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How to send selected .PDF files to printer from Powerbuilder 8
We are giving to a user option to select pdf files from a list and then he suppose to send this files to a printer without opening them. What should I do?
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You're going to have to define an external function to do a command shell. And then call acrobat reader with the parameters to specify printing on command line.
This is format for external command shell:
FUNCTION long ShellExecute (uint ihwnd,string lpszOp,string
lpszFile,string lpszParams, string lpszDir,int wShowCmd )
LIBRARY "Shell32.dll" ALIAS FOR "ShellExecuteW"
This is the help for the adobe acrobat reader print via command line.
AcroRd32.exe /t path "printername" "drivername" "portname" — Start Adobe Reader and print a file while suppressing the Print dialog box. The path must be fully specified.
The four parameters of the /t option evaluate to path, printername, drivername, and portname (all strings).
printername — The name of your printer.
drivername — Your printer driver’s name, as it appears in your printer’s properties.
portname — The printer’s port. portname cannot contain any "/" characters; if it does, output is routed to the default port for that printer.
Of course, you've got to specify this dynamically by reading the right values from the specific user's environment.
This is format for external command shell:
FUNCTION long ShellExecute (uint ihwnd,string lpszOp,string
lpszFile,string lpszParams, string lpszDir,int wShowCmd )
LIBRARY "Shell32.dll" ALIAS FOR "ShellExecuteW"
This is the help for the adobe acrobat reader print via command line.
AcroRd32.exe /t path "printername" "drivername" "portname" — Start Adobe Reader and print a file while suppressing the Print dialog box. The path must be fully specified.
The four parameters of the /t option evaluate to path, printername, drivername, and portname (all strings).
printername — The name of your printer.
drivername — Your printer driver’s name, as it appears in your printer’s properties.
portname — The printer’s port. portname cannot contain any "/" characters; if it does, output is routed to the default port for that printer.
Of course, you've got to specify this dynamically by reading the right values from the specific user's environment.
Thank you, but this solution is not working for PowerBuilder, it cannot find printername,
drivername, and portname automatically, it will open a dialog box, but this is not what I need, in this case I can combine all docs in one and open with Adobe and user will be able to click on adobe printer...
drivername, and portname automatically, it will open a dialog box, but this is not what I need, in this case I can combine all docs in one and open with Adobe and user will be able to click on adobe printer...
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