>Anyone figured out why 'SET PRINTER TO "Acrobat PDFWriter"' does not work?
>
>I don't get an error messag but my output is not changed. Everything still goes to the printer windows has set to "default".
>
>I did go into the frx and blank out the tag fields that hold the printer information and that didn't help.
>
>Thanks...
>Thomas Martin

It should be read:
set printer to name "Acrobat PDFWriter".

Here is the code, which should help:

*******************************************************************************
*  Description.......: CreatePDF - creates PDF for specified filename
*  Calling Samples...: CreatePDF('c:\temp\temp.pdf')
*  Parameter List....: pcFileName
*  Created by........: Houston Brennan 06/12/2000
*  Modified by.......: Nadya Nosonovsky 06/16/2000 10:56:51 AM
******************************************************************************
lparameters pcFileName
if empty(pcFileName)
     pcFileName='c:\windows\temp\tempfile.pdf'
endif

local cPDFFile, lcOldSafety, iInitialise, iIsNT, ;
     cPdfWriter, cPort, iInstalled, iDoPrompt, iSetFileName

lcOldSafety=set('safety')
cPdfDLLFile = "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 4.0\Macros\Office95\PDFMon.DLL"

if not file(cPdfDLLFile )
     wait window nowait "Required Acrobat Writter DLL is not present on your local drive" +;
          chr(13)+"Will print to default printer..."
     return .t.
endif

clear dlls
declare integer PDFMonInitialize in (cPdfDLLFile)
declare integer PDFMonIsOSNT in (cPdfDLLFile)
declare integer IsPDFWriterInstalled in (cPdfDLLFile) ;
     string@ cPDFWriterName , ;
     string@ cPort
declare integer PDFMonDoPrompt in (cPdfDLLFile) ;
     integer iWhichProgram

declare integer PDFMonSetPrompt in (cPdfDLLFile) ;
     integer iWhichProgram , ;
     integer iNewValue

#define SETPROMPTOFF 0
#define SETPROMPTON 1

declare integer PDFMonSetOutputFilename in (cPdfDLLFile) ;
     string cFileName
declare integer PDFMonCleanup in (cPdfDLLFile)

iInitialise = PDFMonInitialize()
*? "Initialise : "
*?? iInitialise

iIsNT = PDFMonIsOSNT()
*? "Is NT : "
*?? iIsNT
set safety off
cPdfWriter = space(100)
cPort = space(100)
iInstalled = IsPDFWriterInstalled( @cPdfWriter, @cPort )
if iInstalled=1 && PDF Writer is installed
     set printer to name 'Acrobat PDFWriter'
endif
*? "Installed "
*?? iInstalled
*? "PDF Writer : "
*?? cPdfWriter
*? "Port : "
*?? cPort
*?

iDoPrompt = PDFMonDoPrompt( SETPROMPTOFF )
*? iDoPrompt
*cFileName = "c:\Temp\Test.Pdf"
iSetFileName = PDFMonSetOutputFilename(pcFileName)
*? iSetFileName
*!*     pcFileName = ""
*!*     iSetFileName = PDFMonSetOutputFilename(pcFileName)
*!*     ? iSetFileName

*? PDFMonCleanup()
clear dlls
set safety &lcOldSafety
*? "Finished."
return .t.

I think, it should be added to the FAQ. What do you think, Houston?