Centura - PDFCreator COM interop with different versions

Question

I need to call the latest version of PDFCreator from my Centura program(version 1.5.1). Is there any way to do this automation?

Answer 1

You need to be more specific. Do you mean you want to specifically use COM automation ( if you do, then PDFCreator COM interface is buggy ). Other wise its just a printer driver , so are you using Gupta ReportBuilder and need a qrp converting? Have you tried Setting PDFCreator as the default Printer using the SalPrint* functions and just print using the SalPrint* functions. Otherwise rather than repeat what someone-else has already , see this post in the Gupta forum : Help with PDFCreator ( Gupta forum )

Answer 2

Assuming you understand that the whole PDF workflow has changed between 1.7 and 2.5 - and using PDF COM has also, ( see Migrating from PDFCreator 1.7 to 2.n , then you need to completely rebuild the COM interface between CTD and PDFCreator. From CTD1.5 Component menu --> ActiveX Wizard --> Select the Registered PDFCreator Library -->Select 'All' Classes --> Generate as 'Full' --> Save the generated file as an .apl and include in your .app mainline. All the new classes will be available to use. As far as workflow , you need to read the whole PDFCreator documentation to establish how to use the newly generated classes / functions. If you have already done all this , then you need to specify exactly what is the issue .