Julio & all That does indeed, work. However, the SW_Hide parameter does not seem to suppress the print dialogs. Since I actually need to print multiple documents at once, the user does not want to press the print button after every page (and there could be 50+ pages, so I don’t blame them)
I’ll read the docs a bit and the resource Chip posted, but if anyone has beat their head against this wall before and either has a solution, or knows there isn’t one, I’d appreciate hearing about it. Thanks again, DKC > On May 6, 2019, at 2:39 PM, Julio Carneiro via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Sorry Doug, my fault. I should have indicated that you need to use Win32API > “sys_ShellExecute”, instead of 4D’s LEP. > > In your case something like this should do the job: > $x:=sys_ShellExecute ("print”;Document;"";"";SW_HIDE) > > Give that a try and see if it works for you. That does work for me. > > hth > julio >> On May 6, 2019, at 3:22 PM, Doug Cottrill via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Julio (and all), >> >> So I tried the following code: >> >> $docName:=Select document("";".pdf";"Please select a document for print >> test:";0) >> If (OK=1) >> LAUNCH EXTERNAL PROCESS("print "+Document) >> LAUNCH EXTERNAL PROCESS("print "+Char(Quote)+Document+Char(Quote)) >> LAUNCH EXTERNAL PROCESS("print";Document) >> LAUNCH EXTERNAL PROCESS(Char(Quote)+"print "+Document+Char(Quote)) >> End if >> >> But none of those calls actually caused the selected PDF file to be printed. >> I tried them one at a time but put them all there at once for clarity. >> So, I’m clearly not getting the exact format correct. Can someone tell me >> what the exact syntax should be to get this to work? I have set PDF Reader >> to be the default application and verified that I can print the document I >> select >> if I open it manually. >> >> So, any ideas on what I’m doing wrong? More generally, is there a resource >> I can >> review to understand what I should be doing with LEP on windows in general. >> >> If I can’t figure it out, I will try using the Win32API that someone else >> suggested- >> the downside is that on windows you do actually have to open the document in >> a >> visible 4D window first, but I think we can live with that as long as we >> don’t need >> any user interaction to get it to print. (I’m actually printing multiple >> documents in >> one go, so having to do all the page setup stuff each time would get old >> fast) >> >> Thanks, >> >> DKC >> >> >>> On May 6, 2019, at 10:57 AM, Doug Cottrill via 4D_Tech >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Julio! I will give that a try- sounds like exactly what I was hoping >>> for. >>> >>>> On May 4, 2019, at 7:09 AM, Julio Carneiro via 4D_Tech >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Try: “print xx.pdf”… simple as that :-) >>>> >>>> it tells Win 10 to just print the document using whatever app is set do >>>> print the type of document passed to the command. It’ll no open the app, >>>> will just print the document. >>>> >>>> hth >>>> julio >>>> >>> >> >> >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> ********************************************************************** > > -- > Julio Carneiro > [email protected] > > > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
