Acrobat Reader DC Command line Options

[Guest]

Hi to all,

I need to print PDF file directly from command line; in Acrobat Reade XI I have used /h /t switches, but now it is wrong.

Anyone does know the new options for Reader DC?

My OS is Windows 7 32 bit with IE 11

thanks

[lrosenth]

AFAIK, nothing has changed in this regard. What are you seeing (or not seeing) in how it differs?

[djbiesack]

I can print from the command line with

cmd /c "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\\AcroRd32.exe" /n /s /h /t  file.pdf "my printer-name"

as per http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/acrobat/sdk/pdf/intro_to_sdk/DeveloperFAQ.pdf

I get an error dialog each time I do this:

   There was an error opening this document. Access denied

but the file still prints. Reader DC does not exit, however, so I have to close it. So this won't work in a truly batch or headless environment.

[lrosenth]

Most important – have you read the Acrobat Reader EULA to ensure that your use is compliant? Many batch and headless operations are not compliant with the EULA.

[Normth]

Boo

[Test Screen Name]

Is "boo" a comment on a 2 year old post (which one and why?) or an early Hallowe'en surprise?

[JoelGeraci_Datalogics]

If you require reliable headless printing of PDF, using unsupported commands based on 10 year old documentation may not be the best approach. You can, however, license the Adobe PDF Library to do printing. It's not free but it is reliable and well supported.

http://www.datalogics.com/products/pdf/pdflibrary/

[maxhodges0]

I sent hours trying to get Datalogics pdf components to work. First their website doesn't have any pricing or buy button, which is any annoying time waster. Then once you download the evaluation version, you discover that you can't actually use it until someone in sales mails you a eval.lic file. Other companies are able to provide downloadable evaluations versions which actually work. So you might find that you get more customers if you can do the same.

Exception thrown: 'System.TypeInitializationException' in Datalogics.PDFL.dll

An exception occurred. Here is the related information:

System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Datalogics.PDFL.PDFLPINVOKE' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'SWIGExceptionHelper' threw an exception. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load DLL 'DL150PDFLPINVOKE': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)

   at Datalogics.PDFL.PDFLPINVOKE.SWIGExceptionHelper.SWIGRegisterExceptionCallbacks_PDFL(ExceptionDelegate applicationDelegate, ExceptionDelegate arithmeticDelegate, ExceptionDelegate divideByZeroDelegate, ExceptionDelegate indexOutOfRangeDelegate, ExceptionDelegate invalidCastDelegate, ExceptionDelegate invalidOperationDelegate, ExceptionDelegate ioDelegate, ExceptionDelegate nullReferenceDelegate, ExceptionDelegate outOfMemoryDelegate, ExceptionDelegate overflowDelegate, ExceptionDelegate systemExceptionDelegate)

   at Datalogics.PDFL.PDFLPINVOKE.SWIGExceptionHelper..cctor()

   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

   at Datalogics.PDFL.PDFLPINVOKE.SWIGExceptionHelper..ctor()

   at Datalogics.PDFL.PDFLPINVOKE..cctor()

   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

   at Datalogics.PDFL.PDFLPINVOKE.new_Library__SWIG_0()

   at Datalogics.PDFL.Library..ctor()

   at PDFutil.PDFutil.DatalogicsPrintPDF(Stream PDFtoPrint, String orderId) in \\QUEENOFHEARTS\Users$\max\My Documents\github\roboAnna2\LabelPrint\C#\PDFutil\PDFutil.cs:line 190statusDesc OK

post response headers

Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *

Finally, I got my eval.lic file, but still it doesn't work. There's no docs on how to install the components. I added it as a reference to my C# project like any other component, but seems it can't find some sidecar files. After many hours I give up.

[polart76789073]

I just got mine working. I used the format is as follows:

Application path in quotes, followed by filepath in NO quotes, followed by printer name in quotes.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" /t  file.pdf "my printer-name"

no "cmd /c" preceding it and I did not include the printer driver or port at the end of the command.

Pay special attention and make sure you are using the correct syntax. I noticed that you had two slashes between Reader and AcroRd32. Probably a typo.

[christopher271628640p16]

I want to open a PDF from inside EXCEL and print it. I do not need to open Acrobat and see the .pdf. Just print it.

The document is on the server.

The following code opens Abobe but says cannot find file.

What am I doing wrong? Any ideas?

Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim Filename As String
Filename = "P:\06. Operations\07. NWP\TopSheets\221360373-70 NWP NamePlate.pdf"

Shell "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe /p /h" & "P:\06. Operations\07. NWP\TopSheets\221852697-10 NWP NamePlate.pdf"

End Sub

[Bernd Alheit]

May be that there is no space between /h and P:

[Thom Parker]

Doesn't look like you are using Reader, so why not use the IAC for this?

https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/library/interapp/IAC_DevApp_OLE_Support.html

Now about your file path. The first thing you should do is see what the path looks like from inside Acrobat. Open the file from the network location, then open the console window and run this line of code. 

this.path

The file path will be in the Acrobat device independent format, but the important bit is that you'll be able to see if there are any differences between this and your code. 

If there aren't, then it could be that there is a security issue with opening this file location from the command line.

You might also try running the command line manually (from the command window) to see if there is a reported error. 

And include this folder in Acrobat Enhanced security preferences.