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create pdf silently by printing but...

Jun 8, 2012 12:12 PM

I need to create PDFs silently via printing but the functionality found in the SDK sample AdobePDFSilent will not suffice because I need to use the API of the native app (Autodesk Inventor) to set up the printing paramaters and to submit the print.  Actually I'm using an interfaceless version of Autodesk Inventor called Apprentice to do the printing because it's much faster than Inventor plus Apprentice won't error out like Inventor would when file references are missing due to where I'm opening the file from which is the file store of a document management system (Autodesk Vault Professional).  Apprentice cannot be set as the associated application to the files extension (idw - drawing file) for the purpose utilizing the functionailty in AdobePDFSilent.  Is there another way?

569 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: cadfish1, Jun 13, 2012 9:21 AM
 
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  • lrosenth
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    1. lrosenth,
    Jun 8, 2012 12:34 PM   in reply to cadfish1
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    All the SDK does is enable you to set the output file name and directory – everything else is up to you.

     

    So not sure what the problem is.

     
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  • cadfish1
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    2. cadfish1,
    Jun 8, 2012 12:51 PM   in reply to lrosenth
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    From what I can see in AdobePDFSilentVB the code launches the associated app to the file extension.  Are you saying my understanding is incorrect concerning AdobePDFSilentVB or are you saying another part of the SDK is capable of what I need?

     

    Thanks for the reply.

     
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  • Karl Heinz Kremer
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    3. Karl Heinz Kremer,
    Jun 8, 2012 1:01 PM   in reply to cadfish1
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    Assuming you are doing this on Windows, you can control this via registry

    keys. Take a look at the Distiller API document (you can find the relevant

    portion of this document here:

    http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/10/Acrobat10_HTMLHelp/Distiller_ WinIntro.61.11.html

    )

     

    You still have to print to the Adobe PDF printer.

     

     

    Karl Heinz Kremer

    PDF Acrobatics Without a Net

     

    khk@khk.net

    http://www.khkonsulting.com

     
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  • cadfish1
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    4. cadfish1,
    Jun 13, 2012 9:21 AM   in reply to Karl Heinz Kremer
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    Thanks for the help Karl but that won't work for me because the example you give sets up distiller to openthe file then print to PDF. Here my situation. The file to print to PDF are Autodesk Inventor drawing files (idw extension).  These file contain references to another file(s) and if distriller opens the drawing file then Inventor would have to locate the reference which is one of the problems.  This problem is the drawing file is in the file store folder structure of a document management system (Autodesk Vault Pro) and the drawing file would not be able to find the reference file due to the store folder structure plus all files in the file store have been renamed to something only the document management system can decipher. I must use Inventor to open the file via its API so I can disregard the missing reference.  Also, there are many printing paramters some of which are not common to printing in general because they're specific to Inventor drawings.  I set the printing paramaters via the Inventor API and submit the print.

     
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