That's it! Thanks. But... On my Win98 system the key is:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\Acrobat Distiller\Port

I wonder how you tell which to use, other than by trial and error? And are
there other possibilties?

Ian Erickson wrote:

> Bill,
>
> It would take some testing, but you could probably try using the following
> registry key:
>
> HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Printers\Acrobat Distiller\Port
>
> On my machine the key is currently set to:
>
> D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 4.0\PDF Output\*.pdf
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> - Ian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Thoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: MI-L Finding the PDF Output path
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> > I have another question about printing maps as PDF files using
> > Adobe Distiller. It seems that the folder into which the plots
> > are created depends on the version number or on what the user
> > sets up. Since I want to automate the printing process with
> > MapBasic, I'd also like to be able to locate that folder
> > automatically. Does anyone know where Adobe stores information
> > about its 'PDF Output' folder? Or can I set the path name using
> > some code?
> >
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