[python-win32] Python Automation Question

[Dahlstrom, Roger]

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: python-win32-bounces+rdahlstrom=directedge.com at python.org [mailto:python-win32-
>> bounces+rdahlstrom=directedge.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Tim Roberts
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 5:43 PM
>> To: python-win32 at python.org
>> Subject: Re: [python-win32] Python Automation Question
>>
>> Roberts, Gregory (Contractor) wrote:
>>
>> The automation runs on a VM and is working smoothly except for with
>> one report.  It requires that the default printer on the VM is set to
>> print to PDF and I am unsure of how to go about this.  I have
>> inherited the code after essentially writing the requirements and am
>> excited to begin coding in Python.  I would prefer not to have to
>> contact the initial developer if at all possible and use this as a
>> learning experience since again, I am maintaining the automation scripts.

> Well, at the risk of being flippant, it seems to me that the right thing
> to do is to change the default printer to print to PDF.  By hand.
>
> Assuming you have Acrobat installed, go into Settings, Printers and
> Faxes, right-click on Adobe PDF and select "Set as Default Printer".
>
> It would be very unfriendly for you to have your script change the
> default printer.  Users do not expect that.
>
> --
> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>

The unfriendliness aside - if you are coding it yourself, why not make it behave properly and print to a specific printer?  Or simply convert to a .pdf without sending it to a pdf printer?


DISCLAIMER:
This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and
may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient
of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and
any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please immediately notify
me and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof.
E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The sender therefore does not accept
liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission.

NOTICE REGARDING PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
Direct Edge ECN LLC may, at its discretion, monitor and review the content of all e-mail communications.

www.directedge.com