Web Services - Printing PDFs Server-side Using Acrobat Reader?
Apr 15, 2010
I have been presented with a problem which requires me to print PDF files from a server as part of an ASP.NET web service.
The problem is further complicated by the fact that the PDF files I have to print can ONLY be printed using Adobe Reader (they were created using Adobe LiveCycle and have some strange protection in them).
This piece of code seems to do the trick in the Visual Studio development web server, but doesn't do anything when the site's running in IIS. I'm assuming this is probably some sort of permissions issue!?
Dim starter As ProcessStartInfo
Dim Prc As Process
' Pass File Path And Arguments
starter = New ProcessStartInfo("c:program files...AcroRd32.exe", "/t ""test.pdf"" ""Printer""")
starter.CreateNoWindow = True
starter.RedirectStandardOutput = True
starter.UseShellExecute = False
' Start Adobe Process
Prc = New Process()
Prc.StartInfo = starter
Prc.Start()
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