Export reports to PDF

[ChristopherM]

I have been reading through all the threads concerning exporting reports from Access 97 to Word and it clearly seems impossible to export graphics such as boxes. However I have reports where boxes are drawn in particular places depending on the underlying data and I would like to e-mail them. A few people mentioned the solution of exporting to PDF but in order to do so I would have to buy the Adobe writer. Before I do so, has anybody actually done this, and does it work OK? At the other end the recipients would only need to view and print so they could use the free reader.

 

[adamrf]

answer

When the PDF writer is installed you can select it as a printer and print any file to it...You just run the report and select the Adobe Page Distiller Printer and the report will be saved as a PDF file in a pre specified dir....Then you can e-mail the PDF files.


You could also try saving the Reports as Snapshot files (.snp)

Then you can get user to install the MS snapshot viewer...This way you can e-mailt he snapshots directly from Access.

 

[Cosmos75]

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49046&highlight=pdf

 

[Nouba]

There is also a good step by step explanation with additional screenshots and a bunch of drivers (uncertified) and batch files (i.e. email pdf-files) on how to install Ghostscript in combination with Redmon. But the explanation is in German. Rumborak.de - Mit Ghostscript einen kostenlosen PDF-Writer erstellen (Windows 2000)