Mike,
The command:
LAUNCH CMD_PRINT|lab.pdf HIDE
Will work on version 9.5 only. If you want to print a PDF file using 9.1 and
you have the PDF file open in a form using the PDF viewer then you can place
the following code on a button:
PROPERTY PDFVIEWER PRINT 'HIDE_DIALOG'
And it will print the file displayed. There are other Property options that
allow you to print page ranges and so on.
If you want to print a PDF file without opening it first, the you have to
use the Acrobat switches.
You can create a batch file on the run:
-- define variables
-- vFileName holds the name of your PDF File
SET VAR vCommand TEXT = ('CALL START /MIN AcroRd32.exe /h /p' & .vFileName)
-- Create a batch file to print your file
DELETE PrintPDF.bat
OUTPUT PrintPDF.bat
WRITE .vCommand
OUTPUT SCREEN
LAUNCH PrintPDF.bat
RETURN
That should do it. You might need to tweak the code to make sure you don't
leave open versions of Acrobat..
Javier,
Javier Valencia, PE
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael J.
Sinclair
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 8:18 PM
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Subject: [RBASE-L] - Having a problem with LAUNCH cmd_print in version 9.5
(correction)
(correction, I am using the | sympbol but I get the same error)
Hi All,
I think I found my answer to my previous question about how to print a file,
but I am having problems with the syntax.
Assuming the file is located in the working directory of Rbase (C:\filer),
and the filename is lab.pdf
I can display the file like this...
LAUNCH lab.pdf
But if I try to send the file to a printer, any printer like this...
LAUNCH cmd_print | lab.pdf
or
LAUNCH cmd_print | c:\filer\lab.pdf
or
LAUNCH cmd_print | 'c:\filer\lab.pdf'
I get an error message.... "The specified file was not found"
What am I doing wrong?
Mike SInclair
