----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 7:18 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Gave up on the Launch
> Mike: > > I got it to work! My problem with trying it from the command prompt was that > I was using the Pipe character there, forgetting that it was an RBase Launch > thing until someone else (forget who it was) asked you what the pipe was for! > So once I navigated to my directory (c:\program files\adobe\acrobat > 5.0\acrobat) then it worked. So I changed your vbs script to put my path in there, > call it with the "zip" command, and I'll be darned it works. > > Thank you so much! You're Happy, I'm Happy... Who could want more?? :-)) > Karen > > > > > Karen, > > > > Does the damn thing work from a C:> ? > > > > "c:\program files\adobe\acrobat4\acrobat\acrobat.exe" /p /h > > c:\temp\illjoe.pdf > > > > works from my C:> > > > > If yours works from the C:>, It will work in the Script. Just change the > > line > > in the script for the Acrobat EXE to match yours. > > > > on my Script, just change the Launch to: > > > > zip WScript PrintPdf.vbs c:\temp\illjoe.pdf > > > > and it will still work OK: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 11:20 AM > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Gave up on the Launch > > > > > > > > > > Well, I've just given up. I tried Alastair's formation of the Launch > > > command, but his had no spaces in the directory hierarchy and > > > mine does. > > > > > > What I did was copy AcroRd32.exe to the c:\ directory and tried > > > the launch to see if the spaces in the directory names made a > > > difference, but it still doesn't print out. In its simplest form, it looks > > > like: > > > > > > LAUNCH 'c:\acrord32.exe|/p /h c:\504209.pdf' > > > > > > No error message, but still no printing. > > > > > > Some people say to use Acrobat.exe instead of Acrord32.exe, so > > > I copied that to c:\ and also didn't work. > > > > > > I tried Mike's .vbs script, changed it to use my directory of: > > > "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" > > > > > > Called it with: launch 'printdoc.vbs|c:\504209-1.pdf' > > > > > > Same thing, no error but no printing. I'm thinking there's something > > > I'm missing to be able to print automatically from acrobat, period! > > > > > > I'm going to tell the client this can't be done in 6.5++ > > > > > > Karen > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- RBASE-L ================================================ TO POST A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don't use any of these words as your Subject: INTRO, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, REMOVE, SUSPEND, RESUME, DIGEST, RESEND, HELP) ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: INTRO ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: UNSUBSCRIBE ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: SEARCH-n (where n is the number of days). In the message body, place any text to search for. ================================================
