printing a pdf on CD
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From: Opera Rat on 16 Aug 2006 01:40 How do I have a button print a pdf file from a cd-rom or harddrive? I never need to display this file. I just need to point to it and print it.
From: Sean Wilson on 16 Aug 2006 01:51 You can use Buddy API (of course) - baPrintFile() If you ever need to display a PDF on your stage try Impressario: <http://www.inm.com>
From: Andrew Morton on 16 Aug 2006 03:53 Opera Rat wrote: > So something like this as a movie script that gets called: > > on printMusic > set prntMusic = baPrintFile("theFile.pdf") > prntMusic > end > > Well I tried this and indeed it does print. BUT somehow there is an > error. My director movie does not have a window box - it fills the > entire screen and there is no task bar showing in windows. So when > acrobat reader opens the taskbar appears a script error alert box > opens and the file prints. I never see the acrobat window, which is > ok. I just want the file to print out. What am I doing wrong? Take out the line that says only "prntMusic" or check its value to see if baPrintFile executed without error. Andrew
From: Opera Rat on 16 Aug 2006 03:42 So something like this as a movie script that gets called: on printMusic set prntMusic = baPrintFile("theFile.pdf") prntMusic end Well I tried this and indeed it does print. BUT somehow there is an error. My director movie does not have a window box - it fills the entire screen and there is no task bar showing in windows. So when acrobat reader opens the taskbar appears a script error alert box opens and the file prints. I never see the acrobat window, which is ok. I just want the file to print out. What am I doing wrong?
From: Opera Rat on 16 Aug 2006 04:22
Now it works without and error. The taskbar still pops up but that's o.k. I guess the user needs to know that another program has opened. Once the user clicks back on the move the taskbar disapperars. |