Christopher Hawkins
clh at christopherhawkins.com
Fri May 14 12:55:13 CDT 2004
I'm not really married to any particular PDF driver, I'm just looking for code that will let me use that driver to print to file, and specify a path. -C- ---- Original Message ---- From: mikedorism at adelphia.net To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com, Subject: RE: [AccessD] Printing to file as PDF w/specific path? Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 13:43:17 -0400 >We use PDF995 on a server to accomplish this but there are lots of >other PDF >choices out there. > >Doris Manning >Database Administrator >Hargrove Inc. >www.hargroveinc.com > > >-----Original Message----- >From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of >Christopher >Hawkins >Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 12:43 PM >To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >Subject: [AccessD] Printing to file as PDF w/specific path? > > >With the recent thread about manipulatinig printers through code, I >decided >tolook into both the Printer API and the newere Printers object. So >far, >I've not figured out how to do what I'm trying to do. > >My Challenge: > >Let's say all my invoices for the month of March are ready to go >out, and I >want to drop a copy in each client's folder. Rather than Print >Preview each >one in order to save it as a pdf, I'd like to click one button that >will >kick off a routine looping through all my client records and print >their >invoices out to a pdf file, saving the file at the path stored in the >client's record. > >Now, looping through each client and opening or previewing the >report? >Easy. I can even set the default printer in code, no sweat. The >part I >cannot figure out is how to print to a pdf file, and stick my own >path in >there. I looked ad DoCmd.OutputTo at first, but it only works with >the >predefined formats Access ships with. > >Surely I'm not the first guy to need to do this? Any ideas? > >-Christopher- > >-- >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >-- >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >