Please, go with the COM API, if you don't yet understandġ. Olaf Doschke (Programmer) 27 Dec 15 09:34
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RE: Default destination for output pdf file (Bullzip). Then the user could use GETDIR() to define a desired output directory and the app could MOVE it (actually a COPY FILE command followed by a 'house cleaning' DELETE of the original), renaming the file along the way. Instead I had the app go ahead and use the pre-configured output directory and 'standardized' file name.
However I never needed to do any of that. (* to do so I would use FILETOSTR() - make the change to the string - then write it back out with STRTOFILE() *) If all that worked and you wanted a more dynamic user-centric operation, you could have your VFP application make the INI file change on its own. Go into the INI file and examine the contents to see if the new setting is reflected. Use the Bullzip configuration GUI app and configure the desired settingsĤ. If you are doing this for a client system, you would first need to confirm that the file exists and was where you expected it to be.ģ. Where both the output directory AND the 'standardized' output filename are defined. Output=C:\Temp\Lead Images\Replacement.pdf That same line from an even older client installation says: That would suggest that back then I did configure a default output directory, but not a 'standardized' output file name. I did, however, find an OLD, OLD file: PDF Printer.ini from a previous installation and it does contain the line: I just now installed a new version of Bullzip onto my Win7 machine.īut after doing so I did not find a current INI file like you describe. Olaf Doschke (Programmer) 26 Dec 15 20:51 Sorry for this rather long explanation, but if you have any further ideas JRB, I will be grateful. Or should I just instruct the user to find the Bullzip PDF Printer\settings.ini file (which will be in a different place on his machine)? I would like to be able to change this setting within my application, by altering this settings.ini file. On my machine it is at :Ĭ:\users\dell\Appdata\roaming\PDF Writer\Bullzip.PDF Printer\settings.ini (So I was probably mistaken in thinking that these settings were in the registry). I see that there is a Bullzip settings file. If he then selects the Bullzip printer, I would like the default folder to be the same as if he was printing to Bullzip under the application’s control.
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This then brings up the standard Windows printer selection window. What I am trying to achieve is when he asks just to print (which invokes my REPORT FORM command with the PROMPT option). pdf files into a specific subfolder - he can then move it if he wants. Thank you JRB, for your helpful and considered reply which will put me on the right track.įor outputting to Bullzip within my application, I adopt a similar approach to you, and (for a particular user) always put the. Dangerous stuff, but I would like to know what I need to change in the registry (if that is the way to go), and how I can do this from within my VFP application. I have tried changing this by using Regedit but without success. I understand that there is a registry setting Software\Bullzip\PDF Printer\default. I would like to be able to set the default folder so that that is the folder which is offered when he selects this pdf printer.
The user can indeed navigate to a different folder for the current output file. On my installation, if he selects ‘Bullzip PDF Printer’, the default destination folder is the Desktop. The user may however ask for the report to go to a (general) printer when the REPORT FORM command is executed he is taken to the standard dialogue for selecting a printer. If I am doing this under program control I can specify (among other things) the destination folder where the pdf file is to be written. I am using Bullzip as a pdf printer from VFP (under Windows 7).
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