Print as Adobe PDF

[Paul Hammond]

I want to send a file to print as a PDF document. This
works fine except when the dialog pops up to name the
file. I can't seem to fill in the box. I've tried a
sendkeys command using the results of an input box with
no luck.

Any ideas?

TIA,

Paul Hammond
Richmond, VA

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I want to send a file to print as a PDF document. This
works fine except when the dialog pops up to name the
file. I can't seem to fill in the box. I've tried a
sendkeys command using the results of an input box with
no luck.

1) Assuming you're using Adobe PDF (or the earlier Acrobat Distiller) driver,
you can set it up not to ask for a file name; it automatically creates a new
name for the PDF based on comments the source app puts in the PS output.

Give it a try. It's nice and simple but not always acceptable for several
reasons.

2) You can print to a PS driver and send the results To File then
programmatically invoke Distiller to convert the PS file to a PDF. This was
fairly simple to do and documented by Adobe and others for versions through
Acrobat 5. Adobe broke it with Acrobat 6 and doesn't document the changes;
they want you to sign up for their developer program to get documentation.

3) Print to PS and use GhostScript instead of Distiller.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I want to send a file to print as a PDF document. This
works fine except when the dialog pops up to name the
file. I can't seem to fill in the box. I've tried a
sendkeys command using the results of an input box with
no luck.

Ooops. One more:

4) You might be able to use Distiller's Watched Folders feature to
automatically distill PS files that you programmatically print to a watched
directory. This used to be fairly easy to set up; in Acrobat 6, the watched
folders feature seems to have become a lot crankier than it used to be.

 

[Paul Hammond]

You wrote:


1) Assuming you're using Adobe PDF (or the earlier
Acrobat Distiller) driver, you can set it up not to ask
for a file name; it automatically creates a new name for
the PDF based on comments the source app puts in the PS
output.

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You assumed correctly and this worked sufficiently. I
can fiddle with the file name and location. Thanks for
your excellent post(s).

Paul

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

You wrote:

1) Assuming you're using Adobe PDF (or the earlier
Acrobat Distiller) driver, you can set it up not to ask
for a file name; it automatically creates a new name for
the PDF based on comments the source app puts in the PS
output.

***************

You assumed correctly and this worked sufficiently. I
can fiddle with the file name and location. Thanks for
your excellent post(s).

Glad to hear it, Paul ... thanks.