How to save Navision Reports as PDF

The code of Rashed is the text export of the object.
Create a txt file. Copy the code of Rashed in it and save it.
Import this in NAV and compile it.
(compare the code with an object you export as a txt file)

Hi,

Does anyone know how to do this with the acrobat distiller?
I need to be able to do it with this one. The company i work for does not want to start using another PDF writer, and believe me, they are going to hold on to that

Any help would really be appreciated...

We leveraged your Bullzip code into the Lanham Sales E-Mail codeunit so that the report is attached to an e-mail.

We were able to create the PDF attachment if our default printer was set to "Bullzip PDF Printer." However, if we change our default printer back to our normal printer and add a record in Table 78, we no longer get the PDF attachment on the e-mail.

Any ideas why this doesn't work?

SaveReportAsHTML(ReportNo : Integer;SaveFileName : Text[250])
SalesHeader.SETRECFILTER;

IF ISCLEAR(BullZipPDF) THEN 
  CREATE(BullZipPDF); 

ReportID := ReportNo; // REPORT::"Customer Listing";
FileDirectory := 'C:\SE_Demo\Temp';

Object.GET(Object.Type::Report,'',ReportID); 

FileName := SaveFileName;
BullZipPDF.Init; 
BullZipPDF.LoadSettings; 
RunOnceFile := BullZipPDF.GetSettingsFileName(TRUE); 
BullZipPDF.SetValue('Output',FileName);
BullZipPDF.SetValue('Showsettings', 'never'); 
BullZipPDF.SetValue('ShowPDF', 'no'); 
BullZipPDF.SetValue('ShowProgress', 'no'); 
BullZipPDF.SetValue('ShowProgressFinished', 'no'); 
BullZipPDF.SetValue('SuppressErrors', 'yes'); 
BullZipPDF.SetValue('ConfirmOverwrite', 'no'); 
BullZipPDF.WriteSettings(TRUE); 
REPORT.RUNMODAL(ReportNo,FALSE,FALSE,SalesHeader);

TimeOut := 0; 
WHILE EXISTS(RunOnceFile) AND (TimeOut < 10) DO BEGIN 
    SLEEP(1000); 
    TimeOut := TimeOut + 1; 
END;

I did. It finds the record and sets PrinterName to Bullzip PDF Printer.

I should mention that I manually typed in "Bullzip PDF Printer" in the Printer Name field in Table 78. The lookup does not work.

I added a SLEEP statement before the AddAttachment function is run and it works. Thanks for your help.

I have just finished PDFCreator on VISTA.

During initial testing PDFCreator is working fine under VISTA Business.

I am using the PDFCreator Version 0.9.5

Many Thanks to Rashed for the code.

During my search for PDFCreator i found various ways while checking for that PDFCreator has finished printing the report or not so that it can be send by email.

I found a simple solution for the same.

Try This

Report.RUNMODAL(***,***,***);
REPEAT
UNTIL PDFCreator.cIsConverted;

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Harjot

Hi ara3n,

The sample reports you created are a great service to everyone. Thanks.

Now, I have a slight situation with PDFCreator that's really bugging me. I am running on Windows Vista, but surprisingly your code is running fine...except for one little glitch: I can't choose the destination filename. I set the AutoSave feature in the code, and I specify the filename and directory, but for whatever reason, I cannot save the PDF file to my desired location and name. In fact, I even have AutoSave checked in PDFCreator options, otherwise the save dialog keeps popping up, regardless of my code. Below is a snippet of my code...

// GRAME01 - Add Start
IF ISCLEAR(PDFCreator) THEN
  CREATE(PDFCreator);
IF ISCLEAR(PDFCreatorError) THEN
  CREATE(PDFCreatorError);

FileDirectory := 'C:\';
FileName := 'example.pdf';

PDFCreatorError := PDFCreator.cError;

IF PDFCreator.cStart('/NoProcessingAtStartup',TRUE) = FALSE THEN
     ERROR('Status: Error[' + FORMAT(PDFCreatorError.Number) + ']: ' + PDFCreatorError.Description);

Window.OPEN('processing');
WindowisOpen := TRUE;
IF FileName = '' THEN
  ERROR('Please specify what the file should be saved as');

PDFCreatorOption :=  PDFCreator.cOptions;
PDFCreatorOption.UseAutosave := 1;
PDFCreatorOption.UseAutosaveDirectory := 1;
PDFCreatorOption.AutosaveDirectory := FileDirectory;
PDFCreatorOption.AutosaveFormat := 0;                       //PDF file, you can also save in other formats
PDFCreatorOption.AutosaveFilename := FileName;

PDFCreator.cOptions := PDFCreatorOption;
PDFCreator.cClearCache();
DefaultPrinter := PDFCreator.cDefaultPrinter;
PDFCreator.cDefaultPrinter := 'PDFCreator';
PDFCreator.cPrinterStop := FALSE;

TempSalesInvoiceHeader.COPYFILTERS(Rec);
Rec.SETRANGE("No.", Rec."No.");
REPORT.RUNMODAL(10074,FALSE,TRUE, Rec);
Rec.COPYFILTERS(TempSalesInvoiceHeader);

As you can see, my code is almost exactly the same as yours, but I simply can't get it to autosave and use my filename and directory.

Please help!

Thanks in advance for your support.

pbally wrote:

Don't use PDF Creator in NAV 5.0 SP1 environment.

Why not?

pbally wrote:

With Pdf creator in a NAV 5.0 SP1 context, you have to stop the process manually

Can you explain what you mean by this?

Hi,

i want to set a password on a pdf file and i have this code :

IF ISCLEAR(PDFCreator) THEN
CREATE(PDFCreator);
IF ISCLEAR(PDFCreatorError) THEN
CREATE(PDFCreatorError);

PDFCreatorError := PDFCreator.cError;

IF PDFCreator.cStart('/NoProcessingAtStartup') = FALSE THEN
ERROR('Status: Error: ' + PDFCreatorError.Description);

PDFCreatorOption := PDFCreator.cOptions;
PDFCreatorOption.UseAutosave := 1;
PDFCreatorOption.UseAutosaveDirectory := 1;
PDFCreatorOption.AutosaveFilename := 'Recibo de Vencimento.pdf';
PDFCreatorOption.AutosaveFormat := 0;
PDFCreatorOption.AutosaveDirectory := 'C:\Temp';
PDFCreatorOption.PDFUseSecurity:=1;
PDFCreatorOption.PDFDisallowCopy:=1;
PDFCreatorOption.PDFDisallowModifyContents:=1;
PDFCreatorOption.PDFDisallowPrinting:=1;
PDFCreatorOption.PDFOwnerPass:=1;
PDFCreatorOption.PDFOwnerPasswordString:='teste';
PDFCreatorOption.PDFUserPass:=1;
PDFCreatorOption.PDFUserPasswordString:='teste';
PDFCreatorOption.PDFHighEncryption:=1;
PDFCreator.cOptions := PDFCreatorOption;
PDFCreator.cClearCache();
DefaultPrinter := PDFCreator.cDefaultPrinter;
PDFCreator.cDefaultPrinter := 'PDFCreator';
PDFCreator.cPrinterStop := FALSE;

REPORT.RUNMODAL(50101,FALSE,FALSE,EmpPDF);

PDFCreator.cClose;
CLEAR(PDFCreatorOption);
CLEAR(PDFCreator);
CLEAR(PDFCreatorError);

but it doesn't work. It creates the file but no password.

Any clues?

Best regards

thanks, but no success...