Slip Printing to A4

[scottyp]

Is it possible to print the bulk usernames and passwords to A4 paper?

Thanks!

[alan]

See http://patronsoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2335
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[scottyp]

Thanks again Alan.

That isn't really what I am after though, as coffee shop owners aren't really very good at dealing with .csv files etc.

You mentioned in this post a while back that I found:
http://www.patronsoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2069&highlight=slip+different

- that this may be something you would look at - have you had a chance to further investigate this?

Also, I am looking at having a solution based on your '3rd network Topology', but with completely unrelated businesses at the end of each network segment connecting back across a WAN. As such, I want the staff at each site (which is a unique business) to generate and print their own Bulk Tickets, with the 'Header' and 'Footer' text reflecting their business name etc. This needs to be as simple as possible.

I intend to give each site an operator login that only allows them to see the "bulk Account' page for this purpose - perfect so far in FirstSpot.

My question is - is there a way to pre-populate the 'Header' and 'Footer text fields on the Bulk Accounts page, based on the operator account that is logging in to create them at the time.

IE. Operator code 'AAA' for 'CAFE One' logs in, and the Header and FOoter are already filled out with (eg.)'Welcome to Cafe One' etc (Based on a 'one time' config that was setup perhaps when the operator account was created?) - not long after Someone at 'Cafe Two' logs in with their operator code 'BBB' to create a Bulk set of slips, and the page pre-populates the Header and footer fields with 'Welcome to Cafe Two' etc.

Actually, if the Bulk Slip text could be defined during operator account creation, then also a pre-configured 'default' 'Plan' as a selection would be fantastic too.

With this functionality, and the A4 printing ability, FirstSpot with fulfill my requirements 100%

Thanks again Alan.

[dominic]

First, you need to make copies of slip.php in FirstSpot\cfgmgr (e.g. slip1.php for Cafe One and slip2.php for Cafe Two).

Then, open settingok.php and search for "slip.php" (not include the two outer "), replace the line with the following:

[scottyp]

Fantastic!

Thanks very much

[scottyp]

Dominic - I assume it is in the same .php file that I can remove a couple of the lines, such as 'Account will bind to first login MAC address' and 'Real IP address will be assigned' ?
And can I also modify the 'Prefix' based on the Opertor that is logged in?

Thanks again for your time.

[scottyp]

Hi Dominic,
I have added that code into the various .php files, but when I log in as the user, it simply (still) displays the last text that was used in the Title and End fields.

I'm wondering if the syntax is the issue - are the } characters 'remarks', which should be on their own line?

Since I made the changes, if I try to reset the Users password, when I hit the 'Save' button, I get a 'Parse Error' in the settingOK.php file on line 3819

I am only using MS Notepad to edit the .php files.

Cheers.
Scott

[dominic]

It's okay. The title and ending shown in Configuration Manager will be ignored if you use the special operator accounts to make the slips.

Sorry, I missed one {. Here're the correct codes.

[dominic]

Remove the lines "Account will bind to first login MAC address" and "Real IP address will be assigned"
In every slipX.php, search for "Bind to first login MAC". Put // at the beginning of the following 3 lines.
You'll see the next line is "//Real IP address mapping". Put // at the beginning of the following 3 lines again.

Modify Prefix based on different operators
Open settingok.php and search for "prefix = '';" (2 single quotes before ;). Add the following codes after that line (assume prefix for Cafe One is aaa and bbb for Cafe Two).

[scottyp]

Thanks for your futher help Dominic.

Unfortunately, once I made all those changes and logged into the config. manager, I had the following issues:

1) The prefix, Slip Title and Slip ending were still simply seemingly 'Cached' from the last Slips I printed.

2) When I tried to print a new set of slips, it gave the following 4 error lines briefly on the screen (And then show the slip 'Preview' screen OK)

Notice: Undefined Index; Operator in E:\Program Files\Firstspot\cfgmgr\settingOK.php on line 3667
The the same on line 3669, 3813 abd 3815.

I feel like we're getting close, but not quiet there

Thanks again.

[dominic]

Seems you wrongly typed "operator" as "Operator" in those 4 lines...

[scottyp]

Hi Dominic - that wasn't a cut and paste - it flashes up too quick for that. I had to use a video recorder to record the errors, then pause it ad manually type the errors for you!

I've just re-run the error/test and the O in operator in the error line is lowercase, and when I check the php file, it is lowercase there too.

Any other ideas?

P.S. I have pasted the code in exactly as it appears on the forum here, carraige returns and all.

Cheers

[dominic]

Somehow the session variable "operator" was not found, but I didn't face this during my test.

Try clearing the browser cache, closing the browser before testing again.

If the same problem still occurs, please post clearly your steps to reproduce the problem and the code modifications here exactly.

