On May 6, 2019, at 2:00 PM, Doug Cottril wrote: > Julio & all > > That does indeed, work. However, the SW_Hide parameter does not seem to > suppress the print > dialogs. Since I actually need to print multiple documents at once, the user > does not want to > press the print button after every page (and there could be 50+ pages, so I > don’t blame them) > > I’ll read the docs a bit and the resource Chip posted, but if anyone has beat > their head against > this wall before and either has a solution, or knows there isn’t one, I’d > appreciate hearing > about it.
You appear to have several options: PDFtoPrinter http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/pdftoprinter.html Have not used it, just found it with Google. Foxit Reader https://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf-reader/ Have not used it, just found it with Google. Acrobat Reader using “officially undocumented” command line interface. This is the one I built and used many years ago. Not sure if it still works in the current version of Acrobat Reader. You will have to test it to see if it still works. Here is some sample code initially written back in 2007. Yikes!! But you can see it supports Acrobat Reader from version 5.0 to 10.0. But you will get the docs on the command line parameters. (I found this doing Google searches long time ago.) // =========================================== // PROJECT METHOD: ExpenseReport_PrintReceipts // PARAMETERS: $1 = full path to PDF file to print // DESCRIPTION: Called form PrintExpenseReport method to print a PDF file // of receipts. // This method uses the partially documented -- and unsupported -- way of getting // Adobe Reader to print a PDF file without displaying print dialogs to the user. // Command Line Parameters: // /p = displays the Print Dialog box (but my testing shows it does not always show dialog box) // /t = prints without dialog box (but you need to also include the printer name parameter) // /n = Launches a separate instance of Acrobat or Adobe Reader, even if one is currently open. // /s = Opens Acrobat or Adobe Reader, suppressing the splash screen. // /o = Opens Acrobat or Adobe Reader, suppressing the open file dialog. // /h = Opens Acrobat or Adobe Reader in a minimized window. // CREATED BY: Tim Nevels, Innovative Solutions ©2007 // DATE: 9/20/2007 // LAST MODIFIED: // ============================================ C_TEXT($1;$documentPath_t) $documentPath_t:=$1 $OKtoContinue_b:=True If (<>MacOS) Msg ("Printing receipt PDF files is currently not supported for Mac OS X.") $OKtoContinue_b:=False End if // get path to Adobe Reader If ($OKtoContinue_b) $adobeReaderProgramPath_t:="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Reader 10.0\\Reader\\AcroRd32.exe" If (Test path name($adobeReaderProgramPath_t)#Is a document) $adobeReaderProgramPath_t:="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Reader 9.0\\Reader\\AcroRd32.exe" If (Test path name($adobeReaderProgramPath_t)#Is a document) $adobeReaderProgramPath_t:="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Reader 8.0\\Reader\\AcroRd32.exe" If (Test path name($adobeReaderProgramPath_t)#Is a document) $adobeReaderProgramPath_t:="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Reader 7.0\\Reader\\AcroRd32.exe" If (Test path name($adobeReaderProgramPath_t)#Is a document) $adobeReaderProgramPath_t:="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Acrobat 7.0\\Acrobat\\Acrobat.exe" If (Test path name($adobeReaderProgramPath_t)#Is a document) $adobeReaderProgramPath_t:="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Acrobat 5.0\\Acrobat\\Acrobat.exe" If (Test path name($adobeReaderProgramPath_t)#Is a document) Msg ("ERROR: Unable to locate Adobe Reader application."+<>CR+<>CR+"Please locate the program.") $docRef:=Open document("";"APPL";Get pathname) If (OK=1) $adobeReaderProgramPath_t:=Document Else $adobeReaderProgramPath_t:="" End if End if End if End if End if End if End if If ($adobeReaderProgramPath_t="") Msg ("ERROR: Unable to print Receipts PDF file. The Adobe Reader application could not"+" be found.") $OKtoContinue_b:=False End if End if // get current printer name If ($OKtoContinue_b) $printerName_t:=Get current printer End if // issue the print command to Acrobat Reader If ($OKtoContinue_b) $documentPath_t:=Char(Double quote)+$documentPath_t+Char(Double quote) $adobeReaderProgramPath_t:=Char(Double quote)+$adobeReaderProgramPath_t+Char(Double quote) // handle special command line parameters for different Adobe versions Case of : (Caps lock down) // %%%%%%%%%%%% Debugging Code %%%%%%%%%%%% $commandLineParameters_t:=" /p /h /s " $userInput_t:=Request("Enter command line parameters:";$commandLineParameters_t) If (OK=1) $commandLineParameters_t:=$userInput_t End if // %%%%%%%%%%%% Debugging Code %%%%%%%%%%%% : ($adobeReaderProgramPath_t="@Reader 10.0@") $commandLineParameters_t:=" /t " : ($adobeReaderProgramPath_t="@Reader 9.0@") $commandLineParameters_t:=" /t " : ($adobeReaderProgramPath_t="@Reader 8.0@") $commandLineParameters_t:=" /t " Else $commandLineParameters_t:=" /p /h /s " End case SET ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE("_4D_OPTION_HIDE_CONSOLE";"true") LAUNCH EXTERNAL PROCESS($adobeReaderProgramPath_t+$commandLineParameters_t+$documentPath_t+" "+$printerName_t) End if Tim ***************************************** Tim Nevels Innovative Solutions 785-749-3444 timnev...@mac.com ***************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
