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Topic: Print PDF File
Posted By: rcalvert
Subject: Print PDF File
Date Posted: 26 November 2003 at 4:20am
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Can anyone tell how i can prnt a fixed pdf file (eg by specifying the filename) from a hyperlink. Thanks ------------- 
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Posted By: MorningZ
Date Posted: 26 November 2003 at 7:47am
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you wont be able to... the file must go through Adobe Acrobat's executable to be able to be printed ------------- Contribute to the working anarchy we fondly call the Internet |
Posted By: rcalvert
Date Posted: 26 November 2003 at 7:50am
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The application will be hosted my own server where Adobe Acrobat is installed if this helps. -------------
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Posted By: MorningZ
Date Posted: 26 November 2003 at 8:05am
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that doesnt help one bit.... the client's machine must be able to do something with a PDF file (convert the "jibberish" to readable appearance) before it can print it ------------- Contribute to the working anarchy we fondly call the Internet |
Posted By: rcalvert
Date Posted: 26 November 2003 at 8:14am
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Is there anything you can suggest for this problem. The files do not have to be in pdf format. This for an asp/access intranet application I am working on. So I have full control over the client machines plugins etc. PS Your help is much appreciated -------------
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Posted By: MorningZ
Date Posted: 26 November 2003 at 8:37am
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but whether its an intranet or internet based application still doesn't change the fact that the client PC must have software installed to handle the various file types (whether .doc, or .pdf, or .xls) if the file isn't run through the software, the client pc is just going to see [QUOTE] |
Posted By: rcalvert
Date Posted: 26 November 2003 at 8:52am
Sorry , I thought this forum was setup to help beginners like me. To find solutions to their problems and not a place where people as skilled as yourself can poke fun at me  -------------
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Posted By: MorningZ
Date Posted: 26 November 2003 at 8:56am
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i am unaware where i am "poking fun at you", but i am trying to get you to understand the whole client/server relationship that web based applications all flow around...... if you took it as me making fun of you, my apologies, it wasn't even close to the intent... ------------- Contribute to the working anarchy we fondly call the Internet |
Posted By: rcalvert
Date Posted: 26 November 2003 at 9:46am
No worries, sorry i took it the wrong way im just pulling my hair out with this one -------------
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Posted By: Diep-Vriezer
Date Posted: 26 November 2003 at 3:25pm
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[USELESS POST] You're quite fast irritated are you? [/USELESS POST] ------------- Gone.. |
Posted By: Diep-Vriezer
Date Posted: 26 November 2003 at 3:28pm
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There is a solution actually. If you make a script which use the Adobe Distiller or something to convert the PDF file to a RTF document, which can be printed by the client, without Adobe. This takes away the whole PDF concept, but it IS possible. ------------- Gone.. |