David, In 6.5++ they will need The full version Acrobat to create a PDF (unlike the awesome 7.1 that is built in).. Once that is installed (depending on the version, 5, 6, or now even 7) you will get a new printer, the Acrobat distiller or PDFWriter.. So to create a PDF you would simply Prnsetup to that printer, and then Out PRI, Print <reportname>. If you are looking for a pdf to be automatically be created with no user input, and no preview, Then you have to do some tweaking to the distiller/pdfwriter.
Tweaking the Distiller Printer - Open the printer folder right click on the Distiller printer and choose printing preferences Click on the Adobe PDF settings tab Uncheck these options -- view result in acrobat -- Prompt for a pdf name -- ask to replace existing file Click apply and close the windows The default file will now be sent to the users desktop as the <reportname>.pdf to change this go back to the properties of the distiller printer Click on PORTS tab, click Add Port, on the new port type, double click on the PDF port Choose the location of the default pdf files, example C:\PDFOUT click close, close again and then apply. Now all output will automatically goto the C:\pdfout\<reportname>.pdf If you would like I can send you an example of my actual code that sends all of our invoices out as PDF'S via fax and email. -- Frank Taylor, Systems Network Administrator -- F.J. O'Hara Corp, Boston, MA -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 617-790-3093 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David M. Blocker Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 12:51 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Printing to PDF in 6.5++ I seem to remember that it is possible to print to a PDF file in 6.5++ - I need to do this one time for a client, but can't find the how to in my notes anywhere. Anyone remember how to do this? David David Blocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 781-784-1919 Fax: 781-784-1860 Cell: 339-206-0261
