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Piotr D
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Print PDF file in background

#1 Post by Piotr D »

Hi,
How can I print PDF file in background (without displaying its content)?

Regards
Piotr

Wolfgang Ciriack
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Re: Print PDF file in background

#2 Post by Wolfgang Ciriack »

Use the Microsoft Print to PDF printer:

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 DCPRINT ON NAME "Microsoft Print to PDF" ;
         TOFILE OUTFILE (<MyfileWithPath.pdf>) ;
 	 TO oPrinter ;
  	 SIZE .... ;
  	 FORMSIZE XBPPRN_FORM_A4 ;
	 TITLE ...
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Piotr D
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Re: Print PDF file in background

#3 Post by Piotr D »

Wolfgang,
I am concerned with printing PDF files already existing on disk.
Piotr

Wolfgang Ciriack
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Re: Print PDF file in background

#4 Post by Wolfgang Ciriack »

So you can try (from german newsgroup):

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lSuccess := ShellExecute( 0, ;
                             "print", ;  
                             cPath + cFILE, ;
                             cPara, ;
                             cHome, ;
                             SW_HIDE)
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Piotr D
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Re: Print PDF file in background

#5 Post by Piotr D »

Wolfgang,
thanks for the idea, i'll try. But isn't "print" just for printing txt files?

Piotr

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