Tech Tip: PDF creation on Windows 10 (without PDF Creator)

PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: 15 | PLATFORM: Win

Published On: September 23, 2015

Windows 10 includes a PDF printer driver, allowing 4D to directly create PDFs without the need of a 3rd party software, such as PDF Creator.

The name of the driver is "Microsoft Print to PDF".

Here is an example on how to create a PDF document through the print command 4D.

$pdfpath:=System folder(Desktop)+"test.pdf"

$pdfprintername:="Microsoft Print to PDF"
ARRAY TEXT($name1;0)
PRINTERS LIST($name1)
If(Find in array($name1;$pdfprintername)>0)
  SET CURRENT PRINTER($pdfprintername)
  SET PRINT OPTION(Destination option;2;$pdfpath)
  ALL RECORDS([Table_1])
  PRINT SELECTION([Table_1];*)
  SET CURRENT PRINTER(“”)
End if