V12.5 PDF generation

[Cliff__Wiernik_(Guest)]

I see from the help files that the AMYUNI pdf driver is no longer included due to licensing issues. ____Since we generate PDF^s all the time via runtime control, what is the procedure now to generate PDF files via Reportworks where the file name of the PDF is included in the Reportworks runtime control file.____I understand the licensing issues but how are we supposed to generate PDF files without user intervention. This is an absolute must for our use of the software. ____What are the exact steps to generate PDF^s under program control.____Cliff.

[Joe_(Guest)]

Was this ever answered? I am a long time R&R user, and upgrade periodically. If 12.5 doesn^t offer PDF export, that will be a major problem. It is very necessary to our operation.

[Cliff__Wiernik_(Guest)]

>Was this ever answered? I am a long time R&R user, and __>upgrade periodically. If 12.5 doesn^t offer PDF export, that __>will be a major problem. It is very necessary to our __>operation. ____I am still waiting on a reply to this also.....

[kfleming]

We do not include the Amyuni driver with 12.5.____You can purchase their latest version directly from them or you could look at purchasing alternate drivers such as PDF995. If you want to email your PDF^s, you can purchase PDFeXplode directly from us. This product lets you create and email PDF files.____Kathleen__R&R Support

[Cliff_Wiernik]

If you purchased the PDF995 driver, can you specifically describe how to specify the destination PDF file name. With the v12 and prior, you specify the file name in ri_outfile and pdf driver name in ri_wptr. We need this process to still be automated without user intervention. We don^t mind the purchase of the lower cost PDF995 driver, but need ReportWorks to provide for the ability to control via the program the destination file name for use by the PDF995 driver. This must also be provided for within to multi-tasking user environment so that one print task does not conflict with the other.____How does version 12.5 provide for this with the PDF995. You have mentioned PD995 several times but never specified how this is accomplished. User intervention is not an option.____Cliff.______>We do not include the Amyuni driver with 12.5. __>__>You can purchase their latest version directly from them or __>you could look at purchasing alternate drivers such as __>PDF995. If you want to email your PDF^s, you can purchase __>PDFeXplode directly from us. This product lets you create __>and email PDF files. __>__>Kathleen __>R&R Support __

[Jeffreylig]

I have used print2pdf http://www.software602.com/products/print2pdf/ to create PDF^s without user intervention.____You can also email with this program.

[Richard_Mack_(Guest)]

So, as long as I have a PDF printer installed, I should be able to assign the following (like in previous versions).____PDFDRIVER=0__RI_PRINTER=__RI_WPTR=R&R PDF Export____and ____RI_OUTFILE=^filename and path^ ____I should get a report name ^filename^ at the ^path^?____Is there anything I am missing?

[Thomas_Freitas_(Guest)]

If you would like a free pdf converter, then go to http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp where you can get the CutePDF printer driver. It works on Windows XP as well as Vista. The only drawback is that it allows you to create one at a time and can not be batched! ____When you select this printer driver, you do not check the box sent to file and you do not enter a file path or name. You simple press the Print push button and then another screen appears. This is where you enter the path and output name.____Tom Freitas

[Richard_Mack_(Guest)]

Thanks Tom. ____I will keep this in mind. However, My process batches about 150-250 reports and runs them through R&R (one by one) without user interaction.____I played with this last night and I installed Print2PDF in my development box. This worked great on my development machine, but it looks like this product uses the Amyuni drivers (although I haven^t confirmed this).____*** HOWEVER *** I am still having trouble on our production machine which is a 64 bit machine running windows Server 2003. I am having trouble with the R&R runtime DLL. (See my other posts).____Thanks again,____Richard

[Tom_Freitas_(Guest)]

If you have the old pdf compatible printer driver that use to be with the older versions of R&R, you can create a DO WHILE command to send these to the pdf driver and create separate pdf files for each sequence.____This only works on non-Vista machines.____I use dBasePlus and do the following for creating multiple pdf files;____ PUBLIC m_cnt, m_reccnt__ store 0 to m_cnt__ use &m_cars__ store reccount() to m_reccnt__ DO WHILE m_cnt < m_reccnt__ store m_cnt + 1 to m_cnt__ goto m_cnt__ store road to m_road__ store init to m_init__ store number to m_numb____ use &m_rrw__ store form.text2.text to m_drive__ store iif(m_road="UPAU","60","61") to m_file __**THE BLOW GIVES THE UNIQUE PDF FILE NAME TO EACH FILE. **__ store rtrim(m_drive)+""+iif(m_road="UPAU","118","117")+rtrim(m_init)+ltrim(str(m_numb))+".pdf" to m_out__*** M_SETUP IS A FILE NAME THAT I COPY ALL THE FILES TO THAT I WANT TO CREATE ***__ replace all ri_master with m_setup __ replace all ri_outfile with m_out__ replace all ri_filter with ^RTRIM(init) = "^+RTRIM(m_init)+^" ^+^.and. number = ^+ltrim(str(m_numb))+^ .and. RTRIM(road) = "^+rtrim(m_road)+^"^__ replace all ri_query with "O"__ close databases____ store "rrwrun.exe "+rtrim(m_rrw)+" "+rtrim(m_file) to m_passon__ store m_out to m_carno__ DO DELAY.WFM && The report is run from here so the loop stops during the creation of the file.____ use &m_cars__ ENDDO__ ____The DO DELAY.WFM is another form that uses the m_cnt and m_reccnt. The reason that I do this, is because the system will go right through all the commands without resetting itself causing problems. When you put in another form, DELAY.WFM, it then will complete the operation before it goes back to the DO WHILE command.____Tom Freitas