PDF995 Scripting - anyone got any experience with this?

[John Baker]

Hi:

I have PSD995 installed, and find it a good program. I have been told that using Access
you can set up the PDF file name and location using scripting with this application so
that PDF files can be created automatically. Has anyone done this, and if so what are the
commands that one uses for (a) the Location; (b) the file name, and (c) the triggering of
action.

Help with this would be appreciated either in the form of answers to this question, or
some pointers to locations where the answer might be available..

John Baker

[Pat]

John,
You can control these attributes by writing the the ini file used be PDF995.
PDF995 suggests using it's PDFEdit ware, but it does the same thing. There
is a developer's FAQ that might help some:

http://www.pdf995.com/faq_dev.html

And, in case you don't want to read that, here's a link to a routine that
you can just drop into your app:
You can also control writing to the 995 printer with Albert Kallal's easy
printer utility:

http://www.attcanada.net/~kallal.msn.../msaccess.html


"John Baker" <Ba******@Veriz on.net> wrote in message
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Hi:

I have PSD995 installed, and find it a good program. I have been told that using Access you can set up the PDF file name and location using scripting with this application so that PDF files can be created automatically. Has anyone done this, and if so what are the commands that one uses for (a) the Location; (b) the file name, and (c) the triggering of action.

Help with this would be appreciated either in the form of answers to this question, or some pointers to locations where the answer might be available..

John Baker

[Pat]

The link for the routine is:
http://www.freeware995.com/misc/vbacode.txt

Why MS gave OE the shortcut ctrl-enter to send a message I'll never
know.....
I can't tell you the number of times I've sent an email when I was just
trying to paste!

HTH,
Pat
"Pat" <no*****@ihates pam.bum> wrote in message
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John,
You can control these attributes by writing the the ini file used be PDF995. PDF995 suggests using it's PDFEdit ware, but it does the same thing. There is a developer's FAQ that might help some:

http://www.pdf995.com/faq_dev.html

And, in case you don't want to read that, here's a link to a routine that
you can just drop into your app:
You can also control writing to the 995 printer with Albert Kallal's easy
printer utility:

http://www.attcanada.net/~kallal.msn.../msaccess.html


"John Baker" <Ba******@Veriz on.net> wrote in message
news:5e******** *************** *********@4ax.c om...

Hi:

I have PSD995 installed, and find it a good program. I have been told

that using Access

you can set up the PDF file name and location using scripting with this application so

that PDF files can be created automatically. Has anyone done this, and

if so what are the

commands that one uses for (a) the Location; (b) the file name, and (c) the triggering of

action.

Help with this would be appreciated either in the form of answers to

this question, or

some pointers to locations where the answer might be available..

John Baker

[John Baker]

Pat:

Thanks for the reference, however the routine has some sort of problem on my system
(Access 2000, w98).

The line:
Dim iniFileName As String, tmpPrinter As Printer

comes back with an error (highlighting the tmpPrinter term) "User defined type not
defined". I am not certain what the implication of this is, or how to solve it. Do I need
some other capabilities or something they have not included?

Suggestions?

John

"Pat" <no*****@ihates pam.bum> wrote:

The link for the routine is:
http://www.freeware995.com/misc/vbacode.txt

Why MS gave OE the shortcut ctrl-enter to send a message I'll never
know.....
I can't tell you the number of times I've sent an email when I was just
trying to paste!

HTH,
Pat
"Pat" <no*****@ihates pam.bum> wrote in message
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John,
You can control these attributes by writing the the ini file used be

PDF995.

PDF995 suggests using it's PDFEdit ware, but it does the same thing.

There

is a developer's FAQ that might help some:

http://www.pdf995.com/faq_dev.html

And, in case you don't want to read that, here's a link to a routine that
you can just drop into your app:
You can also control writing to the 995 printer with Albert Kallal's easy
printer utility:

http://www.attcanada.net/~kallal.msn.../msaccess.html


"John Baker" <Ba******@Veriz on.net> wrote in message
news:5e******** *************** *********@4ax.c om...

> Hi:
>
> I have PSD995 installed, and find it a good program. I have been told

that

using Access

> you can set up the PDF file name and location using scripting with this

application so

> that PDF files can be created automatically. Has anyone done this, and

if

so what are the

> commands that one uses for (a) the Location; (b) the file name, and (c)

the triggering of

> action.
>
> Help with this would be appreciated either in the form of answers to

this

question, or

> some pointers to locations where the answer might be available..
>
> John Baker

[John Baker]

Pat: Thanks for all the pointers.

I am now working with both the routines you referred me to, but have one probloem.

The PDF995 routine has parameters:

WritePrivatePro fileString («lpApplication Name», «lpKeyName», «lpString», «lpFileName»)

For the life of me I can not find exactly what the nature of the values that they are
calling for are.

I have tried the logical things and ended up with:

WritePrivatePro fileString ("PayHistory"," ","C:/dump","testpdf" )

PayHistory is the report
C:/dump is the directory I want the PDF to go to
testpdf is the output name I am looking for.

This does not work!! Do you have any interpretation of all this?

Thnks again

John

"Pat" <no*****@ihates pam.bum> wrote:

The link for the routine is:
http://www.freeware995.com/misc/vbacode.txt

Why MS gave OE the shortcut ctrl-enter to send a message I'll never
know.....
I can't tell you the number of times I've sent an email when I was just
trying to paste!

HTH,
Pat
"Pat" <no*****@ihates pam.bum> wrote in message
news:L4******* **********@fe2. texas.rr.com...

John,
You can control these attributes by writing the the ini file used be

PDF995.

PDF995 suggests using it's PDFEdit ware, but it does the same thing.

There

is a developer's FAQ that might help some:

http://www.pdf995.com/faq_dev.html

And, in case you don't want to read that, here's a link to a routine that
you can just drop into your app:
You can also control writing to the 995 printer with Albert Kallal's easy
printer utility:

http://www.attcanada.net/~kallal.msn.../msaccess.html


"John Baker" <Ba******@Veriz on.net> wrote in message
news:5e******** *************** *********@4ax.c om...

> Hi:
>
> I have PSD995 installed, and find it a good program. I have been told

that

using Access

> you can set up the PDF file name and location using scripting with this

application so

> that PDF files can be created automatically. Has anyone done this, and

if

so what are the

> commands that one uses for (a) the Location; (b) the file name, and (c)

the triggering of

> action.
>
> Help with this would be appreciated either in the form of answers to

this

question, or

> some pointers to locations where the answer might be available..
>
> John Baker

[John Baker]

I am sorry for the multiple messages. I have had trouble with my internet connection and
wasn't clear which messages actually went out!