PDF creator can't recognize the <inputdirectory>

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Good morning,

I am a common user who uses PDF Creator as a virtual printer to make pdf easily.

I love your powerful and simple PDF conversion.

But when I set up my default profile, I want to save a created PDF in the original file path.

So I used but it does not save the pdf file

I think that somehow it can't recognize the path.

It shows C:\temp if I put

So is there any other option to save the created PDF file in the path the original file lis located?

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I appreciate your cooperation again. and hope this problem is solved.

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Hi DongjuKim,

you can't do that way, so reset the Profile to its default.

To save the created PDF in the original file path, from Windows Explorer / File manager right-click on that file and select the Convert here with PDF Creator.

Hope This Help,
Gianni

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Hi Gianni 1962PC,

Thank you for your reply.

I think I didn't explain in detail.

In the case of making pdf from Excel, PPT, etc,

I would like to save directly on the original path.

(I think that your reply means converting files from other formats to PDF but I mean when I open Excel and make a PDF of designated area in the file)

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I understand that in case you want to print a selected Page and/or Area of your document/spreadsheet you can't use the method I described.

Unfortunately, using your method of putting <InputDirectory> in the Target Directory field of the default profile, gives different results depending on the program you are printing from.

I have done some testing and the results follows.

Behave like you desire
Notepad++

Offer to put the pdf in the user documents folder ( mine is C:\Users\Gianni\Documents\ )
LibreOffice Writer
LibreOffice Calc
MS Word
MS Excel

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Thank you again for your help.

Maybe revising the code is necessary for my desired work.

(Save in the original path)

I need to study powershell or Notepad ++

Thank you very much and hope you have a wonderful day
:slight_smile:

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Notepad++ is simply a text editor that when printing to PDFCreator send the path info of the document being printed.

You can do nothing to modify the behavior of Word/Excel/etc...

Only thing you can do, is to ask Microsoft (for Word / Excel / PowerPoint ) to consider your need and implement it in the future.

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Oh... I think microsoft would not listen to my voice :<

thank you again for your kind notice.