Is there a way to shut off the printer dialog when autosave option is in use?

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OS: Windows 7
PDFCreator version = 1.7.0

I am trying to create a process (vb.net) that uses pdfcreator to generate PDF's, but the print dialog keeps popping up. Is there a way to surpress this? 

The following is the code being used:

  Friend Function GeneratePDF(ByVal sDocument As String) As String

        Dim TmpDocSource As String
        Dim cConverter As clsPDFCreator
        Dim cConverterOptions As clsPDFCreatorOptions
        Dim newFile As String = FileNameFromFullPath(sDocument, True)
        Dim testfile As String
        Dim outfile As String
        Dim icnt As Int32 = 0
        Dim cnt As String
        Dim DefaultPrinter As String

        TmpDocSource = TempDocPath & FileNameFromFullPath(sDocument)

        testfile = TempDocPath & newFile & ".pdf"

        Do While File.Exists(testfile)
            icnt = icnt + 1
            cnt = icnt.ToString("0000")
            If InStr(newFile, "_") > 0 Then
                newFile = Left(newFile, InStr(newFile, "_")) & cnt
            Else
                newFile = newFile & "_" & cnt
            End If

            testfile = TempDocPath & newFile & ".pdf"
        Loop

        cConverter = New clsPDFCreator
        cConverterOptions = New clsPDFCreatorOptions
        cConverter.cOptions = cConverterOptions
        DefaultPrinter = cConverter.cDefaultPrinter
        If cConverter.cStart("/NoProcessingAtStartup") = False Then
            'MsgBox("Can't Initialise PDF Converter", vbCritical, "Letter Generation Error")
            'Return ""
            cConverter.cPrinterStop = True
        End If

        With cConverter
            .cOption("NoConfirmMessageSwitchingDefaultprinter") = 1
            .cDefaultPrinter = "PDFCreator"
            .cPrinterStop = False
            .cOption("PaperSize") = "Letter"
            .cOption("UseAutoSaveDirectory") = 1
            .cOption("AutoSaveDirectory") = TempDocPath
            .cOption("AutoSaveFileName") = newFile
            .cOption("AutoSaveFormat") = 0 ' 0 = pdf
            .cOption("UseAutoSave") = 1
            .cSaveOptions()
            .cClearCache()
            .cPrintFile(sDocument)
            outfile = cConverter.cOutputFilename
            'Resetting to default...
            .cOption("UseAutoSave") = 0
            .cDefaultPrinter = DefaultPrinter
            .cSaveOptions()
            .cClearCache()

        End With
        '
        cConverterOptions = Nothing
        cConverter = Nothing

        Return outfile

    End Function


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Dear TMASTERSON,

Did you try http://forums.pdfforge.org/discussion/11395/the-direct-coptions-properties-of-clspdfcreator-is-not-usable#Item_1 The trick that I have written. However, I have found new problem… That is the dialog appearing in printing process after the other printing process(es).

Regards,
Kang

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Hi,

have you tried using the PrintAfterSaving functionality?

(Public PrintAfterSaving As Long
Public PrintAfterSavingBitsPerPixel As Long
Public PrintAfterSavingDuplex As Long
Public PrintAfterSavingMaxResolution As Long
Public PrintAfterSavingMaxResolutionEnabled As Long
Public PrintAfterSavingNoCancel As Long
Public PrintAfterSavingPrinter As String
Public PrintAfterSavingQueryUser As Long
Public PrintAfterSavingTumble As Long)

regards,

Robin