[scottyp]

Hi Dominic.
I tried deleting temp internet files, history etc.etc. from IE 7, then restarted it - but no luck

So, here's what I have done/am doing to get to where I am with this problem:

Here are the main points of my config. on the FirstSpot server-
1) I have ticked the 'Allow Config Manager access from WiFi HotSpot', as this is how I need it to be setup when in production.

2) I have created two new Operators - 'CafeOne' and 'CafeTwo', with a password of 'password' and ONLY the 'Bulk Accounts' option ticked for access.

3) I have created a new 'Plan' in 'Plans' called '15 Minute', which has all settings as default except that I have selected 'Conditions to Suspend this account' with 'When Airtime is used up' set to 15 mins.

When I log in to http://"firstspotserverIPPrivateNIC":5787, I get the login page no worries (I am doing this from a laptop which is on the wireless segment 'external' to the Firstspot server in my test setup(To simulate how I want it to happen when in production).

If I enter 'CafeOne' or 'CafeTwo', with the password, I get sent straight to the 'Bulk Accounts' page now worries, BUT,
- the prefix is always set to 'user'
- the 'Slip Printing Format' is always set to whatever the last set of Slips printed were set to.
-If the 'Slip Printing Format' is set to 'New', the Slip Title and Ending are always set to whatever the previously 'saved' and printed set of Slips were entered as.

Here is the code I changed in the settingok.php file(Along with the previous and following 6 lines for clarity):

$msg = "Number of accounts requested: $rounds<br>";
$msg .= "Number of accounts created: $success_count<br>";
$msg .= "$extra_msg<br>";
$message = "$msg Bulk create account Action Completed.";
$saved = 'true';
$errorlog = '';

if ( $slip_enable)
if ($_SESSION["operator"] == 'CafeOne') {
include_once("slipcafeone.php");
} else if ($_SESSION["operator"] == 'CafeTwo') {
include_once("slipcafetwo.php");
} else {
include_once("slip.php");
}
}
// printing
else if (isset($save_print)&&($save_print=='true'))
{
$cat = 'print';

// get post data

Also, here is the changes I made in the settingok.php file for the Prefix setting( again with a couple of lines which I didn't modify preceding and following the modified code if that helps.)

// init posted parms
if (!isset($prefix))
$prefix = '';
if ($_SESSION["operator"] == 'CafeOne') {
$prefix = 'cafeone';
} else if ($_SESSION["operator"] == 'CafeTwo') {
$prefix = 'cafetwo';
}
if (!isset($middle_digits_start) || ($middle_digits_start == ''))
$middle_digits_start=1;

Finally, here is the code I changed in the slipcafeone.php file as per your instructions earlier (and I did the same in the slipcafetwo.php file):

For the Title:-

// add page break at the beginning if this item is not 1st item in a page, and don't print page break if only 1 user is displayed per page
if ($users_per_page != 1 && ($user_count % $users_per_page != 1) ) {
echo 'contents = contents + "<div></div>\n";';
echo 'contents += "<div>\n"; ';
echo 'contents += " Page break <hr></hr>\n"; ';
echo 'contents += "</div>\n"; ';
}



?>
contents = contents + "<table>\n\n<tr>\n<td><font>&nbsp;"Welcome to Cafe One"</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>\n";
contents = contents + "\n\n<tr>\n<td>";
contents = contents + "<FIELDSET><LEGEND><font><get_cm_var></font></LEGEND>";
contents = contents + "<table>\n\n<tr>\n<td><font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<get_cm_var><font>" + "<user_info>" + "</font></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>\n";
contents = contents + "\n<tr><td><font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<get_cm_var><font>" + "<user_info>" + "</font></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>";
contents = contents + "</table></FIELDSET></td></tr>";


And the Ending--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

if ($num_pages>1){
echo 'contents += "<div>\n"; ';
echo "contents += '<table><tr><td><fieldset>Page '; ";
for ($i=1; $i</a>


// contents = contents + "<table>\n\n<tr>\n<td><font>&nbsp;"We hope you enjoyed your visit"</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>\n";
contents = contents + "<table>\n\n";
contents = contents + "\n\n<tr>\n<td><div><input>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<input>\n&nbsp;&nbsp; <input></div></td>\n</tr>\n\n";
contents = contents + "</table>\n";
contents = contents + "</body>\n</html>";


Finally, here is the MAC and Real IP changes I also made in slipcafeone.php:

//Bind to first login MAC
//if(isset($user_info['macmap'])) {
//echo "contents = contents + \"\\n\\n<tr><td><font><strong>•</strong>&nbsp;".$lang['setcfg_users_popup_slip_macmap']."</font></td></tr>\";";
//}
//Real IP address mapping
//if(isset($user_info['ipmap'])) {
//echo "contents = contents + \"\\n\\n<tr><td><font><strong>•</strong>&nbsp;".$lang['setcfg_users_popup_slip_ipmap']."</font></td></tr>\";";
//}

I hope this helps

[dominic]

Problems are found in your modifications in slipcafexxx.php.

Replace the whole line with title "Welcome to Cafe One" with this.