Automate naming for print to file

[Joe Steyaert]

I am using VB6 to automate (amoung other things) the printing of word
documents to files. I would like to be able to pass the filename for the
print file instead of having the Filename message box come up. Is there a
parameter for this?
Office XP on Windows XP professional platform.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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I am using VB6 to automate (amoung other things) the printing of word
documents to files. I would like to be able to pass the filename for the
print file instead of having the Filename message box come up. Is there a
parameter for this?

Sure, it's right there in the Help topic for the PrintOut method:
OutputFilename

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Joe Steyaert]

I did find a couple places in Help Topics that said this cannot be done.
After this response I did find the one that listed the parameters necessary.
Interestingly, the editor did not auto-capitalize these parameters like it
does the others, but they did work after some slight modifications to the
print drivers. Thank you for prodding me in the right direction!