SaveToFile Returns Success but there's no PDF File

 

We're using the ActiveX edition of QuickPDF in a VB6 application that generates some reports.

 

Our routine generates a simple report per the following pseudo-code -

 

  Dim QP As QuickPDFAX0813.PDFLibrary

  Set QP = CreateObject(ClassName)

  If (QP.UnlockKey(<OurKey>) <> 1) Then Exit Sub

    <Do our fancy report generation stuff here e.g. QP.DrawText(100, 500, "Example: Hello World")>

  QP.SaveToFile(<OurPath>\Output.pdf")

 

We incorporated the distribution of the "quickpdfax0813.dll" file in our program's installer (MSI), and set it to self-register the DLL.

 

When we deploy and run the program on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, the pdf gets generated without a problem.

 

When we deploy and run the same program on Windows Server 2008, the PDF seems to get generated but there is no PDF file to be found on the file-system.

 

We temporarily used MsgBoxes to indicate progress within the PDF generation functions, and they indicate that the entire PDF generation process succeeded, including the "SaveToFile" function returning "1" for success.

 

The fact that we're getting a "1" return value for "SaveToFile" in addition to indcating that the file was geneated, also indicates that the ActiveX was registered properly, so one could rule out registration related issues.

 

However' there's no PDF file to be found in the expected location!!!

 

We would really appreciate some assistance in this regard.

 

Thanks much!

-M

Usually the current directory is set to be the same directory as the the EXE file.  You can use functions such as GetCurrentDirectory to determine where the files will be saved.

Andrew.