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> From: Bill Lancaster <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Letter creation on HP 3000's
> Date: Thursday, May 15, 1997 3:39 PM
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am curious how different sites are creating letters on the 3000
> destined for laser printers.  Are people using Fantasia, and other
> like products?

How does using host commands and OLE from Reflection/1 to Microsoft Word
sound?  (haven't tried MS-92, but then, I just got my hands on MS-92)...

Also, it can be done, with much more pain, with WordPerfect 6.x for
Windows and DDE.  Maybe when Corel got ahold of WordPerfect, they put OLE
into it, but when I had to do it, it was DDE or nothing.  Using Word was a
much more elegant solution --- just send the Reflection Basic commands
from your COBOL program when a function key is pressed, and Word starts
up, brings up the appropriate template, does the merge (like a mailmerge
function) and prints it out on the laserjet or other laser printer.

You can even let the user make changes to the letter before printing ---
heck, it beats HP Word (hehehe, remember that?).  Quite the elegant
solution.

Best,
Joe
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