No problem Paul. Looking forward to the beer next year ;-) > On 27 Jul 2016, at 4:43 PM, Paul Dupuis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Monte, > > Thank you so much - exactly that - so for LC6.x I added the follow which > address the problem whether in the IDE or standalone > > put the defaultFolder into tSaveDefaultFolder > if (the environment is "development") then -- IDE > set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath("engine") > else -- standalone > set the defaultFolder to appPath() > end if > > -- do my PDF printing > > set the defaultFolder to tSaveDefaultFolder > > If I every see you at a LiveCode Conference (I have to attend Edinburgh > via webcast this year), I owe you drinks or a meal or both! > > > On 7/26/2016 11:31 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: >> Hi Paul >> >> I bumped into this in a project just before I started working for LiveCode. >> There’s an issue some of the latter 6.7 releases that requires you to set >> the default folder to the folder the pdf printer dll is in before opening >> printing for the first time. I believe this is fixe in LC 8. >> >> Cheers >> >> Monte >>> On 26 Jul 2016, at 4:49 PM, Paul Dupuis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I have very large application running under LC 6.7.11 for Windows and OSX >>> >>> I have code that does an "open printing for PDF", prints a field, and >>> closes printing. Under OSX this works fine. >>> >>> Under Windows, in both the IDE and a standalone, I get an execution >>> error on the open printing for pdf line with the message: >>> execution error at line n/a (printing: Unknown destination) >>> >>> In the standalone, I might have interpreted this error as that the >>> "revpdfprinter.dll" did not get added to the standalone, but it is >>> (although why this dll is placed at the application level and not in the >>> Externals folder continues to puzzle me). >>> >>> I also might have though the file path & name passed to open pritning >>> for pdf may have been a problem, but I have checked via debugger and the >>> file path & name is valid, in a writable location, plenty of disk space, >>> etc. Also tried multiple files and locations, so that is not it >>> >>> However the fact that it happens in the IDE completely mystifies me. Can >>> ANY one tell me what this error really means and what the cause may be? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
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