Printing to PDF generator automatically

To explain my current method:

I currently ask an operator to choose save or print, or both, at the end of a program. Regardless of what he chooses, I save a temporary PDF file of the report anyways, so if he/she has ADD they can still go back and salvage the report. This temporary file gets deleted and rewritten every program run. Right now I use the included PC-DMIS PDF printer. This is causing me a headache because the **** thing takes upwards of 15 seconds to generate even a 1 page report, and PC-DMIS waits until it is done.

My question:

If I printed this to a bullzip printer or something similar, is there ANY way to do it automatically, so that the PDF printer did not display at all, or pop up any dialog boxes? Specify a filename to print to in the code, as I do now, and let it do its thing in the background? I'm looking for a faster solution that allows me to keep the temp report I have.

Thanks!

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Chally72 over 14 years ago

I generate the filename in a script. It contains part #, workorder #, serial #, and date and time stamp, collected from user inputs and program variables.

So I want to hands-off save a pdf named with whatever is in variable X. No pop-up windows, no chance to change the filename, etc. With my limited computer skills, I can only do this through the 250 converter.
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Chally72 over 14 years ago

I generate the filename in a script. It contains part #, workorder #, serial #, and date and time stamp, collected from user inputs and program variables.

So I want to hands-off save a pdf named with whatever is in variable X. No pop-up windows, no chance to change the filename, etc. With my limited computer skills, I can only do this through the 250 converter.
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