[AccessD] PDF printer driver and SDK

John Colby jwcolby at ColbyConsulting.com
Tue Feb 7 10:04:46 CST 2006


>...what functionality does it provide that isn't available in Leban's free
code?

#1 and MOST important, placement in Google's search engine.  You have to
find it before you can evaluate it.

After that...

#2 a 57 page users manual

#3 The following functionality (if you need it - taken from their table of
content):

Properties  12
DocumentOutputFolder  12
DocumentOutputName  12
DocumentOutputFormat  12
DocumentResolution 12
PDF Specific Properties 13
DocumentTitle  13
DocumentAuthor  13
DocumentSubject  13
DocumentKeywords  13
OptimizePDFfor 14
PDFLinearized  14
PDFCompatibilityLevel  15
PDFAutoRotatePage 15
PDFEmbedAllFonts  15
PDFProcessColorModel 15
PDFCompressPages  16
PDFSubsetFonts 16
PDFFontsMaxSubset  16
ConvertCMYKImagesToRGB 16
CompressColorImages  16
CompressGrayImages  17
CompressMonoImages  17
ColorCompressMethod  17
GrayCompressMethod  17
MonoCompressMethod  18
ColorImageResolution 18
GrayImageResolution 18
MonoImageResolution  18
DownsampleColorImages  18
DownsampleGrayImages  19
DownsampleMonoImages  19
ColorImageDownsampleType 19
GrayImageDownsampleType 19
MonoImageDownsampleType 20
MaxInlineImageSize 20
PDF Encryption Properties  21
PDFEncryption 21
PDFEncryptionType 21
PDFUserPassword 21
PDFOwnerPassword 21
PDFNoCopyPermission  22
PDFNoPrintPermission  22
PDFNoChangePermission 22
PDFNoAddPermission  22
PDFContentAccess  23
PDFAllowExtraction  23
PDFChangesAllowed 23
PDFPrintingPermissions  24
PDF Viewer specific properties 25
HideToolBar  25
HideMenuBar 25
HideMainWindow  25
PDFOpenView 25
PDFOpenAtPage  25
PDFOpenMagnification 26
PDFPageLayout  26
Watermark and Stationery Properties 27
StampFontName 27
StampFontColor  27
StampFontSize  27
StampMessage 27
PlaceStampOnPages 27
StampX 28
StampY 28
StationeryFile  28
PlaceStationeryOnPages  28
Image specific properties 29
ImageType  29
JPEGImageQuality 30
MultipageTiff  30
TiffFillOrder  30
TextAplhaBits 30
GraphicsAplhaBits  31
UseCIEColor 31
Interpolate 31
UseWTS  31
FileMask  32
User Interface specific properties  33
HideSaveAsWindow 33
HideWatermarkButton 33
HideConfigureButton  33
HideEmailCheckBox  33
HideViewCheckBox  33
DefaultAction 34
ViewDocumentAfterConversion 34
EmailDocumentAfterConversion 34
Methods 35
NewGUID  35
GetDefaultPrinter  35
SetDefaultPrinter 35
ApplySettings  35
Create  35
TrueTypeFontDownloadOption 36
FileDelete  36
FileInUse  36
FileExists  36
FileCopy  36
docuPrinter Word macro 37
Properties  37
CHBookmarks  37
CInternetLink  37
CCrosRef 37
CCrosDoc 37
LinkFootEnd  38
CWordTextBox  38
CDocInfo 38
LinkType 38
LinkHighlight  38
LinkColor  39
LinkStyle  39
CBookNameDest  39
BookmarkDepth 39
BookmarkMagn 39
CFormFields  40
RenameFormFields  40
HideTextInputBorder  40
HideCheckBoxBorder  40
HideDropDownBorder  40
CComNotes 40
Methods 41
ConvertActiveDocument  41
docuPrinter PowerPoint macro 46
Properties  46
CTransition 46
CHBookmarks  46
CInternetLink  46
CDocInfo 46
LinkType 47
LinkHighlight  48
LinkColor  48
LinkStyle  48
BookmarkDepth 48
BookmarkMagn 48
BlackAndWhitePrinting  49
Methods 49
ConvertActiveDocument  49
Examples  50
Example 1 Create a PDF file from Visual Basic 50
Example 2 Convert a MS Word document into PDF from Visual Basic 51
Example 3 Convert a MS Word document into PDF from Visual Basic (using the
docuPrinter MS Word
Macro)  52
Example 4 Convert a MS Excel document into PDF from Visual Basic  53
Example 5 Convert a MS PowerPoint document into PDF from Visual Basic 54
Example 6 Convert a PowerPoint document into PDF from Visual Basic (using
the docuPrinter
PowerPoint Macro) 55
Example 7 Convert a MS Access report into PDF from Visual Basic  56
Example 8 Convert an URL / HTML into PDF from Visual Basic  57 

In short, a fully documented SDK that allows you to do a ton of stuff from
VBA.

So... What does Leban's free code do?

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com 


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 5:57 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] PDF printer driver and SDK

...what functionality does it provide that isn't available in Leban's free
code?
http://www.lebans.com/reporttopdf.htm

William




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