Issue with opening PDF file from FilePro

[Chris Rendall]

Here is how I do it on filePro running on Linux.  I'm not sure how this would be different on Windows.

PFPT=ON;export PFPT                                                            
echo -e '\0034 PRINTER PDF://U:\\invoice.pdf?view \0035'                       
echo -e '\0034 OVERLAY \0035'                                                  
echo -e '\0034 FLUSHTIMER 0 \0035'
/appl/fp/report -- this line creates the report printout
echo -e '\0034 FLUSH \0035'

The second line specifies the drive and path to store the PDF file and the ?view parameter after the filename opens the file in your default PDF viewer when the report is finished printing.  

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Boaz Bezborodko [mailto:boaz at mirrotek.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:48 PM
To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
Subject: Issue with opening PDF file from FilePro

I'm running FP from Windows and I want to open a PDF file from within FP 
that was first generated by FP and then sent to Bob's PrintWizard to 
convert into a PDF.  The thing is that I can't figure out how to tell if 
the PDF file is ready from withing FP.

I don't want to use a long SLEEP command as some files are ready within 
a second or two.  But if I open the file too early then Adobe complains 
about the file being damaged.

Any suggestions?

Boaz
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