Next Action
The Next Action window allows you to
- Customize the actions performed by pdfMachine after the creation of a PDF
Next Action
These options allow you to customize what actions pdfMachine takes after it creates a PDF.
| Next Action |
Controls what happens after the PDF file has been generated.
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Valid Values
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Action
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Launch pdfMachine viewer
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Default behaviour. Launches the pdfMachine viewer.
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No next action
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Do nothing. No next action takes place. No user interface will be displayed.
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Launch default PDF viewer
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Launch the default PDF file viewer. (usually Acrobat reader)
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Execute the command line
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Execute the command line that is defined by the "Exec Cmd." value. This
command is executed after the PDF file has been created.
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Launch default mail client with attached PDF
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Launches the default MAPI email client with the PDF file as an attachment. If
there are values in "Email Subject" and "Email Body" they are populated in the email
client.
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Show 'Save As' window
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Pops open the standard "Save As" window.
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OCR then Show 'Save As' Window
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Performs an OCR on the PDF and then pop the 'Save As' window to save the PDF.
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Exec. Command
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When "NextAction" is equal to "Execute the command line", this is the command that
is executed.
The command may contain a string such as "%s" which will be substituted with the full path of the
generated PDF file.
e.g. ExecCmd = c:\winnt\notepad.exe "%s" This would launch the notepad.exe program upon completion of
file generation. The notepad program would open the PDF file. |