Issue with opening PDF file from FilePro

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Wed, 27 May 2009, Boaz Bezborodko wrote:

> Bob Rasmussen wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> 1.  I don't see how I'll be able to get the /view option to work given that
> the output isbeing sent to a Printwizard server session.

You're right, I missed that point.

> 
> 2.  How do I check if a file can be opened in R/W mode in FP?

I don't know this one.

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