Issue with opening PDF file from FilePro

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Wed, 27 May 2009, Boaz Bezborodko wrote:

> OK, this seemed to work OK, except that I still had to add about a 
> 2-second delay in order to avoid the errors on some of the computers.
> 
> I would think that if FP sees the new file as "exists" after a rename 
> then it should also open properly.  But I still have to stick in a wait 
> a period.  I wonder what could be holding it up?

There are several possibilities here. First make sure you are on the 
latest Print Wizard, which is 3.3. Then:

1. As has been suggested, include "?view" to tell Print Wizard to bring up 
the viewer.

2. Instead of just checking for the existence of the output file, check 
whether it can be opened in read-write mode. This won't be possible until 
Printwiz is finished and has closed it.

3. We have an "EventLog" capability, introduced in 3.2.30. This can be 
configured to write one line of result information on to the end of a text 
file. I don't think Bobby Ezell (my associate) has documented this yet. 
Contact me for more info.

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