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Printing a document to a file - Newbie - 6/15/2008 10:00:28 AM

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Hi I am trying to print a document to file via a pdf converter, can you please help me with the syntax, I am not able to print.

strPrinterPath = "CutePDF Writer"
Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter strPrinterPath

str = "c:\test.doc"

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")

objShell.ShellExecute str, "", "", "print", 1

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RE: Printing a document to a file - Newbie - 6/16/2008 12:05:40 AM

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What happens? Do you get an error? What is the error?

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RE: Printing a document to a file - Newbie - 6/16/2008 9:59:08 AM

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It just doesnt do anything. I have pieced this code from various websites I was wondering if it was possible to make it work.

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RE: Printing a document to a file - Newbie - 6/16/2008 11:01:30 AM

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If you had the PDF Writer set as the default printer and you selected the document > right clicked > selected print > would this work if you did it manually?

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RE: Printing a document to a file - Newbie - 6/16/2008 1:13:30 PM

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Yes it should, It works if I manually print the document, however I would like to automate the process without creating a Microsoft word object in VB script

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RE: Printing a document to a file - Newbie - 6/16/2008 1:34:07 PM

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Have you tried something like this

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RE: Printing a document to a file - Newbie - 6/16/2008 1:48:13 PM

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Yes it works, Is it possible to print a word document to file? I tried the following code with a .doc but it didnt work. I want to print a document to file however I dont have microsoft word. I only have Microsoft word viewer

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RE: Printing a document to a file - Newbie - 6/16/2008 1:58:32 PM

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I've never tried Microsoft Word viewer so I'm not sure....I saw a document that stated that the word viewer did not support printing via a command line so it may not be possible at all.

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RE: Printing a document to a file - Newbie - 6/16/2008 2:15:15 PM

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You are right the /p switch is not supported in word from version 97 up.

Two questions

Is it possible to do this via a VB script?

Is it possible to print a document which has already been opened via Word Viewer via VB script?

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RE: Printing a document to a file - Newbie - 6/17/2008 7:09:02 AM

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This switch /mFilePrintDefault
prints word documents via command line in word 2003. I cant check word viewer. Give it a try.

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RE: Printing a document to a file - Newbie - 6/17/2008 9:21:24 AM

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Hi thanks for that, it works for Word but not for Word Viewer, Is it possible to print via to from Word Viewer via a VB script?

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RE: Printing a document to a file - Newbie - 6/23/2008 1:59:11 AM

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Here's a command which claims to work. DDE_run.exe -s Wordview -t System -n "C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\WORDVIEW.EXE /n /dde" -c "[REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen(\"WordDocument.doc\")]"

It requires a third party tool to open and use Word Viewer as a DDE Server.
Info can be found here.
Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page.

http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ddecommandline.html

Have you Tried this ?

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RE: Printing a document to a file - Newbie - 6/23/2008 3:49:37 PM

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Thanks alot!

It looks like I still need word installed in order to get the script to print files. Very nice script though. I am currently looking into the DDE commands.

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