Armin, I would love to try it out. I’ll raise the subject in our next development meeting.
I’m tired of all these PDF driver headaches on Windows over all these years, so a single solution that I never have to worry about installation issues and missing stuff on a client computer or bad Windows permission or <insert your frustrating IT issue here> would definitely be a welcome relief. Randy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Randy Jaynes Senior Programmer and Customer Support http://printpoint.com <http://printpoint.com/> • 845.687.3741 • PrintPoint, Inc • 57 Ludlow Lane • Palisades, NY 10964 Please send all email contacts to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Jun 20, 2018, at 1:47 PM, ADeeg via 4D_Tech <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Randy, > > as mentioned before, try our plugin, within 5 minutes you have a working > solution. It produces very small pdf files and has a lot of features on top. > And yes the sample database has also a Write Pro area to print > > The plugin comes with a silent driver installer and works from WinXP up to > the the latest win10 > > http://www.node.de/indexplug.htm <http://www.node.de/indexplug.htm> > > Regards Armin > > P.S.: I've tried the Win 10 internal pdf printer from 4D v16.3hf3 32Bit. The > result produces big pdf files and the pdf files are corrupted > > > 4D Tech mailing list wrote >> Tim, >> >> As I mentioned in my original message, I cannot use PDFCreator. So this >> does not work for me on Windows: >>> SET PRINT OPTION(Destination option;3;fileName) >> >> as per documentation, but that was why I mentioned that I wasn't using >> PDFCreator. >> >> As per docs, It works fine on Mac, but not Windows. Which is ok. I was >> having issues getting to the other drivers. >> >> For years we’ve been doing this with 4D Write by simply changing printers >> to >> Adobe PDF >> Win2PDF >> PDF995 >> >> Each of these print drivers provides a way to programmatically set the >> document name so the driver works. >> >> So I have managed to make this block of code work for all drivers but >> Adobe PDF: >> >> GET PRINT OPTION(Destination option;$saveDestination;$savePath) >> SET PRINT OPTION(Destination option;2;$tFullDocumentPath) >> >> WP PRINT($WriteArea;wk 4D Write Pro layout) >> >> SET PRINT OPTION(Destination option;$saveDestination;$savePath) >> >> I still have to use the mechanisms that each of the printer drivers >> themselves require for giving the driver the document path, but WP PRINT >> still requires me to use the SET PRINT OPTION command to set the path or >> it puts up the save as dialog to get a name even though the printer driver >> itself doesn’t need it or use it. >> >> So now all I have to do is figure out what the heck is wrong with Acrobat >> PDF. It works fine and produces a proper PDF if I manually print and >> choose Acrobat PDF, but generates a corrupt PDF if try to do the above >> code programmatically. >> >> The file is not readable by any application (except a text editor) AND >> it’s 11MB in size, where the other printer drivers product a 209KB file. >> >> Fun. Fun. Fun. >> >> Getting there, though. >> >> Randy > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://4d.1045681.n5.nabble.com/4D-Tech-f1376241.html > <http://4d.1045681.n5.nabble.com/4D-Tech-f1376241.html> > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html <http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html> > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > <http://lists.4d.com/archives.html> > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > <https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech> > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
