Note: If this workstation is also the IIS, the utility's ODBC connection must be different than the standard ODBC connection to the Abila Millennium data database which is used by the IIS.
This utility provides the following information:
This utility will do the following:
When any of these tasks are performed, updates are made to the report_printers system table and are therefore reflected in the System Information, Reporting Printers display.
You must have established an ODBC connection to the database on the workstation from which you are working. You must log on as either the database administrator (sa or MILLORA User ID) or a Millennium system administrator.
Note: If this workstation is also the IIS, the utility's ODBC connection must be independent from the standard ODBC connection to the Abila Millennium data database which is used by the IIS.
This utility is classified as a system administrator tool for performing system setup and maintenance.
The Printers Utility is executed apart of the Abila Millennium interface. From the specific machine on which the Queue is installed, use the Windows Explorer to navigate to the copy of Printers.exe found in the Queue folder. If you are working on the IIS machine, a copy of the utility is also located in X:/Inetpub/wwwroot/mill/tools.
Launch the utility by double clicking the file name. The utility will open in a separate application window, described below.
At the top of the application window you will see the Printers Available for this Workstation list box. Each entry in this list is shown as a single row, containing the Name, the Driver, and the Location of each printer (each item is separated by an asterisk) that is available to your workstation. The label just above this list box will remind you of this order.
This list shows the information for all printers that have been installed and configured on this workstation only. Printer installation and configuration takes place outside of the Abila Millennium interface; for example, via Windows Explorer. The Location for each installed and configured printer is specific to your workstation, and is system-defined. If you were to run the Printers utility from one workstation but use the information from the utility it to associate a printer to a Queue that actually resides on a different workstation, the location specifications would not necessarily be correct. It is important then, to use this utility on the same workstation that hosts the particular reporting Queue with which you are working if you are using it to Auto Fix that Queue's printer's location.
Important! If the length of the name of a printer installed and configured on your workstation is more than 90 characters in length, then that printer will not be shown in the Printers Available for this Workstation list box. If you want to make it available to the utility, you must edit its name (outside of the Abila Millennium interface) first.
Below the list of Available Printers is a pull-down list box of all Queues that have been created through Abila Millennium prior to launching the utility. This Queue information is maintained in the report_servers system table in the MILLREPORTS database. This list will include all Queues created through Abila Millennium - those that are located on other machines as well as Queues located on this workstation.
The entries in this pull-down list show the Queue name and the UNC Path for the Queue location, for each Queue. When you highlight an entry in the queue list, the Printers Associated with the Selected Queue list box will display a row for each printer that is already associated with the highlighted Queue name and Queue location. The information displayed in each row consists of the Printer Description, Printer Name, Printer Driver, and Printer Location (each piece of information is separated by an asterisk). The label just above will remind you of this order.
The Add, Edit, Delete, and Auto Fix Action buttons at the bottom of the application window are used to make additions and changes to the Reporting Printers setup.
The Finished Action button is used to close the utility's application window.
At times, the addition of a printer to a workstation (this is not the same as adding a printer to an Abila Millennium Queue) can cause your network to assign or even re-align the numbering scheme (nomenclature) for the location of other printers already added to your workstation. Auto Fix is used to realign the location specification for a printer that has already been associated with an Abila Millennium Queue so that it conforms with the location on the current workstation, as shown in the Available Printers list box.
The utility will update the report_printers system table to reflect the correct printer driver and location information for ALL of the printers that are associated with the selected Queue. These updates will also show on the System Information page.