Monte, Thank you so much - exactly that - so for LC6.x I added the follow which address the problem whether in the IDE or standalone
put the defaultFolder into tSaveDefaultFolder if (the environment is "development") then -- IDE set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath("engine") else -- standalone set the defaultFolder to appPath() end if -- do my PDF printing set the defaultFolder to tSaveDefaultFolder If I every see you at a LiveCode Conference (I have to attend Edinburgh via webcast this year), I owe you drinks or a meal or both! On 7/26/2016 11:31 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > Hi Paul > > I bumped into this in a project just before I started working for LiveCode. > There’s an issue some of the latter 6.7 releases that requires you to set the > default folder to the folder the pdf printer dll is in before opening > printing for the first time. I believe this is fixe in LC 8. > > Cheers > > Monte >> On 26 Jul 2016, at 4:49 PM, Paul Dupuis <p...@researchware.com> wrote: >> >> I have very large application running under LC 6.7.11 for Windows and OSX >> >> I have code that does an "open printing for PDF", prints a field, and >> closes printing. Under OSX this works fine. >> >> Under Windows, in both the IDE and a standalone, I get an execution >> error on the open printing for pdf line with the message: >> execution error at line n/a (printing: Unknown destination) >> >> In the standalone, I might have interpreted this error as that the >> "revpdfprinter.dll" did not get added to the standalone, but it is >> (although why this dll is placed at the application level and not in the >> Externals folder continues to puzzle me). >> >> I also might have though the file path & name passed to open pritning >> for pdf may have been a problem, but I have checked via debugger and the >> file path & name is valid, in a writable location, plenty of disk space, >> etc. Also tried multiple files and locations, so that is not it >> >> However the fact that it happens in the IDE completely mystifies me. Can >> ANY one tell me what this error really means and what the cause may be? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode