Try: “print xx.pdf”… simple as that :-) it tells Win 10 to just print the document using whatever app is set do print the type of document passed to the command. It’ll no open the app, will just print the document.
hth julio > On May 2, 2019, at 5:15 PM, Doug Cottrill via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I would like to automatically print an external document (specifically a PDF) > from within 4D on Windows 10. The process would be: > 1) Find the PDF to print (I know the name and location of this doc > programmatically) > 2) Open the PDF in Acrobat Reader > 3) Tell reader to print the PDF > 4) Close the document > > This should all be done without user intervention, and I have no need to > display the document within 4D- I just want 4D to print the document. > > It seems like Launch External Process would be the way to do this, but I'm > unfamiliar with exactly what I should be passing as parameters to do this. > > Any help appreciated, > > Thanks! -- Julio Carneiro [email protected] ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
