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magicfish
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Printing to pdf file
Jun 19th, 2013 at 4:51pm
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I have a mass update that I use to print invoices on paper. I also have a similar mass update that used to print the same thing to a pdf file on my Windows XP computer but it doesn't work on my new Windows 8 machine.

The code is:
//Testing for printing to a .pdf file
//AlternateDefaultPrinter("Nitro PDF Creator")
AlternateDefaultPrinter("Nitro PDF Creator (Reader 3")

The first AlternateDefault is what worked on XP. Neither works on Win 8. The second one is what Nitro is called on Win 8.

Am I missing something?
  
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Re: Printing to pdf file
Reply #1 - Jun 19th, 2013 at 5:16pm
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Does it works if you simply set the PDF printer as the system default and print (without using AlternateDefaultPrinter) from Sesame or from MSWord, notepad, etc....?
  
Mark Lasersohn&&Programmer&&Lantica Software, LLC
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Re: Printing to pdf file
Reply #2 - Jun 19th, 2013 at 7:06pm
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magicfish wrote on Jun 19th, 2013 at 4:51pm:
AlternateDefaultPrinter("Nitro PDF Creator (Reader 3")

Is this a typo in your posting, or is it a possible typo in your code? Shouldn't it be:
AlternateDefaultPrinter("Nitro PDF Creator (Reader 3)")
  

Carl Underwood
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Re: Printing to pdf file
Reply #3 - Jun 19th, 2013 at 7:47pm
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Carl,
You got it! A missing bracket.
I'm surprised it tested ok. It didn't give an error, it just didn't do anything.
Thanks.
Glenn
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Re: Printing to pdf file
Reply #4 - Jun 19th, 2013 at 8:55pm
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There is no syntax checking on anything inside quoted strings. But, at runtime, it may have set @error and associated functions.
  
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