Dan, In Acrobat select: File>>Print and you will have the full windows print menu which allows you to print specific pages or a range of pages or a combination of both and a number of sizing and handling options....in addition to all the other available features. As I indicated, you can probably program all these features in R:Base or you can use a program that is universally used and continuously improved. Different users have different preferences, I give my users both options. The wasted paper and toner is why we no longer send reports directly to the printers; reports are always displayed on the screen first and when the user is satisfied with the results, then it is sent to the printer, either the entire report or specific pages.
Javier, Javier Valencia, PE O: 913-829-0888 H: 913-397-9605 C: 913-915-3137 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Goldberg Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:44 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Launch Acrobat I also have a button to allow them to open in Acrobat reader. For the most part they only view and print the page. One of the reasons for going to the built in read is the fact when you print from Acrobat Reader it defaults to printing all the pages. The guys here only need to print the page they are looking at. So they were wasting lots of paper and toner. Dan Goldberg -----Original Message----- From: Javier Valencia Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:36 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Launch Acrobat Dan. I also have a modified version of the R:Base PDF browser but I also give the user the option of using Acrobat to display existing PDF files. Some of the advantages of using the Acrobat Reader are: Opens in separate window and don't need to worry about closing it from the application. Large number of useful tools. Can easily send the current PDF file as an e-mail attachment. Our standard procedure for reports is to display them on the screen (never directly to the printer), if the report is correct, then users can either print it or save it as PDF file and from there, they can e-mail it as an attachment if desired. Zero programming and lots of flexibility If you do not need to use the switches, then you do not need to know which is the latest version of Acrobat, simply use the command: LAUNCH YourPDFFile.pdf And the file will automatically open based on your Windows file association. Again, you can probably do these things from inside the R:Base PDF browser, but it would be like re-inventing a wheel that has been already fairly well optimized and someone else is constantly improving. Javier, Javier Valencia, PE O: 913-829-0888 H: 913-397-9605 C: 913-915-3137 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Goldberg Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:10 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Launch Acrobat I just use the built in pdf viewer control. I can do the pages/zoom and printing control without leaving my application. That way I do not worry about acrobat being installed or what version is installed. I have modified Razzak's demo to fit our needs. Dan Goldberg -----Original Message----- From: Brad Davidson Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:13 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Launch Acrobat Thanks, Mike, I now see this after online searching for params for acrobat... hope to find a listing. Brad -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Byerley Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:09 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Launch Acrobat Those are Acrobat paramaters, not Launch parameters. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Davidson" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 10:55 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Launch Acrobat : Javier, : : Please advise where you discovered the params for 'A' switch and start page : in launching the PDF file. : : Don't see reference to these settings in command syntax for LAUNCH. : : Thank you, : Brad Davidson : : -----Original Message----- : From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Javier : Valencia : Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 3:40 PM : To: RBASE-L Mailing List : Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Launch Acrobat : : Robert, : : I thought someone would have pitched in with answer by now. In any case, : here is code that you can use to do what you want: : : -- Code to LAUNCH Acrobat Reader and open on a selected page : : -- Define variables : SET VAR vLaunchProg TEXT = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader : 10.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe' : SET VAR vFileName TEXT = 'features.pdf' : SET VAR vStartPage INT = 5 : SET VAR vLaunchParams = ('/A' & CHAR(34) + 'PAGE=' + : + CTXT(.vStartPage) + CHAR(34) & CHAR(34) +.vFileName + CHAR(34)) : : -- Create LAUNCH command : SET VAR vLaunch = (.vLaunchProg & '|' & .vLaunchParams & '|W') : : -- Launch the command file : LAUNCH .vLaunch : : RETURN : : The variable vFileName holds the entire file path and name if it is not in : the current directory. : You can use whatever number you need for the start page; in this example I : used 5 The "|W" switch simply tells R:Base to wait until the program : executes and then return to R:Base; you can skip it if you don't need it. : : Good luck. : : Javier, : : Javier Valencia, PE : O: 913-829-0888 : H: 913-397-9605 : C: 913-915-3137 : : -----Original Message----- : From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lister : Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:50 PM : To: RBASE-L Mailing List : Subject: [RBASE-L] - Launch Acrobat : : Hi there: : : I was wandering if anyone knows a way to open a multiple page pdf file on a : specific page. : : According to Acrobat XI you can pass the /A page=3 and it will work, I have : tried but no luck. : : Robert : : -- : : --- 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). 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