Create Pdf File From Vb6 Shell

Hi Pat,I assume, that this is just one of the already found 100 solutions, but to print a pdf you can use SHELLEXECUTE with 'printto' option.DECLARE Integer ShellExecute;IN shell32.dll;Integer hwndParent,;String cVerb,;String cFilename,;String cParameters,;String cDirectory,;Integer nCmdShowShellExecute( SCREEN.HWnd, printto, lcFile, ' + lcPrinter + ', , 0 )CLEAR DLLS ShellExecuteJust replace lcFile by your PDF file and lcPrinterby the user specific printer.Gruss / Best regards -Tom 11. Hi Pat,I assume, that this is just one of the already found 100 solutions, but to print a pdf you can use SHELLEXECUTE with 'printto' option.DECLARE Integer ShellExecute;IN shell32.dll;Integer hwndParent,;String cVerb,;String cFilename,;String cParameters,;String cDirectory,;Integer nCmdShowShellExecute( SCREEN.HWnd, printto, lcFile, ' + lcPrinter + ', , 0 )CLEAR DLLS ShellExecuteJust replace lcFile by your PDF file and lcPrinterby the user specific printer.Gruss / Best regards -Tom 11. Hmm, VFP works well on W7/64, I would not rate it as a challenge because applications are almost 100% compatible, the support is still excellent (you've got the answer in one hour for a free:-), so what else to ask?I am guessing even Windows 8 will be moreless compatible.

Create Pdf File From Vb6 Shell To Print

The challenge will come with the Windows 9 and I may bet even your new non-VFP solution will have problems. But that is far in the future (and beyond 2012:-).So, have a nice times with porting VFP app to 'somewhere else'. I still believe in (VFP compatible) xBase language. This solution does everything I needed, better than I expected but with one small hook. When the 'ShellExecute' is executed, the program opens Adobe Reader, prints the document, returns control to the Foxpro program to continue but failsto close the Adobe Reader program. Any suggestions for how to complete the process?

How to: Create a File in Visual Basic. 2 minutes to read.In this articleThis example creates an empty text file at the specified path using the method in the class. Example Imports System.IOImports System.TextModule Module1Sub MainDim path As String = 'c:tempMyTest.txt' Create or overwrite the file.Dim fs As FileStream = File.Create(path)' Add text to the file.Dim info As Byte = New UTF8Encoding(True).GetBytes('This is some text in the file.' )fs.Write(info, 0, info.Length)fs.CloseEnd SubEnd ModuleCompiling the CodeUse the file variable to write to the file.

Robust ProgrammingIf the file already exists, it is replaced.The following conditions may cause an exception:.The path name is malformed. For example, it contains illegal characters or is only white space.The path is read-only.The path name is Nothing.The path name is too long.The path is invalid.The path is only a colon ':'.NET Framework SecurityA may be thrown in partial-trust environments.The call to the method requires.An is thrown if the user does not have permission to create the file. See also.Feedback.