How can I ensure ShellExecute() will print a pdf in windows 10? 1

[ChrisRChamberlain]

faq184-7886 now available for your perusal.

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Chris
motrac.co.uk

 

[Mike Lewis]

Very useful, Chris. Thanks for sharing it. I didn't know that Edge is the default PDF viewer in Windows 10. Presumably, the "print" parameter doesn't work with Edge, which is why we need your workaround.

I suppose another solution would be to use ShellExecute() to directly execute the PDF viewer, passing the document name as the fourth parameter. For example:

ShellExecute("0, "print", "<path>\MyPDFViewer.exe", "<path>\MyFile.pdf", "", 1)

Of course, that assumes you know the name and path of the PEF viewer installed on the user's system, which might rule it out in many cases.

Mike



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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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[ChrisRChamberlain]

Mike

Have recently been 'bitten' by this, hence the FAQ.

I have gone with simplest is best and am sure, as you have shown, there may be other alternatives to consider.

FAQ184-2483​

Chris
motrac.co.uk

 

[GriffMG]

I suppose you could make your app drop a specific PDF viewer into the same folder as the executable is run from each time it is loaded - there are probably freeware ones available

Regards

Griff
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