Action after saving is not executed when using the %d Parameter

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I am trying to use PDFCreator to generate PCX images out of any software that supports printing to Windows printer drivers.

This works well. I set the default format to PCX, choose my Dir "C:\\Temp\\". I have to use the parameter %d to create multiple files.

The problem is that in combination with this parameter the feature "Action after saving" doesnt work any more.

After looking into the log file it seems that PDFCreator checks if the file %d.pcx is created successfully, but aborts because it doesnt find the file "%d.pcx", because this is translated by Ghostscript.

Here is the log file:

21.12.2009 19:02:05: Autosavemodus: 1files
21.12.2009 19:02:05: Autosavemodus: Create File 'C:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\\agi\\eigene dateien\\PDFCreator\\20091221190205\\%d.pcx'
21.12.2009 19:02:05: Ghostscriptparameter:
-IC:\\Programme\\PDFCreator\\GS8.61\\gs8.61\\Lib\\;C:\\Programme\\PDFCreator\\Gs8.61\\Fonts\\;C:\\Programme\\PDFCreator\\GS8.61\\gs8.61\\Resource
-q
-dNOPAUSE
-dSAFER
-dBATCH
-sFONTPATH=C:\\WINDOWS\\Fonts
-sDEVICE=pcxmono
-dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=288
-dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=288
-r300x300
-sOutputFile=C:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\\agi\\eigene dateien\\PDFCreator\\20091221190205\\%d.pcx
-f
C:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\\agi\\Lokale Einstellungen\\Temp\\PDFCreator\\PDFCreatorSpool\\~PS1A7E.tmp
21.12.2009 19:02:05: PDFCreator Program Start
21.12.2009 19:02:05: Windowsversion: Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 (Service Pack 3) [TerminalServer WinXP WinXPProEdition]
21.12.2009 19:02:05: UseINI: False
21.12.2009 19:02:05: InstalledAsServer: False
21.12.2009 19:02:05: MyAppData: C:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\\agi\\Anwendungsdaten
21.12.2009 19:02:05: Time for converting [PCX]: 00:00:00:397
21.12.2009 19:02:05: Autosavemodus: Create File 'C:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\\agi\\eigene dateien\\PDFCreator\\20091221190205\\%d.pcx' failed

2

Deactivate "Allow special Ghostscript chars" in Options\\Save.

3

Sorry my fault.

Seems that I was using an old version (0.9.5) instead of 0.98.

Thank you :D

 

Edit: Even version 0.9.8 did not help. I have two options:

1.) Set "allow special ghostcript chars in filename" to True: One .pcx file with the name %d.pcx is created with the first page.

2.) Set "allow special ghostcript chars in filename" to False: Multiple .pcx files are created, but nothing happens after saving (log file says it cant create the file C:\\Temp\\%d.pcx) like in my original post.

4

I have now created a script before saving that creates the dummy file "C:\\Temp\\%d.pcx" and now everything works fine. Maybe the file should be only be checked if the %d parameter is not used.