Bullzip PDF printer gui.exe unresponsive, no output

[xpert]

L.S.
We are using the Bullzip PDF printer version V6.0.0.744 to create pdf reports unattendedly on a Windows 2K3 server.

Whenever the pdf files are created unattendedlly (meaning no useris logged on) the following occurs:
- no pdf output is created
- several process of gui.exe are unresponsive in the taskmanager

We set the options to run the PDF printer without any dialogue or user interference (see the content of settings@Bullziip PDF printer.ini file below)

However when a user is logged on at the time the 1st PDF report is created, everything runs smooth: all PDF files are created and the gui.exe processes are closed after creation, even if this user is logged off during the creation of the rest of the PDF files
I noticed a small balloon pops-up from the task bar each time a PDF report is being created, could this be the cause of this malfunction?

Thanks in advance for your support.


[PDF Printer]
watermarkcolor=
watermarkfontsize=
afterprintprogram=
afterprintprogramdir=
disableoptiondialog=
author=
creationdate=
creator=
keylength=128
keywords=
mergefile=
mergeposition=bottom
moddate=
output=C:\temp\<docname> <date> <time>.pdf
ownerpassword=
permissions=
settingsprogram=
showpdf=no
subject=
superimpose=
target=default
title=
userpassword=
watermarkrotation=c2c
watermarktext=
suppresserrors=yes
watermarkfontname=ARIAL.TTF
watermarkoutlinewidth=2
watermarklayer=top
watermarkverticalposition=center
watermarkhorizontalposition=center
watermarkverticaladjustment=
watermarkhorizontaladjustment=
rememberlastfilename=no
rememberlastfoldername=no
zoom=fitall
showprogress=
showprogressfinished=
runonsuccess=
runonsuccessdir=
runonerror=
runonerrordir=
device=pdfwrite
res=150
resx=150
resy=150
textalphabits=4
graphicsalphabits=4
statusfile=
hidetabs=
hidecontrols=
disablecontrols=
pdfa=no
confirmoverwrite=no
usedefaultauthor=yes
usedefaulttitle=yes
openfolder=no
showsaveas=never
showsettings=never
appendposition=
superimposeresolution=
split=no
devicelist=
formatlist=
superimposelayer=bottom
compatibilitylevel=1.5
macrodir=
licensefile=
extracttext=

[anac]

Hi,
I'm having exactly the same problem. Did you manage to solve this?

Thks

[pnkdoshi]

I am having a similar issue. I think this has to just do with setting up your configs properly but I have not been able to fix this. Here is my setup:

BullZip PDF Called Print2PDF
Installed on a W2k3 R2 SP2 server
6 users setup to print to the shared printer
Shared printer has proper shared out rights to those 6.

[jr]

The settings@Bullziip PDF printer.ini is user specific. If an unattended taks is running in another user context it will not be used. Windows services and scheduled tasks often run under different logins / user contexts. Depending on your scenario you should consider using the global ini files described in the documentation at www.biopdf.com. Using the global ini file to disable dialogs and progress notifications will help you control the unattended PDF creation.

Example of global ini file:

[PDF Printer]
Output=<desktop>\test.pdf
ShowSettings=never
ShowSaveAS=never
ShowProgress=no
ShowProgressFinished=no
ShowPDF=no
ConfirmOverwrite=no

See

http://www.biopdf.com/guide/how_to_hide ... dialog.php

and

http://www.biopdf.com/guide/global_ini.php

/Jacob

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