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SaveToFile Returns Success but there's no PDF File

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Topic: SaveToFile Returns Success but there's no PDF File

Posted By: DevGuy
Subject: SaveToFile Returns Success but there's no PDF File
Date Posted: 26 Jan 12 at 9:16PM

Hi All,

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

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

Replies:

Posted By: Rick_Dev
Date Posted: 30 Jan 12 at 6:56PM

what is your output path?
Any chance you are running on Vista or above and trying to save to the program files folder?

Just a thought.

Rick

Posted By: AndrewC
Date Posted: 25 Jun 12 at 12:32PM

I know that Windows 7 doesn't allow files to be saved in certain directories including Program Folders, root directories eg C:\

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.

Posted By: barqyDev
Date Posted: 27 Jun 12 at 5:08AM

Frequently

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\<username>\

for VB6, you can probably use environment variables to determine where to save files

If none of the above-mentioned options are available, use the environment variable:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE% – Shared program data directory for all users
%LOCALAPPDATA% – Per-user program data directory (non-roaming) - Windows Vista or later
%APPDATA% – Per-user program data directory (roaming) - Windows Vista or later

FROM HERE:

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/developers/archive/2009/08/04/user-account-control-data-redirection.aspx - http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/developers/archive/2009/08/04/user-account-control-data-redirection.aspx