Does autoit has any function to create pdf file from printer?

[cyxstudio]

Hi i am currently using cutepdf which is a program that acts as a printer to print into a pdf file. However everytime i do so a SaveFileDialog form pops up and i have to manually control where i wan to save my pdf. I would like this process to be automatic into a pre selected destination. 

I tried a few hours of googling to no avail so i hope someone can point me in the right direction

Apart from simulating clicks to handle the SaveFileDialog, does autoit have the capability to create a program like cutepdf that can act as a printer and print into a pdf file?

 

 

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@cyxstudio

AutoIt has several UDFs through which you can create your PDF file directly from your script, or by using a third-part program like PDFCreator.

You can find more about PDF UDFs here

Edited March 24, 2019 by FrancescoDiMuro

[Jfish]

You are trying to suppress the dialog to save the file on a shell execute for printing.  I played around for a while and found a bit of a hack to do this.  I have not played around with it too much for multiple files but you could probably move them and rename then as part of the script to solve that issue (edit: b/c I think your new printer will save them all with the same filename so you can save them to a temp location and rename/move them).  It basically requires you to create a custom printer on Windows with the Windows Print to PDF print driver.  But if you do that I can confirm you can print to the file location without the save dialog:

#include <WinAPISys.au3>
$result=_WinAPI_SetDefaultPrinter ( "jfishprinter" ); setup with https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2528405/how-to-print-to-file-without-user-intervention
$file=@ScriptDir&"\testfile.txt" ; whatever file you are trying to convert to the pdf

Func _FilePrint($sFilePath, $iShow = @SW_HIDE) ; from Autoit's UDF for printing from a file
    Return ShellExecute($sFilePath, 2, @WorkingDir, "print", @SW_HIDE)
EndFunc   ;==>_FilePrint

_FilePrint($file)

The wizard to set the printer will vary a bit from the instructions in that link since it is a bit dated ... but you should be able to figure it out.

Edited March 25, 2019 by Jfish