I am creating a PDF from access 2007 using DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputReport, stDocName, acFormatPDF, strPath, , , , acExportQualityPrint
I am using microsofts office 2007 pdf generator and works fine.
However I have a report set up to print an order and would like to pass the order number to the report in code so prints the order selected.
I can preview the report with docmd.OpenReport and pass a filter or openarg to the report and control from there but not sure how to do this when creating a pdf.
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puppydogbuddy,
"I have heard that MS Access 2007 natively supports pdf."
Yeah, I heard that too. (then I heard that MS and Adobe could not reach an agreement on "something")
When I installed 2007 at work (sp1), you had to download the PDF creation tool "add-in".
http://www.microsoft.com/d
So it might not be what you would call "native support".
(But who knows, it may very well be included in a future Service Pack)
;-)
Jeff
To kind of echo what puppydogbuddy is saying, what I generall do is ...
1.) Create a Global Variable strReportFilter.
2.) Set this variable using your OnClick Event that prints the report. Something like .. strReportFilter = "[Order_Number]=123456".
3.) Then set the report's open event as shown below ...
Private Sub Report_Open(Cancel As Integer)
Me.Filter = strRptFilter
Me.FilterOn = True
End Sub
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by: puppydogbuddyPosted on 2008-07-25 at 22:40:17ID: 22093852
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I have heard that MS Access 2007 natively supports pdf. If that is the case, all you need to do is launch the Access report in preview mode (with your filters applied) and store the report name in variable, for example strAccessRptName.
Then, put the following code behind a button.
Private Sub YourButton_Click()
DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputReport, strAccessRptName, acFormatPDF, "c:\PDF Reports\" & strAccessRptName & ".pdf", False
End Sub