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    #16
    Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

    User Access Control. Go to control panel/users Accounts- turn UAC on or off.

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      #17
      Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

      Robert:

      I have now tried all options. None have placed the adobe pdf driver as a printer option. I can see alternatve pdf drivers but they do not execute.

      For some reason the Adobe driver is not appearing in the printer selections.

      Thnaks for our help.

      bob adler

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        #18
        Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

        bob,

        The pdf driver for Alpha Five functions differently than other pdf drivers. You don't generate a document and then select the pdf driver for output. Instead, you generate the document and choose the option on the file menu of the preview to "SAVE AS" pdf. Is this what you're doing? -- tom

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          #19
          Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

          Tom:

          This is the command:

          query.filter = "Ack_ltr_cd = 'X' .and. (left(Mail_cd,len('D')) = 'D' ) .and.Honor_cd=''.and. Receipt_flg=\"\".and. (Ack_ltr_flg <> 'T' )"
          query.order = "Donor_id"



          :Report.SaveAs("GNRenewLtr","PDF",query.filter,query.order,"C:\Jbirds\pdfltr\Gn_R_Renewal_Ltr.pdf",.T.)

          This works on all other PCs. The adobe pdf driver is visible in the printer selections.

          I can not create a pdf even when printing directly from a report that I am testing.

          Any other pdf product will present it self in the print selection choices. But do not interact with the software. Alpha is looking for the Adobe pdf driver.

          bob Adler

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            #20
            Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

            Tom:

            I should clarify the driver situation. The amyuni software installs 4 dirvers. HTML, PDf, RTF, and Text. They are not named.
            any other pdf installed system is also there when installed except adobe. Alpha is not firing through the pdf installed by other applications. A file is created in name only then the system hangs. You must force the system to closed. when you do that the pdf file that was "created" is locked. You must restart the system to delete the failed document.

            bob adler

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              #21
              Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

              Bob, suggest you try to produce the pdf using no query filter or query order statements. Your filter expression does not look right to me. Why not run the report manually, preview it, then try to save it as PDF? -- tom

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                #22
                Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

                That's one of the things I suggested/asked about in my next to last post. Didn't get a specific reply to the things I asked.

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                  #23
                  Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

                  Robert and Tom:

                  I have tried to create a pdf directly from the viewed report. It fails.

                  the sample code I provided is the xbasic code produced by Alpha.

                  This code works on my other PCs. It is standard code.

                  What I have noticed is that the "Amyuni Document Converter" is loaded as a printer choice. On the XP machines this is not so. The HTML, Txt, PDF, and Rtf drivers are loaded. The "Amyuni document Converter" is not loaded.

                  I think the system is installing the this part of the application incorrectly.

                  bob adler

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                    #24
                    Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

                    Bob, are you saying you can't save any report, run from the control panel manually, as PDF? Even unfiltered reports ? Even reports from AlphaSports? Are you able to preview any of them on screen ok? How about the specific report you mention in this thread... will it preview correctly when run manually from the control panel? without filter? with filter?

                    I asked about the filter expression because the quote marks in the expression are unbalanced. I would expect this to throw an error that might prevent the filtered report from even displaying in preview mode.

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                      #25
                      Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

                      Tom:

                      Any report will preview when run manually. I can print any report because my printer is okay.

                      I can not save any report manually because the four drivers are missing.

                      bob adler

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                        #26
                        Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

                        Check the directory where the Alpha executable is located for a file named

                        InstallAmyuniPrinters.exe

                        and try re-running that.
                        There can be only one.

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                          #27
                          Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

                          Stan:

                          I have run that seven times minimum. The results are always the same. The Amyuni Converter is loaded into the Print selection and not the for print drives that are needed.

                          bob adler

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                            #28
                            Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

                            The Amyuni Document Converter is listed in the Printers section of my vista machine as Alpha Five Printer. The deskPDF software program I downloaded for free is also listed even though I have Adobe Reader and it is set as the default program for .pdf files. I wonder what would happen if you also downloaded one of the free PDF software programs and installed it.

                            I don't know which program saves the A5 report as a PDF. I would presume it's the Amyuni but all you get is a generic "printing" message.

                            The alpha help says that when you save a report as a PDF file, it is converted and then opened in Adobe Reader. It is converted and saved but it not opened.

                            The following is listed as the amyuni drivers in the amyuni.inf file (don't ask me why it says XP)

                            [ACFPDF_XP]
                            acpdf251.dll,acfpdfu.dll
                            acpdfui251.dll,acfpdfui.dll
                            cdintf251.dll, cdintf.dll
                            acfpdf.txt

                            [ACFPDF_DATA_XP]
                            DriverFile=acpdf251.dll
                            ConfigFile=acpdfui251.dll

                            None of these with the "251" are on my 64 bit machine. I would check to see if acfpdf.drv is on your computer.

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                              #29
                              Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

                              Robert:

                              I have all of the listed drives. I have tried different pdf software products. when a pdf is produced it is not readable by adobe.

                              The install log file contains:

                              Windows XP/2003 64-bit AMD Install
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Checking for existing PDF printer
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Copying acfpdfamd64.dll file
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Copying acfpdfamd64ui.dll file
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Copying acfpdf.txt file
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Copying cdintf.dll file
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Installing Amyuni PDF printer driver
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Installing Amyuni PDF printer
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Printer setup succeeded
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Launch 'Install -u' to uninstall
                              ---------------------------------

                              There is a slight diference between the installs.



                              Windows 2000/XP/2003 Install
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Checking for existing PDF printer
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Removing existing PDF printer
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Removing PDF printer driver
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Installing using .inf file
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------Copying cdintf.dll file
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Installing Amyuni PDF printer driver
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Installing Amyuni PDF printer
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Installing Licensing Information
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Printer setup succeeded
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------
                              Launch 'Install -u' to uninstall
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------

                              bob adler

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                                #30
                                Re: A5V8 on Windows Vista Home Premium

                                Originally posted by Robert Adler View Post
                                Robert:

                                I have all of the listed drives. I have tried different pdf software products. when a pdf is produced it is not readable by adobe.

                                The install log file contains:

                                Windows XP/2003 64-bit AMD Install
                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                Checking for existing PDF printer
                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                Copying acfpdfamd64.dll file
                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                Copying acfpdfamd64ui.dll file
                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                Copying acfpdf.txt file
                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                Copying cdintf.dll file
                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                Installing Amyuni PDF printer driver
                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                Installing Amyuni PDF printer
                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                Printer setup succeeded
                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                Launch 'Install -u' to uninstall
                                ---------------------------------

                                There is a slight diference between the installs.





                                bob adler
                                The first procedure is followed when you do the initial A5 installation. If you reinstall or install as a different user, it uses the second script. That's the best I can figure out.

                                The installation log is called A5install.log. I've attached a copy of mine but I changed the name to a .txt file. You can look at it and compare it to yours.

                                I'm confused because you say if you create a PDF file using other software, the file is not readable by Adobe. Does this mean that if you create a PDF from any program, not just A5, it's not readable by Adobe? If so, there's something wrong with your Adobe installation.

                                When I mentioned using other PDF software, I wondered if it showed up as a printer in your list of printers.

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