Automatically Print to Microsoft Office Document Image Writer

[Mike C]

I am trying to print using the Microsoft Office Document Image Writer without
prompting a SaveAs dialog box. I have some simple visual basic code that
opens my Access report and has, in the past, looped through a series of
records and automatically printed several hundred of these reports to a
default folder using Adobe pdf. I like the Microsoft Office Document Image
Writer image quality but it keeps prompting me to SaveAs whenever I send a
report to the Microsoft Office Document Image Writer. Is there an option in
the preferences/properties I'm missing that allows the report to print
without a prompt? Until then, we'll have to stick with Adobe. Thanks!!!

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Mike,

The Document Image Writer creates a separate file (it's actually a 'save to file' rendering of a print) for each instance in a
format that can be opened by MS Office Document Imaging (the MS Office Live Meeting writer is a less featured clone). You could
probably use the 'send keys' choice in your code to 'click' the print button for you (the name increments to keep from overwriting
files).

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I am trying to print using the Microsoft Office Document Image Writer without
prompting a SaveAs dialog box. I have some simple visual basic code that
opens my Access report and has, in the past, looped through a series of
records and automatically printed several hundred of these reports to a
default folder using Adobe pdf. I like the Microsoft Office Document Image
Writer image quality but it keeps prompting me to SaveAs whenever I send a
report to the Microsoft Office Document Image Writer. Is there an option in
the preferences/properties I'm missing that allows the report to print
without a prompt? Until then, we'll have to stick with Adobe. Thanks!!!>>
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I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:
http://microsoft.com/learning/office2007/default.mspx#booksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
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http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office 2007 product team with this feedback tool:
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4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033

b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net

 

[Mike C]

Bob,
Thanks for the response. I think I saw a post somewhere on the web that
described printing with send keys. I'm not familiar with this tactic but will
read up on it. Do you think it will be possible for me to specify the name of
the file by passing a variable from my code rather than having it increment?
Thanks for your suggestion!
MC

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Mike,

You may want to use the link below to post about the sendkeys use in the OfficeDev newsgroup.
Also, this is one example that may be useful. You should be able to pass names and values.

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Bob,
Thanks for the response. I think I saw a post somewhere on the web that
described printing with send keys. I'm not familiar with this tactic but will
read up on it. Do you think it will be possible for me to specify the name of
the file by passing a variable from my code rather than having it increment?
Thanks for your suggestion!
MC >>
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Please let us know if this has helped,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

LINKS
A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.officedev
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.officedev

B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com