print pdf from C#

[acoliveira]

I have seen several posts regarding this topic and I have tried some solutions using the System.Diagnostics.Process in .NET 2.0 where impersonation can be easily done by setting the username and password.

Anyway, with or without impersonation the max I could do is to see notepad or acrobat run as a process in the task manager.

My purpose, to print a pdf document, is never achieved. The process starts running and never terminates. Can't understand what is wrong...

This is the code I am testing at the moment:

Process command = new Process();

command.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\\acrobat5\\Reader\\acrord32.exe";
command.StartInfo.Arguments ="/h /p c:\\teste1.pdf";
//impersonating
command.StartInfo.UserName = "Administrator";
command.StartInfo.Domain = "domainX";

System.Security.SecureString pwd = new System.Security.SecureString();
foreach (char c in "passwordX")
pwd.AppendChar(c);

command.StartInfo.Password = pwd;
command.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
command.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
command.Start();
command.WaitForExit();
command.Close();

Can someone please help?

Regards,
Andreia

[blackjack2150]

Hi.

I'm now struggling with the same task. Did you manage to find a solution? If so, could you be so kind as to share it with me?

Thanks.

[MaxPersson]

The newer versions of adobe does not take the command /p .. don't know what they use nowadays, but that wont work. you just opened an acrobat file with that command.

[blackjack2150]

The newer versions of adobe does not take the command /p .. don't know what they use nowadays, but that wont work. you just opened an acrobat file with that command.

I've done it using Acrobat Reader 7. I don't think that the /p parameter is required.

Refer to this article:

http://aspalliance.com/514

[SammyB]

I have seen several posts regarding this topic and I have tried some solutions using the System.Diagnostics.Process in .NET 2.0 where impersonation can be easily done by setting the username and password.

Anyway, with or without impersonation the max I could do is to see notepad or acrobat run as a process in the task manager.

My purpose, to print a pdf document, is never achieved. The process starts running and never terminates. Can't understand what is wrong...

This is the code I am testing at the moment:

Process command = new Process();

command.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\\acrobat5\\Reader\\acrord32.exe";
command.StartInfo.Arguments ="/h /p c:\\teste1.pdf";
//impersonating
command.StartInfo.UserName = "Administrator";
command.StartInfo.Domain = "domainX";

System.Security.SecureString pwd = new System.Security.SecureString();
foreach (char c in "passwordX")
pwd.AppendChar(c);

command.StartInfo.Password = pwd;
command.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
command.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
command.Start();
command.WaitForExit();
command.Close();

Can someone please help?

Regards,
Andreia

See my solution at http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread651374.html
It looks a lot like yours but uses StartInfo instead of the command line. HTH --Sam

[DotNetDeveloper2007]

I have found a solution on the following website.
printing pdfs in c# - pdfs in c# ausdrucken
The text ist in German but the code sample could be easily understood. The example uses the print verb and closes the acrobat reader instance after the printing.

[Phil Thurston]

Well done DotNetDeveloper2007, yours was the final solution after hours of fruitless searching. And the best thing is; you don't need the full path of the app associated with pdf files.

string fileName = "C:\\Test.pdf";
Process proc = new Process ();
proc.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = false;
proc.StartInfo.Verb = "print";
proc.StartInfo.FileName = fileName;
proc.Start();
proc.WaitForExit(10000);
proc.CloseMainWindow();
proc.Close();