PDF converter on Windows XP + VFP

marziodebiasi · Post by **marziodebiasi** » Thu Jan 09 2003

Hi,
I'm using PDF Converter v1.53 (Developer version) with a program written in VFP 6 sp 5.
It works on many Win98, Win2000 Server and XP Professional clients, but on some clients (win2000 server and XP pro) it doesn't work.
The clients seem to be configurted like the others (and I use the administrator account).
I use the following 3 lines VFP program to test them:

DECLARE LONG PDFDriverInit in cdintf.dll STRING @ szPrinter
a=PDFDriverInit("test")
?a

On the "good" clients ?a prints NNNNN, on the "bad" clients ?a prints 0 (zero).

Please HELP ME!!!

Thank you in advance,
Marzio De Biasi - M.C.E. Elettronica

P.S. library versions:
ACFPDF153.DRV
ACPDF153.DLL
PDFUI153.DLL
CDINTF.DLL -> 1.53

Joan · Post by **Joan** » Thu Jan 09 2003

Hello,

On the machines where PDFDriverInit is returning 0, please check that you are logging in as an Administrator and not as a user.

Under Windows NT / 2000 and XP only administrators have the right to install a printer on the sysetm, so PDFDriverInit will fail if called by a non administrator.

Hope this helps.

marziodebiasi · Post by **marziodebiasi** » Thu Jan 09 2003

Joan wrote:Hello,

On the machines where PDFDriverInit is returning 0, please check that you are logging in as an Administrator and not as a user.

Under Windows NT / 2000 and XP only administrators have the right to install a printer on the sysetm, so PDFDriverInit will fail if called by a non administrator.

Hope this helps.

... I tried it, but didn't solve the problem

... other suggestions?

P.S. i tried with

DECLARE LONG PDFDriverInit in cdintf.dll STRING @ szPrinter
DECLARE STRING GetLastErrorMsg in cdintf.dll
a=PDFDriverInit("test")
s=GetLastErrorMsg()
?s

but got an "Invalid operation" error from XP (on s = ... instruction)

Joan · Post by **Joan** » Fri Jan 10 2003

Well... I have another suggestion and I believe it will be helpful... Please upgrade your current version of the PDF Converter.

Version 1.53 that you are using is a little bit old. When this version was released there was no Windows XP.

You may download a demo of our latest release from: http://www.amyuni.com/en/products/pdf_c ... /demo.html

You may upgrade your license online by clicking on: http://www.amyuni.com/en/buy/index.php
Just check that you are requesting either the version of the driver that runs on Windows 2000 / XP or the multiplatform one.

Hope this helps

marziodebiasi · Post by **marziodebiasi** » Mon Jan 13 2003

Joan wrote:Well... I have another suggestion and I believe it will be helpful... Please upgrade your current version of the PDF Converter.
Version 1.53 that you are using is a little bit old. When this version was released there was no Windows XP.
...
Hope this helps

OK,
Thank you.

Marzio De Biasi