How to transfer file name to pdf printer

[sadhu]

I'm trying to print a layout to pdf - with path and file name. Where and how do I add the file name and path in the following code?

 

Is there a better way to do it ? All help is appreciated.

 

 

 

(setq dwgsname (getvar 'dwgname))
(setq dwgsnamelen (strlen dwgsname))
(setq dwgsname (substr dwgsname 1 (- dwgsnamelen 4)))
(setq fname (Strcat (getvar 'dwgprefix) "montaggio \\" dwgsname))



(setq filename  (strcat fname "_" (getstring "File Name.. ?")))

 (command "-plot"
          "y"            ;Detailed plot configuration?
          "MONTAGGIO"        ;Enter a layout name or [?] <Model>
         "DWG To PDF.pc3"        ;"PDFill PDF&Image Writer" ;Enter an output device name or [?]
         "ISO A4 (297.00 x 210.00 MM)"    ;            ;Enter paper size or [?] "A4"        
         "Millimeters"        ;Enter paper units [inches/Millimeters]
         "LANDSCAPE"        ;Enter drawing orientation [Portrait/Landscape]
         "no"            ;Plot upside down? [Yes/No]
         "LAYOUT"            ;Enter plot area [Display/Extents/Limits/View/Window]
         "Fit"              ;Enter plot scale (Plotted Millimeters=Drawing Units) or [Fit] <Fit>
         "1,1"            ;;;      Enter plot offset (x,y) <0.00,0.00>:
         "yes"              ;Plot with plot styles?
          "monochrome.ctb"      ;Enter plot style table name
          "yes"               ;Plot with lineweights? [Yes/No]
          "NO"             ;Scale lineweights with plot scale? [Yes/No] <No>:
          "NO"            ;;;Plot paper space first? [Yes/No] <No>:
          "NO"            ;;;Hide paperspace objects? [Yes/No] <No>:
               (filename)
          ""            ;;;Write the plot to a file [Yes/No] <N>: Y
          ""            ;;;     Save changes to page setup [Yes/No]? <N>
                       ;"YES"            ;;;Proceed with plot [Yes/No] <Y>:
    
          ""
  )

[ReMark]

Have you looked into the PLOTSTAMP option?

[BIGAL]

I am pretty sure you will find the problem is that you transfer control from Autocad to the PDf software and it no longer recognises a command from Autocad that would be the file name, I had the same problem.

 

There may be a way to similar to excell linking to pass a variable file name to the other process by jumping into the other process this would require a contiuous loop till it recognised that the other process was waiting.

 

Help please would appreciate an answer the autoplot works well but must manually enter pdf names. There are`other posts here also about this problem.

 

Hi Lee Mac took this from next post (if (setq XLApp (vlax-get-or-create-object "Excel.Application")) and its obvious to me need something like this for PDF.

 

In my case Cutepdf

Edited April 25, 2011 by BIGAL
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