Bypassing print setup dialog box

[j3corp]

I have written code to prepare an html document, and now need to convert it to a .pdf file. I would like to use the PDFWriter, but can also use the Distiller. In either case, I will need to print the .html file to utilize either of these 'devices'.
Because I am writing this script to prepare multiple files, I do not want the print setup dialog box to appear every time. I have edited the registry to automate the pdf conversion, but cannot figure out how to bypass the print dialog box.
I do not want to have any references within my project so I need to do this through API Calls. Can anyone help me with this??? It would be greatly appreciated.
-Jim

 

[wanmaster]

It's not much of a solution, but you could subclass the parent window of the print dialog box, and close it after receiving a WM_ACTIVATE (wParam=0 when losing focus) message..

Remedy

 

[paulbent]

Try the Zeon DocuCom PDF Driver 5.x at

http://www.zeon.com.tw/

It's inexpensive and you can supress all dialogs at run-time by setting a value in the registy (NT/2000/XP) or an ini file (W9x).

I've written a printer management ActiveX DLL (PDXPro) which contains a wrapper class to configure the DocuCom driver. You may find it helpful to download an evaluation copy from my web site; if only because my help file is much better than theirs!

Paul Bent
Northwind IT Systems

http://www.northwindit.co.uk