Frank - This is really interesting - you have just presented a totally different method of automating Adobe output from R:BASE than I was going to present at the developers' conference! I've used Razzak's method of configuring the Acrobat PDFWriter rather than the Distiller - I'll have to test out the differences and see if I can see some benefits one way or another.
Did you have a particular reason you chose to configure the Distiller vs. the PDFWriter? Thanks, Sami ----------------------------------------------------------- Sami Aaron Software Management Specialists 19312 W 63rd Terr Shawnee KS 66218 913-915-1971 http://www.softwaremgmt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betaserver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rbase List Server (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 9:27 AM Subject: Acrobat 5.0, Win2K, & RB6.5++, Look Ma no Hands ! > After doing some research on Adobe's web site I found the answers to > being able to print rbase reports using acrobat 5.0's Distiller. Now > with The glorious (Razzak is getting contagious) RBase 6.5++ I can > print our company's invoices without any user interaction to a specific > directory. Also with 2 other programs.. Postie (excellent program!) for > email and Zetafax for faxing, we can now move towards a more paperless > environment, something none of the current software packages for my > industry currently offers. Now with the price of postage going up, it > makes it even more attractive. Anyway I wanted to post the directions > for automating Acrobat 5.0 on Win2K in case anyone else is looking for > the information, the Adobe website was really unorganized and hard to > find this information. > > After installing Acrobat 5.0, the distiller printer will be added to the > printers folder. > > open the printers folder.. Right click on the distiller printer and open > printer preferences > > Click the Adobe PDF settings tab > > Un-check the defaults of the following 3, > - View result in acrobat > - Prompt for the PDF filename > - Ask to replace existing PDF file > Then Click Apply and close the window > > Now by default all pdf output will goto the Current users Desktop > (..\documents & settings\{user}\desktop) To change the default path > Right click the distiller printer and click on properties > Click on the ports tab > > You will see the port for the distiller with the default directory.. > which can not be changed.. so simply click add port.. double click on > PDF port, and select the default directory for your PDF output. > Back in the ports window.. check off the new port as the default port > (you can also delete the old one if you want) > Now from RBase you can print reports directly to that folder after > changing printers to distiller and simply out pri.. > > I am still beta testing the ZetaFax software for faxing these reports.. > but unfortunately it does not take direct PDF attachments, I actually > have to convert it to a TIFF file first... I know we talked about this > before.. but has anyone come across any new or better Faxing software > that would allow you to send batches of files with attachments from > RBase and then send them out ? > > -- Frank > > Frank Conroy -- Systems Network Administrator > F.J. O'Hara & Sons, Inc. -- Boston, MA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 617-790-3093 > > > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
