[ubuntu-za] Info slips & Striata on Ubuntu Mini-How.

[Alf Stockton]

Robin Bownes wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> *From*: Nic Roets <nroets at gmail.com 
> <mailto:Nic%20Roets%20%3cnroets at gmail.com%3e>>
> *Reply-to*: Ubuntu South African Local Community 
> <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> *To*: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com 
> <mailto:Ubuntu%20South%20African%20Local%20Community%20%3cubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com%3e>>
> *Subject*: [ubuntu-za] Info slips & Striata on Ubuntu Mini-How.
> *Date*: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:35:16 +0200
> 
> Some banks and employers use closed source systems to distribute 
> statements and pay slips. Here are some pointers to install viewers for 
> the most popular ones on Karmic :
> 
> InfoSlips :
> 
> sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin
> wget https://www.infoslips.com/downloads/infoViewer_linux_1_0_0_3.zip
> unzip infoViewer_linux_1_0_0_3.zip
> sh infoViewer_unix_1_0_0_3.sh
> firefox 
> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/samplecode/AppleJavaExtensions/
> Click on download sample code
> unzip AppleJavaExtensions.zip
> Move AppleJavaExtensions/AppleJavaExtensions.jar into the same directory 
> as infoslipsviewer
> Execute infoslipsviewer
> 
> Striata :
> firefox http://www.striata.com/resources/striata-reader/index.php
> Some of the links on that page is mislabeled, so you may want to go 
> directly to
> http://www.striata.com/resources/striata-reader/striata-reader-linux-libc6/download.html
> 
> tar xvzf striata-reader_libc6.tar.gz
> sudo mv striata-readerc /usr/bin/striata-reader-1.0-27-linux
> sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/striata-reader-1.0-27-linux
> 
> For ABSA Credit Cards you may want to create a script that you can 
> associate with the .emc file extension
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/bin/striata-reader-1.0-27-linux -password=0102031234567 
> -outdir=$HOME/Documents $1
> cd $HOME/Documents
> mv Statement.pdf bankCC`date +%y%m`.pdf
> # Not sure about Afrikaans statements, so we try both :
> mv Staat.pdf bankCC`date +%y%m`.pdf
> gnome-open bankCC`date +%y%m`.pdf
> 
> Change0102031234567 to your ID number and save it as ccDecode.sh. Then 
> make it executable:
> chmod a+x ccDecode.sh
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hi, shortly after thanking my lucky stars that my bank doesn't use 
> either of these systems, I received my
> "new and improved" MultiChoice statement, that needs Striata.
> 
> I have followed your instructions for installing Striata, but clicking 
> on the .emc file still does not result in being
> able to read it.
> 
> Am I missing something?
> 
I could only get this working with a script & Firefox:-
In other words I placed the following command in MasterCardStatement.sh file

/usr/bin/striata-reader -openwith=firefox $1
and run it as follows:-

./MasterCardStatement.sh docs/MultiChoice/Multichoice-20091120-encdoc.emc

which then lets me get at the pdf which I save and subsiquently view with evince.

Stupid runaround I agree, but what can one do with ignorant companies?

-- 
Regards,
Alf Stockton		www.stockton.co.za

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