha processes EMF files ONLY if a INI file with the same name exists in the directory. For example 20070725_115819_114_8.aloaha.emf.ini. It is essential that the user mentioned inside the ini file MUST match with the owner name of the remote process!

Together with the Aloaha Print Monitor this is great to move jobs between machines!