CVI to PDF

[monky]

Hi..!

 How can i export the data's to a PDF file from Labwindows CVI..?. I read that there is a NI Report Generator.

 Is there any example code avaible to generate the PDF file/ Report generation from CVI.

Thanx and Regards,

Venki.

[RobertoBozzolo]

The Report Generator is not intended to produce PDF files: it ends up with a printed paper without capabilities to save the report to disk in any format.

To produce PDF files, you could better use some of the available third party, starting from Adobe Acrobat ending up to some freeware utilities available on the market. As an example, in some applications of mine I am actually using PDF995: it installs as a printer in the system and produces a PDF file out of your printouts.

[test_man]

Here is good free pdf writer.

http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/Writer.asp

[Andre_Saller]

You also could use a pdf-printer. This is a tool you can install on your machine, it installs as a printer. Everything you "print" on thsi printer is converted into a pdf-File. So you could use the report generation library to build your report, and simply send the result to the pdf-printer.

Here you could download such a pdf-printer:
http://www.zdnet.de/downloads/prg/7/4/en10228474-wc.html

[monky]

Hi..

Thans for all of your reply...still..

My main problem is i do't want to install the print drivers.because the development concernd with the medical device.

I am not allowed to do so...How can i solve it..??

I must find a solution to generate the pdf files from CVI.

Any ideas sugeestions are welcome.

thanx again,

Regards,

venki

[test_man]

PDF SDK. It is not free.

http://www.cutepdf.com/solutions/formsdk.asp

[sgs_autodose]

Hi,

About pdf files management, I have one question : how can we print automatically a pdf file with a specified filename, from pdf printer, without displaying the prompt panel for pdf filename?

In fact, I know how to print a pdf file, using NIReports for example, but I want to do it automatically from my application, in order that it will be transparent for the user. That's why I want to create the file without any prompt panel. Neither the filename prompt panel, nor the acrobat displaying panel.

I use Labwindows CVI 8.0.1.

Do you have some sample code please?

Thanks,

SG

[cdk52]

Hi SG.

You could try this freeware pdf printer (found using google).

Regards,
Colin.

[sgs_autodose]

Thanks Colin,

But what I really want to do is to change dynamically the PDF port settings in order to create the files in different directories.

I mean, in Adobe PDF printer/properties/ports, I would like to add a new port by software and make it the default printer port.

I tried to use AddPort or xcv functions but with the first one, a panel is displayed and with the second one the result is not the expected one.

Have you another suggestion for me?

I also tried to change some data in the registry but with no success.

SG.

[Ian.W]

While I may be missing the mark for you, it seems to me that you may need to pick up on Roberto's suggestion that included using Adobe products. They have an SDK (http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/acrobat/sdk/index.html) that you might be able to use. It ain't free, but neither is your time.

Hope this helps,

Ian