>I am now able to print a report to a PDF, but I would ideally like to do it without any user interaction. Is there a way to programmatically tell it what file to print it to so the dialog doesn't come up?
>
>Thanks,

Elyse,

You may try the code bellow (adjust it to use the correct location of PDFMon.DLL. Another way: Rick's classes:

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

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

lcOldSafety=set('safety')
cPDFDllFile = "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 4.0\Macros\Office95\PDFMon.DLL" && or locate this DLL

if not file(cPDFDllFile)
     =messagebox("Required Acrobat Writer 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(tcFileName)
*? iSetFileName
*!*     tcFileName = ""
*!*     iSetFileName = PDFMonSetOutputFilename(tcFileName)
*!*     ? iSetFileName

*? PDFMonCleanup()
clear dlls
if lcOldSafety='ON'
     set safety on
endif
*? "Finished."
return .t.