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Report form keeping PDF file open at end of report

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manpaul

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Jan 10, 2005
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CA
I am running a report form that outputs to a PDF printer driver. The report works fine, but will not close the file when it is completed. If I run or that one report it places all the reports into the same file. How can I close the report file after the report is completed.
The code is very simple
SELECT statement
SET FILTER TO statement.ccustno = selector.ccustno
INDEX ON STR(statement.ccustno) + DTOC(statement.invdate) TO "c:\cobraprint\state"
SET INDEX TO "c:\cobraprint\state"
GO TOP
report form 'd:\cobra 2004\reports\stathtml.frx' TO PRINTER PROMPT

On the printer prmpt I select the pdf printer driver.

How do I close the pdf file.



 

What version of Adode are you using? Does it come with the Distiller?

Mike Gagnon

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Mike

What I am using is a printer driver from click to convert, what I need to do is stop the process when the report is completed.

Paul
 
I am having the same problem. It's been opening for a a week now (it used to not open) and for a week it was fine, then yesterday when my processes sends an email with the pdf attached it got an error cause it was open, but this never was a problem wither.

Computers rock.

If anyone knows how to keep

report form &cFormName noconsole to file &cReportFileName

from actually opening the PDF and displaying it using Acrobat PDFWriter, that would be a great help.

Thanks.
 
Paul and WebRookie,
These don't appear to be a VFP problem, but rather with that printer driver. Perhaps you need to address your questions to this vendor or try a different PDF driver. I've used a couple others and they don't have these problems. (For the record, I've used the Adobe one, 5D PDF Creator and Amyuni PDF Converter.)

Rick
 
I have been doing some more investigation on this problem
and I have found a nice free printer driver that works very well.

I am still trying to figure out how to override the save function when the printer is selected, as when I create the PDF file I want to automatically e mail or fax as an attachment and when the user enters the file name I can not perform this without user intervention.

If anyone has any ideas on how to capture this name it would be great.

Here is the web site
 
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