Control the document name in "Save as"

[terrywmson]

I love Primo PDF and have told lots of people in my company about it. I am currently using Primo PDF in conjunction with a keystroke-recorder software program to create hundreds and hundreds of proposals to customers. It works beautifully until I get to the print pop-up window. Because I'm using a keystroke-recorder software program, I don't want to give each document a unique name, I want to just hit the enter key to accept the name it has given the document. The problem is it sometimes creates a new, unique name for the document but it sometimes re-uses a previous name...which then causes a pop-up asking if the existing file should be over-written. I went into Options and told it to always append to the previous file, but it still sometimes starts a new file name and sometimes re-uses a previous name. I need it to consistently do the same thing every time, whether it creates a new file name or re-use the existing and appends. Either way is fine, I just need it to be consistent. Right now it is naming the documents something like this:

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\image[1].pdf
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\image[2].pdf

and I can't tell why it decides to sometimes re-use the name image[2] versus creating new name image[3]. Any suggestions? Thank you!

[Binh Pham]

Hi terrywmson,

We noticed this behavior on some of our test machines. We will be updating the save as process in the next version. It will resolve this issue.

We are expecting the update late August.

[Kneed2Know]

Hi,

Two problems:

1. If I try to print a page of a pdf created from another program to a PDF from Primo, it will not do it. I get an error 21 as I recall.

2. When I try to change the "Save in" location (not from a prior PDF) by selecting the button to the right on the address given, the screen pauses then goes back to where it was. I would think that it would open a browse screen.

Thanks,

Kneed2Know

[Binh Pham]

Hi,

Two problems:

1. If I try to print a page of a pdf created from another program to a PDF from Primo, it will not do it. I get an error 21 as I recall.

2. When I try to change the "Save in" location (not from a prior PDF) by selecting the button to the right on the address given, the screen pauses then goes back to where it was. I would think that it would open a browse screen.


1. Check is the document is protected.

2. Check the directory listed and make sure it doesn't contain two or more backlashes.

Eg: C:\\users\document\test.pdf (incorrect)
C:\users\document\test.pdf (remove extra back lash then click on browse button to change the directory)