Re: running exec() on client

George Pitcher wrote: > >> I'm guessing a bit but it sounds like inserting a stack of RAM will make >> the problem go away for the foreseable future. >> > I will ask. > ... >> > I do a lot of PDF building and that was my first suggestion, before we > looked at Word. My colleague rejected this on the grounds that publishers > wouldn't know what to do with them! > > I think she is wrong. you know she is - PDF is designed and aimed specifically for/at publishers!??! some of my client (who have nothing to do with IT in general) are capable of generating PDFs all on their own and add a few lines into their email signature explain how to deal with PDF (and where to download the reader). oh well you can't fight a brick wall thought can you :-/ But I yielded on this point. You know what female > colleagues are like? the *kind* of colleague you describe come in both male and female flavour - I find neither very tasty. > (To any females on this list - you are all wonderful > people.) > >>>>> One option I am considering is installing PHP on her PC and >>>> doing the letter >>>>> generation locally, but don't know how I'm going to trigger it >>>> esp as our IT >>>>> person has said I can't install Apache. >>>> what he allows and what you can actually do are 2 different thing. ;-) >>>> >>> Alas, my colleague often needs IT help, and the tecchie is 6 feet away >>> (literally), whereas I am 380 miles away, so any underhand >> activity by me is >>> bound to be noticed. >>> > Cheers > > George >