Thanks to all that replied, Stephen J. Orth’s Win32API is the winning solution.
That’s why this is is awesome.
cheers,
julio
> On Mar 19, 2019, at 4:42 PM, ADeeg via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>
> 4D Tech mailing list wrote
>> Has anyone here had the need to print a PDF document from 4D, and found a
>> solution?
>>
>> I am not talking about generating a PDF from 4D. I have an existing PDF
>> document and I need 4D to print it for me! Exactly, user selects a PDF
>> document and I have 4D command it to be printed.
>>
>> I can use LEP, a plugin, whatever, but so far I have not found a way to do
>> it, with a 100% assurance the document will come out faithfully.
>>
>> Oh, and this in on Windows.
>>
>> Thanks for any pointers.
>> --
>> Julio Carneiro
>
> Hi Julio,
>
> I use this:
>
> Windows:
> $errText:=sys_ShellExecute ("print";$vt_path;"";"";1)
> With Win32Api Plugin
>
> Mac:
> C_TEXT($1;$POSIXPath;$HFSPath)
> $HFSPath:=$1
> $POSIXPath:=Replace string($HFSPath;":";"/")
> LAUNCH EXTERNAL PROCESS("lp \"/Volumes/"+$POSIXPath+"\"")
>
> Regards Armin
> And if you need a solution to create pdfs on windows:
> http://www.node.de/indexplug.htm <http://www.node.de/indexplug.htm>
>
>
>
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