Displaying Content on a TV

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Desmond Lloyd

2018-02-21 17:31:34 UTC

We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based
system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting that
to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not been
able to automate...

Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?

Regards.
Desmond

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John Weller

2018-02-21 17:47:15 UTC

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Could you use the TV as a monitor? Many now have a VGA input and I have
successfully used a TV to display a screen using HDMI.

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Post by Desmond Lloyd
We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based
system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting that
to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not been
able to automate...
Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?
Regards.
Desmond

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Tracy Pearson

2018-02-21 17:47:52 UTC

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Desmond,

The TV is connected to a computer.
Can't you just display a VFP EXE there and have it auto update?

Tracy Pearson
PowerChurch Software

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Ted Roche

2018-02-21 18:22:46 UTC

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You could use a video camera to record the monitor that has the VFP
screen, then take that video signal and feed it into the back of the
TV. Last time I did this IIRC, I went through a VCR, as it could take
the video feed and add the TV encoding to have it come out on channel
3 or 4.

Or... you could provide us with a bit more information about the app,
the computer, the TV and what you're trying to accomplish. That
*might* be easier, but no guarantees!

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Paul Hill

2018-02-21 18:30:09 UTC

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We have a Raspberry PI connected to a TV on the wall.
The PI displays a webpage with server stats etc.

Using CEC it even switches off the screen at 5pm and back on again at
9am Mon-Fri.

Been meaning to do some work on this. It could be much better!

Post by Ted Roche
You could use a video camera to record the monitor that has the VFP
screen, then take that video signal and feed it into the back of the
TV. Last time I did this IIRC, I went through a VCR, as it could take
the video feed and add the TV encoding to have it come out on channel
3 or 4.
Or... you could provide us with a bit more information about the app,
the computer, the TV and what you're trying to accomplish. That
*might* be easier, but no guarantees!

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Kevin J Cully

2018-02-21 18:26:47 UTC

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I'd purchase a Raspberry PI. The power for this $30 computer can come from the USB port on the TV. Output from the Raspberri PI is from the HDMI port into the HDMI port on the TV.

I'd have the Raspberry PI boot and load a browser full screen with no menu. That browser would be configured to display a HTML page from itself and have that HTML page refresh every "X" minutes.

I'd then from your production system, I'd generate that HTML and whatever graphs / charts that you'd like. I would then have those files sent to the Raspberry PI via FTP, torrent, Dropbox or similar.

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We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based
system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting that
to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not been able to automate...

Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?

Regards.
Desmond

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Ted Roche

2018-02-21 18:32:55 UTC

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Post by Kevin J Cully
I'd then from your production system, I'd generate that HTML and whatever graphs / charts that you'd like. I would then have those files sent to the Raspberry PI via FTP, torrent, Dropbox or similar.

Or have the Raspberry Pi go to a website run by a VFP app. Lots of
ways to produce a website with VFP, and you could set up the page to
auto-refresh.
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Eric Selje

2018-02-21 20:19:42 UTC

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Buy a Chromecast. Anything that's displayed on a monitor can be wirelessly
"cast" to the HDMI port.

Eric

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Post by Kevin J Cully
I'd then from your production system, I'd generate that HTML and

whatever graphs / charts that you'd like. I would then have those files
sent to the Raspberry PI via FTP, torrent, Dropbox or similar.
Or have the Raspberry Pi go to a website run by a VFP app. Lots of
ways to produce a website with VFP, and you could set up the page to
auto-refresh.
--
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com

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Desmond Lloyd

2018-02-21 23:39:42 UTC

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Thanks all for your responses!

What is the best way to generate HTML out of VFP? Report to HTML?

Regards,
Desmond

Post by Kevin J Cully
I'd purchase a Raspberry PI. The power for this $30 computer can come
from the USB port on the TV. Output from the Raspberri PI is from the HDMI
port into the HDMI port on the TV.
I'd have the Raspberry PI boot and load a browser full screen with no
menu. That browser would be configured to display a HTML page from itself
and have that HTML page refresh every "X" minutes.
I'd then from your production system, I'd generate that HTML and whatever
graphs / charts that you'd like. I would then have those files sent to the
Raspberry PI via FTP, torrent, Dropbox or similar.
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We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based
system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting that
to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not been
able to automate...
Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?
Regards.
Desmond
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Fernando D. Bozzo

2018-02-22 06:15:42 UTC

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That depends on the variability of yor html.
If it is a lot of text, the using cVar=cVar+"html text" is the fastest way.
If not, then you can use TEXT.. ENDTEXT or a mix of both.
Or you can also use the htmlDocument object from Windows.

Post by Desmond Lloyd
Thanks all for your responses!
What is the best way to generate HTML out of VFP? Report to HTML?
Regards,
Desmond

Post by Kevin J Cully
I'd purchase a Raspberry PI. The power for this $30 computer can come
from the USB port on the TV. Output from the Raspberri PI is from the

HDMI

Post by Kevin J Cully
port into the HDMI port on the TV.
I'd have the Raspberry PI boot and load a browser full screen with no
menu. That browser would be configured to display a HTML page from

itself

Post by Kevin J Cully
and have that HTML page refresh every "X" minutes.
I'd then from your production system, I'd generate that HTML and whatever
graphs / charts that you'd like. I would then have those files sent to

the

Post by Kevin J Cully
Raspberry PI via FTP, torrent, Dropbox or similar.
$0.02.
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Post by Kevin J Cully
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We want to display a list of orders on a TV. coming from a VFP based
system. Thus far I have generated a report to PDF, then converting

that

Post by Kevin J Cully
to a JPEG and displaying that on the TV/ Very clumsy and we have not

been

Post by Kevin J Cully
able to automate...
Would someone please recommend possible ways of accomplishing this?
Regards.
Desmond
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2018-02-21 21:34:58 UTC

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One of my clients uses a big TV as a monitor for one of my apps. Just a
simple HDMI connection. Am I misunderstanding your need?

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