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I have made an electronic sign out book for my office in ASP using
VBScript. Problem is, when there is a fire we need to check who is out and who is burning. I have been trying to think of how to go about this, perhaps the only way is by having an 'emergency print' button that quickly prints thedocument to one, or even better all printers on the network. That way when everyone is leaving they can grab the print from the printer. Probably the only other way is to make it email a list of all the people who are not signed out and send it to someone with a PDA phone I guess. So my question is, how do I get it to have a button you click which will print the page to a printer without needing any further input. Also, is it possible to make it print to a certain printer on the network, and can I make it print to a list of printers (or even just any printer it can find). Even if I had to do this in a VB Program on someones computer, or if you have any suggestions for my problem. Thanks!
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>> Problem is, when there is a fire we need to check who is out and who is burning.That would be the people who are screaming. What kind of doofus company do you work for??? Building on fire - Check I'm not burning - Check Go to web page - Check Print page that says I'm not on fire - Check Get page from default printer - NO!!!!! Run around building to find other printer - NO!!!! Die - Check What the hell kind of dumbass company do you work for??? Grab a piece of paper from a printer to show you're OK???? How about this......... Ben Smith - HERE! Bob Lehmann [quoted text, click to view] <itfetish@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1177983856.068649.243220@c35g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > I have made an electronic sign out book for my office in ASP using > VBScript. > > Problem is, when there is a fire we need to check who is out and who > is burning. I have been trying to think of how to go about this, > perhaps the only way is by having an 'emergency print' button that > quickly prints thedocument to one, or even better all printers on the > network. That way when everyone is leaving they can grab the print > from the printer. > > Probably the only other way is to make it email a list of all the > people who are not signed out and send it to someone with a PDA phone > I guess. > > So my question is, how do I get it to have a button you click which > will print the page to a printer without needing any further input. > Also, is it possible to make it print to a certain printer on the > network, and can I make it print to a list of printers (or even just > any printer it can find). > > Even if I had to do this in a VB Program on someones computer, or if > you have any suggestions for my problem. Thanks! >
no, I mean like only one person in the building has to get paper from
the printer. It tells us who has signed in and who is meant to be out of the office (ie on site, away sick) so then we can do a mark off of names outside to make sure that everyone is safe and accounted for. The company is only around 60 people on the one floor, open plan office, most printers are fairly close to each other (though that means its likely taht place will catch on fire first heh) Remember in school, the teachers would mark the roll every morning, then when a fire/fire drill came we all marched out to the oval/front of the school and the teacher re-marked hte roll, remembering who were away today, so if someone was meant to be there and isnt it meant they were still in danger. Same thing applies for work, when the fire alarm goes off, and everyone gets outside, if we have a staff list, call out everyones names, we have to know who is meant to be there, and who is on site, in a meeting with client, whatever, so we know who is not ok. We used to have a manual signout book that sat out hte front, and someone grabbed it on the way down, but now we have gone electronic, so this is one of the problems we face.
[quoted text, click to view] <itfetish@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1177992734.955157.235910@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > no, I mean like only one person in the building has to get paper from > the printer. It tells us who has signed in and who is meant to be out > of the office (ie on site, away sick) > > so then we can do a mark off of names outside to make sure that > everyone is safe and accounted for. > > The company is only around 60 people on the one floor, open plan > office, most printers are fairly close to each other (though that > means its likely taht place will catch on fire first heh) > > Remember in school, the teachers would mark the roll every morning, > then when a fire/fire drill came we all marched out to the oval/front > of the school and the teacher re-marked hte roll, remembering who were > away today, so if someone was meant to be there and isnt it meant they > were still in danger. > > Same thing applies for work, when the fire alarm goes off, and > everyone gets outside, if we have a staff list, call out everyones > names, we have to know who is meant to be there, and who is on site, > in a meeting with client, whatever, so we know who is not ok. We used > to have a manual signout book that sat out hte front, and someone > grabbed it on the way down, but now we have gone electronic, so this > is one of the problems we face. > I agree with Bob. Computerising this sort of thing is dumb. As a manager I wouldn't trust any piece of paper and certainly not a computer to ensure my staff were out of the buidling. It's the responsibility of managers and the senior staff below them to be aware of who is in and who isn't. Outside the building the managers should confirm with the senior staff that their direct reports are out and for the designated evacution co-ordinator (you have one of those right?) to confirm with management that their people are out. That way all are accounted for visually by humans. The very idea that anyone should wait for a piece of paper to print from a computer system whilst the building is on fire... well if I didn't think you were serious I would be ROFLMHO.
