Using pdf printer without administrative privileges

packer · Post by **packer** » Thu Aug 31 2006

I am using the PDF print driver, version 2.0.0.

I have a macro in Excel that uses this print driver to create PDF files of excel worksheets. The macro works perfectly on computers where the user has administrator privileges. However, if we switch to a user that doesn't have administrative privileges, the macro crashes. It fails at the point in the code where it adds a temporary PDF printer.

Does anyone know how to work around this issue?

Thanks for the help.

Joan · Post by **Joan** » Thu Aug 31 2006

Hello,

Under Windows NT, 2000, XP ... only administrators can install a printer on the system.

So if you are using PDFDriverInit in your code, it is normal to get an error message when a user is running your code.

I suggest that you install the printer on the system and use DriverInit instead of PDFDriverInit to attach to the existing printer.

rgunawan · Post by **rgunawan** » Thu Sep 28 2006

Hi!

We are in the same situation here.
We need to install the pdf printer driver with an Admin account.
Is there any documentation on how to do this?
Is there any .inf file available from Amyuni?

We are using the printer driver to create reports from an Excel macro. The tool will be deployed to our clients. Could you help us with instructions about how to do so and with licensing information for our situation?

Thank you.

Raymond.