ass17 Posted December 18, 2022 Author Posted December 18, 2022 Sorry if I wasn't clear. We do want cover sheets but they way they get stacked up in our print queue the cover sheet comes out after the exam paper. So say we hit print on 20 exams we need to find the cover sheet and bring it to the top of the pile. Now this obviously isn't a game changer but in high pressure/low time situations like exams it can be stressful trying to sort them out. We use papercut and canon MFDs and when you view the queues the paper is printed seconds before the cover sheet so therefor it comes out after the paper. Does this make more sense? Thanks Yes in the config file you can disable printing of coversheets quite easily. with "PrintCoverSheet" set to 0.
titch Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 The thing is we do want the cover sheets we just want it to come out before the main print out rather than after and then have to rejiggle. Thanks
ass17 Posted December 18, 2022 Author Posted December 18, 2022 The thing is we do want the cover sheets we just want it to come out before the main print out rather than after and then have to rejiggle. Thanks the coversheets are printed after the main document by default. Just make sure the config options "PrintCoverSheet_Form4 _AfterDocumentPrint" is set to 0 so it doesnt auto print after the main document. then once you have printed the main document, you can manually print the coversheet.
titch Posted December 19, 2022 Posted December 19, 2022 Thank you. Just trying to streamline our process. Is there anyway of making the coversheet come out before? Assuming anyone using a coversheet would prefer it to come out on top of the document it's covering. Thanks
ass17 Posted December 20, 2022 Author Posted December 20, 2022 Thank you. Just trying to streamline our process. Is there anyway of making the coversheet come out before? Assuming anyone using a coversheet would prefer it to come out on top of the document it's covering. Thanks Not automatically no, you would have to click to print the coversheet first then the main document.
mavhc Posted December 21, 2022 Posted December 21, 2022 I would have assumed a cover sheet was printed first, could this be an option?
ass17 Posted December 21, 2022 Author Posted December 21, 2022 I would have assumed a cover sheet was printed first, could this be an option? of course, anything is possible in EWP, consider it done in the next version :-) 1
ass17 Posted December 23, 2022 Author Posted December 23, 2022 New version released folks, see website, merry christmas! - - - Updated - - - of course, anything is possible in EWP, consider it done in the next version :-) this has now been sorted in the new build available 2
Warwick_Tech Posted January 4, 2023 Posted January 4, 2023 Had a request from my Exams officer - "The old version allowed you to add a printer, the new version only lets you select existing printers, therefore I am hesitant to close the program to add one until I have a sheet in my hand" You can guess my response about autosaving, opening their home area on another PC etc. but was told there isn't time for that! I assume this may be quite time consuming as the old version used windows 'add a printer' but this new one has a bespoke box? Cheers!
ass17 Posted January 9, 2023 Author Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) Had a request from my Exams officer - "The old version allowed you to add a printer, the new version only lets you select existing printers, therefore I am hesitant to close the program to add one until I have a sheet in my hand" You can guess my response about autosaving, opening their home area on another PC etc. but was told there isn't time for that! I assume this may be quite time consuming as the old version used windows 'add a printer' but this new one has a bespoke box? Cheers! Version with new build numbers, version 4 and version 3 didnt, just checked. Version 1 and 2 did but they are almost 4 years+ old.. Never going back there using windows print dialogues because it doesnt offer what is there now. Edited January 10, 2023 by ass17
dafyddf Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 Looking at ExamWritePad for our exam laptop deployments - making a completely fresh image. Our exams officer is thrilled by it - but I'm worried at how easy it is to re-enable spell check in the config - does launching with /Config permit a .json that only contains 1 setting? i.e the one to re-enable spellcheck? I guess the recommended way to stop pupils from launching with their own configs anyway is to just make the installed config read only, and disable notepad/wordpad/cmd/powershell/run for the exam user. But maybe I'm overthinking it.
Garacesh Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 Removing the user's modify permissions over the directory would be sufficient. I know the software is reasonably portable, but I'd imagine just whacking it in Program Files would be good enough?
mavhc Posted January 16, 2023 Posted January 16, 2023 Looking at ExamWritePad for our exam laptop deployments - making a completely fresh image. Our exams officer is thrilled by it - but I'm worried at how easy it is to re-enable spell check in the config - does launching with /Config permit a .json that only contains 1 setting? i.e the one to re-enable spellcheck? I guess the recommended way to stop pupils from launching with their own configs anyway is to just make the installed config read only, and disable notepad/wordpad/cmd/powershell/run for the exam user. But maybe I'm overthinking it. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/kiosk-methods
dafyddf Posted January 17, 2023 Posted January 17, 2023 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/kiosk-methods Have been investigating using kiosk mode, my concern is that currently exams are saved on a flash drive when done, but if there's no explorer access, ejecting flash drives isn't possible. My thought is to just save onto local disk into a preselected folder, and have a shortcut exams officer can click on the examiner's account to copy off, unless anyone has any better ideas.
mavhc Posted January 17, 2023 Posted January 17, 2023 I just save to their network share, but you can always shutdown the computer then remove the flash drive. Perhaps EWP could call Write-VolumeCache after saving
ass17 Posted January 17, 2023 Author Posted January 17, 2023 I just save to their network share, but you can always shutdown the computer then remove the flash drive. Perhaps EWP could call Write-VolumeCache after saving Be intresting if people use this powershell command in everyday stuff, with examples and uses (Please dont send me to Microsofts website :-) ) I can make EWP do anything you want...
mavhc Posted January 18, 2023 Posted January 18, 2023 I just call Write-VolumeCache C But you can use -Path, and then just put the path of the file you just saved, and it'll work out which volume to flush cache for
Warwick_Tech Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 A question from our new exams officer - "Given the unreliability of adding a printer via gpo, could we have a way to automatically map the printer as the executable is launched?" I had a think and yes this could be written into the program with for example a 'custom scripts' launcher that you can add custom batch or PS1 files too - Or could we replace the .exe with a batch/ps1 that calls the printer first, then opens the EXM executable? Which would be easier to implement I wonder?
Boredguy Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 Depending how you deploy printers, if it's via GPP you could always change the shortcut for ExamWritePad to batch file/PS1 so it calls GPupdate /force /wait:0 before the app runs. If your using another method for printers within the GPO might not be as simple.
ass17 Posted January 30, 2023 Author Posted January 30, 2023 Correct, tailor the solution around your network, batch file/VB Script/Poweshell the printer mapping then launch EWP.
ass17 Posted February 13, 2023 Author Posted February 13, 2023 New version of EWP just dropped. Go check out the website now for the latest improvements and download links. examwritepad.com 4
plumyeti Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 Is there anyway I can run the installer in an offline mode? I'm getting this error when running the .msi on the exam laptops.
ass17 Posted March 10, 2023 Author Posted March 10, 2023 Is there anyway I can run the installer in an offline mode? I'm getting this error when running the .msi on the exam laptops. [ATTACH=CONFIG]68229[/ATTACH] I will check the installers, I think it’s because they may check for pre requisite software.
ass17 Posted March 10, 2023 Author Posted March 10, 2023 Is there anyway I can run the installer in an offline mode? I'm getting this error when running the .msi on the exam laptops. [ATTACH=CONFIG]68229[/ATTACH] Please try the full offline version below: https://bit.ly/ExamWritePad-MSI-Offline
plumyeti Posted March 10, 2023 Posted March 10, 2023 Please try the full offline version below: https://bit.ly/ExamWritePad-MSI-Offline Hi, Thanks for your help. However, it seems that, the page doesn't exist on your website.
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