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On May 1, 6:38 pm, "Anthony Jones" <A...@yadayadayada.com> wrote: > <itfet...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1177992734.955157.235910@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > > > > > no, I mean like only one person in the building has to get paper from > > the printer. It tells us who has signed in and who is meant to be out > > of the office (ie on site, away sick) > > > so then we can do a mark off of names outside to make sure that > > everyone is safe and accounted for. > > > The company is only around 60 people on the one floor, open plan > > office, most printers are fairly close to each other (though that > > means its likely taht place will catch on fire first heh) > > > Remember in school, the teachers would mark the roll every morning, > > then when a fire/fire drill came we all marched out to the oval/front > > of the school and the teacher re-marked hte roll, remembering who were > > away today, so if someone was meant to be there and isnt it meant they > > were still in danger. > > > Same thing applies for work, when the fire alarm goes off, and > > everyone gets outside, if we have a staff list, call out everyones > > names, we have to know who is meant to be there, and who is on site, > > in a meeting with client, whatever, so we know who is not ok. We used > > to have a manual signout book that sat out hte front, and someone > > grabbed it on the way down, but now we have gone electronic, so this > > is one of the problems we face. > > I agree with Bob. Computerising this sort of thing is dumb. As a manager I > wouldn't trust any piece of paper and certainly not a computer to ensure my > staff were out of the buidling. > > It's the responsibility of managers and the senior staff below them to be > aware of who is in and who isn't. Outside the building the managers should > confirm with the senior staff that their direct reports are out and for the > designated evacution co-ordinator (you have one of those right?) to confirm > with management that their people are out. That way all are accounted for > visually by humans. > > The very idea that anyone should wait for a piece of paper to print from a > computer system whilst the building is on fire... well if I didn't think you > were serious I would be ROFLMHO. and if hte senior people aren't there? people go in and out of the office all the time, its not like im just talking about sick days, people leave for an hour, come back, go somewhere else, its impossible to rely on people to remember where people are, considering the majority of poeple don't have a senior mentor except for the directors, who will most likely not be there or no where they are. Instead I have decided to create a program that uploads a web page containing the initials, where they are and when they are due back of whoever is signed out at the moment. It then uploads this to our company web site hosted interstate, and one of the 60 employees, 85% of whome have a WAP enabled phone can surf to said address from their phone, if we need it. It was decided that there is not really that much of a need for a list of who isnt here, so its not really a big issue. btw this isn't my decision, I'm just the nerd who makes the computer side of stuff happen.
So do you expect the electricity to still be on in a burning building?
Solution, the person at the front desk,..usually very close to the front door,... has a clipboard with real paper and an inkpen on a chain (so hackers don't steal the pen). People come in, they sign in, people leave they sign out. Keep a spare pen near by in case the ink runs out. Building is on fire,...person at the desk grabs the clipboard, forget the pen,...run! I work at a tv station, we used to have stories about living people that the computers said they were dead. Now we can do stories on people who are dead because the computer said they were alive. -- Phillip Windell www.wandtv.com The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone else associated with me, including my cats. ----------------------------------------------------- [quoted text, click to view] <itfetish@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1178157566.066901.233900@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > On May 1, 6:38 pm, "Anthony Jones" <A...@yadayadayada.com> wrote: >> <itfet...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:1177992734.955157.235910@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> > no, I mean like only one person in the building has to get paper from >> > the printer. It tells us who has signed in and who is meant to be out >> > of the office (ie on site, away sick) >> >> > so then we can do a mark off of names outside to make sure that >> > everyone is safe and accounted for. >> >> > The company is only around 60 people on the one floor, open plan >> > office, most printers are fairly close to each other (though that >> > means its likely taht place will catch on fire first heh) >> >> > Remember in school, the teachers would mark the roll every morning, >> > then when a fire/fire drill came we all marched out to the oval/front >> > of the school and the teacher re-marked hte roll, remembering who were >> > away today, so if someone was meant to be there and isnt it meant they >> > were still in danger. >> >> > Same thing applies for work, when the fire alarm goes off, and >> > everyone gets outside, if we have a staff list, call out everyones >> > names, we have to know who is meant to be there, and who is on site, >> > in a meeting with client, whatever, so we know who is not ok. We used >> > to have a manual signout book that sat out hte front, and someone >> > grabbed it on the way down, but now we have gone electronic, so this >> > is one of the problems we face. >> >> I agree with Bob. Computerising this sort of thing is dumb. As a manager I >> wouldn't trust any piece of paper and certainly not a computer to ensure my >> staff were out of the buidling. >> >> It's the responsibility of managers and the senior staff below them to be >> aware of who is in and who isn't. Outside the building the managers should >> confirm with the senior staff that their direct reports are out and for the >> designated evacution co-ordinator (you have one of those right?) to confirm >> with management that their people are out. That way all are accounted for >> visually by humans. >> >> The very idea that anyone should wait for a piece of paper to print from a >> computer system whilst the building is on fire... well if I didn't think you >> were serious I would be ROFLMHO. > > and if hte senior people aren't there? people go in and out of the > office all the time, its not like im just talking about sick days, > people leave for an hour, come back, go somewhere else, its impossible > to rely on people to remember where people are, considering the > majority of poeple don't have a senior mentor except for the > directors, who will most likely not be there or no where they are. > > Instead I have decided to create a program that uploads a web page > containing the initials, where they are and when they are due back of > whoever is signed out at the moment. It then uploads this to our > company web site hosted interstate, and one of the 60 employees, 85% > of whome have a WAP enabled phone can surf to said address from their > phone, if we need it. It was decided that there is not really that > much of a need for a list of who isnt here, so its not really a big > issue. > > btw this isn't my decision, I'm just the nerd who makes the computer > side of stuff happen. >
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