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Setting a Default for Report Window Printing

I have multiple operators creating/running programs that are stored on a network drive and understand that the report window print setup, by default, will 'print" the pdf report to the measurement routine folder with the program name and an index value. What we would like to do is override that in some way, for example:
Let say the default measurement routine directory is set to "S:\CMM_Programs".
When printing the report, we would like to have it automatically point the operator to a synced SharePoint file, lets call it "C:\users\(user name)\(SharePoint site)\CMM_Reports". The only thing they would need to do is find the existing part number folder, or create a new folder if one doesn't yet exist.
Now, I know we can do that by changing the file path in the report window print setup configuration, however that would need to be done for each program, either new or existing, due to the defaults defined in "set Search Path", and trying to have them use a program template with default print commands or having them "prompted" each time would be cumbersome at best.
I already have the desired SharePoint library synced to each of their user ID's, so I just need to know if we can set something like a "default measurement report directory" to point them there, regardless of where the measurement routine is stored. Thanks
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  • Thanks for the code, mrolling53. I had thought about using a print command but was stuck on getting the path to use variables the way I wanted them to, but I think I got it now.
    I'll throw a template together and see what kind of operator feedback I get (some of these guys can be challenging Wink )
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  • Thanks for the code, mrolling53. I had thought about using a print command but was stuck on getting the path to use variables the way I wanted them to, but I think I got it now.
    I'll throw a template together and see what kind of operator feedback I get (some of these guys can be challenging Wink )
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