Enhancement Request: Need ability to disable the properties dialog when printing

Need ability to disable the properties dialog when printing

I never use nor want the dialog that appreas after issueing the Print command and before the filename dialog appears. Please let us disable it in the Preferences. I would even suggest to turn it OFF by default, but I would be happy if I could just get rid of it.

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 If you don't receive any better answer I think you must define AutoSave in the profile in order to avoid this dialog.

Regards.

Guillermo, Spain.

That doesn't seem to work. When I select Auto-save from Printer / Options / Auto-save, I am no longer prompted for a filename and - more importantly - a directory where the PDF file is supposed to go. This also happens when I de-select "use this directory for Auto-save".

Are you using some COM or RegWrite or printing manually to pdfCreator printer?

Also you can create several pdfcreator printers and assign to each one autosave and folder and authomatic name for example. Then print to the printer so created and you can have an powerful environment.

You can create pdfcreator additional printers using the pdf monitor, in the menu Printer - Printers ....

 

Are you using some COM or RegWrite or printing manually to pdfCreator printer?

No.

Also you can create several pdfcreator printers and assign to each one autosave and folder and authomatic name for example. Then print to the printer so created and you can have an powerful environment.

I don't want a "powerful environment", and I don't want to create a "PDFCreator printer" for every commonly used subdirectory on my 4 PCs with 4 user accounts each.

I want to print to the PDFCreator printer driver and only be prompted for a filename and directory.

This is common practice for Windows programs when creating new files. I know of no other program that asks for meta-data before asking to save the file.

Hi.

I'm also very upset about the dialogue of idle.

It should be possible to print directly as a normal pdf-printer can do this. Only filename and folder has to be asked for a normal printing.

Please please please: could you put on a wish list, or is there a script available, to press the save button automatically?

 

 

Hi again.

Could you please add a new option, in addition to autosave, so we don't need to show form .frmPrinting.

I call it for example: opt.DontShowNagScreen  :-)

The frmMain.CheckForPrinting() has to be changed like this:

50380       If opt.UseAutosave = 1 Then
50390         opt2 = Options
50400         Options = opt
50410         Autosave PDFSpoolfile
50420         SaveOption Options, "Counter", PrinterDefaultProfile
50430         opt2.Counter = Options.Counter
50440         Options = opt2
50450        Else
50460         If LenB(isf.REDMON_PRINTER) > 0 And UCase$(OldPrinter) <> UCase$(isf.REDMON_PRINTER) Then
50470          OldPrinter = isf.REDMON_PRINTER
50480         End If
50490         frmPrinting.PrinterProfile = GetPrinterDefaultProfile(isf.REDMON_PRINTER)

               if opt.NEWDontShowNagScreen = 1 Then
                  -> ...do process frmPrinting.cmdSave ....  // ask for filename/folder
               Else
50500         ->   frmPrinting.Show , Me   // show the unwanted Form
               End If

50510       End If

 

Is this possible for the next version?

 

PLEASE Provide this function!