Hi,
I'm looking for a component or code which will allow me to print an existing PDF file
from a VB.NET app.
I need the ability to specify the PDF file and the printer name on which it is to
print, then have the document, er, print.
That's it.
I've tried google, but all I've found are many (many) products which will do all
sorts of things like convert files to PDF as well as print them. They are full
featured applications to do way, way more than I need.
I already have the PDF files, I just need the ability for a user to identify the
document he wants to print, and where to print it.
Can anyone offer some suggestions?
Thanks, 3 11548
To print a PDF document, you can use this code:
Private Sub Button1_Click(B yVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles Button1.Click
Dim myProcess As Process = New Process
'myProcess.Star tInfo.WindowSty le = ProcessWindowSt yle.Hidden
myProcess.Start Info.FileName = "C:\!emoreau_mi sc\Doc\UG-Gestion des
utilisateurs.pd f"
myProcess.Start Info.Verb = "Print"
myProcess.Start Info.UseShellEx ecute = True
myProcess.Start ()
myProcess.WaitF orInputIdle()
If myProcess.Respo nding Then
myProcess.Close MainWindow()
Else
myProcess.Kill( )
End If
End Sub
You can read my article of December 2003 titled "The Process component" from http://emoreau.s2i.com/.
To select a printer, I have another article : "Setting Windows default
printer" (March 2005)
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Conseiller Principal / Senior Consultant
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"Jeff Mason" <je******@comca st.net> wrote in message
news:t1******** *************** *********@4ax.c om... Hi,
I'm looking for a component or code which will allow me to print an existing PDF file from a VB.NET app.
I need the ability to specify the PDF file and the printer name on which it is to print, then have the document, er, print.
That's it.
I've tried google, but all I've found are many (many) products which will do all sorts of things like convert files to PDF as well as print them. They are full featured applications to do way, way more than I need.
I already have the PDF files, I just need the ability for a user to identify the document he wants to print, and where to print it.
Can anyone offer some suggestions?
Thanks,
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:44:20 -0400, "Eric Moreau"
<er************ *********@video tron.ca> wrote: To print a PDF document, you can use this code:
Private Sub Button1_Click(B yVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventAr gs) Handles Button1.Click Dim myProcess As Process = New Process 'myProcess.Sta rtInfo.WindowSt yle = ProcessWindowSt yle.Hidden myProcess.Star tInfo.FileName = "C:\!emoreau_mi sc\Doc\UG-Gestion des utilisateurs.p df" myProcess.Star tInfo.Verb = "Print" myProcess.Star tInfo.UseShellE xecute = True myProcess.Star t() myProcess.Wait ForInputIdle()
If myProcess.Respo nding Then myProcess.Clos eMainWindow() Else myProcess.Kill () End If End Sub
You can read my article of December 2003 titled "The Process component" from http://emoreau.s2i.com/.
To select a printer, I have another article : "Setting Windows default printer" (March 2005)
Thanks.
I am aware of the method using ShellExecute. One problem with this for me is that
this presumes that some suitable renderer for the PDF file has been previously
installed on the system and that an appropriate file association has been set up, so
this method requires Acrobat or something like it. Another is that requests will
come from users asking that a given document be printed on a printer specified by the
user. This would mean that I would have to mess with setting the default printer,
which is ugly at best, IMO. I've never seen a satisfactory solution to this issue
either, since it requires the Windows Scripting Host. Yuck.
I'm looking for a solution that doesn't involve Acrobat or the Reader, if possible,
though I admit I didn't state so.
The main issue with Acrobat, et al, is that the code which will be doing the printing
will run on a server, and as I understand it, Adobe licenses don't allow Acrobat to
be used that way.
My Google searches have turned up many products wich will print a PDF file, among a
whole lot of extraneous (for my purposes) features, so it is clear that Acrobat is
not needed to print a PDF.
What is?
"Jeff Mason" <je******@comca st.net> wrote in message
news:38******** *************** *********@4ax.c om... On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:44:20 -0400, "Eric Moreau" <er************ *********@video tron.ca> wrote:
To print a PDF document, you can use this code:
Private Sub Button1_Click(B yVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventA rgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim myProcess As Process = New Process 'myProcess.St artInfo.WindowS tyle = ProcessWindowSt yle.Hidden myProcess.Sta rtInfo.FileName = "C:\!emoreau_mi sc\Doc\UG-Gestion des utilisateurs. pdf" myProcess.Sta rtInfo.Verb = "Print" myProcess.Sta rtInfo.UseShell Execute = True myProcess.Sta rt() myProcess.Wai tForInputIdle()
If myProcess.Respo nding Then myProcess.Clo seMainWindow() Else myProcess.Kil l() End If End Sub
You can read my article of December 2003 titled "The Process component" from http://emoreau.s2i.com/.
To select a printer, I have another article : "Setting Windows default printer" (March 2005)
Thanks.
I am aware of the method using ShellExecute. One problem with this for me is that this presumes that some suitable renderer for the PDF file has been previously installed on the system and that an appropriate file association has been set up, so this method requires Acrobat or something like it. Another is that requests will come from users asking that a given document be printed on a printer specified by the user. This would mean that I would have to mess with setting the default printer, which is ugly at best, IMO. I've never seen a satisfactory solution to this issue either, since it requires the Windows Scripting Host. Yuck.
I'm looking for a solution that doesn't involve Acrobat or the Reader, if possible, though I admit I didn't state so.
The main issue with Acrobat, et al, is that the code which will be doing the printing will run on a server, and as I understand it, Adobe licenses don't allow Acrobat to be used that way.
That is my understanding too.
You need either a PDF renderer, or a translator to translate PDF to a
language supported by your printer.
I had this same issue and here's the best tool I could find: XPDF
Xpdf is an open source viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF)
files. (These are also sometimes also called 'Acrobat' files, from the name
of Adobe's PDF software.) The Xpdf project also includes a PDF text
extractor, PDF-to-PostScript converter, and various other utilities. http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html
This included a command line tool pdftops which will transform a PDF file to
a Postscript file. The postscript file can then be copied to a postscript
printer.
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