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PDFCreator

743 bytes added, 08:08, 14 May 2013
New Version 1.7.0
== note PDFCreator 1.7.0 ==PDFCreator allows any Windows program to easily create PDF files by using it like a printer so as to save to a PDF. It is available from http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator.
The normal Download tries to download some additional files from the internet. Not quite so obious, there is an '''offline''' version of the install programm at Used this: http://downloadwww.pdfforge.org/downloadcontent/pdfcreatorsetup-command-line-parameters
== PDFCreator 1'''Note:''' The normal Download tries to download some additional files from the internet.7.0 ==The actual Not quite so obious, there is an '''offline''' version is 1.7of the install programm at http://download.0pdfforge. (not tested)org/download/pdfcreator
== To create a custom PDFCreator 1.5.0 ==PDFCreator allows any Windows program to easily create PDF files by inf, run the installer manually using it like a printer so as to save to a PDF. It is available from httpthe switch ://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator.
Used this: http: PDFCreator-%version%_setup.exe //wwwSAVEINF="PDFCreator.pdfforge.org/content/setup-command-line-parametersinf"
''Please note that you must manually set OfferNow check the INF file and add if necessary Toolbar=0. It defaults to one regardless in an INF file creation regardless of choices made.''Offer=0
Place the INF file in the same directory as the .exe file.
==== PDFCreator.inf====
<source lang="ini">
[Setup]
NoIcons=0
SetupType=custom
Components=program,ghostscript,images2pdfpdfarchitekt,pdfarchitectimages2pdf,comsamples,helpfiles,helpfiles\english,languages,languages\english
Tasks=desktopicon,desktopicon\common,winexplorer
Printername=PDFCreator
Win2k32bitPrinterdriver=0
Win2k64bitPrinterdriver=0
Toolbar=0
Offer=0
</source>
'''Note''': pdfarchitekt is a additional program to edit pdf-files. Unlike pdfcreator it is not free to use. You can remove it from ''Components'' if you don't want to install it.
WPKG XML:
==== WPKG XML ====
<source lang="xml">
priority="10">
<variable name="PKG_VERSION" value="1.57.0" /> <variable name="PKG_EXE_VERSION" value="1.57.0.0" /> <variable name="PKG_EXE_NAME" value="PDFCreator-1_5_0_setup1_7_0_setup_offline.exe" />
<variable name="PKG_DESTINATION" value="%ProgramFiles%\PDFCreator" architecture="x86"/>
<variable name="PKG_DESTINATION" value="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\PDFCreator" architecture="x64"/>
<check type="file" condition="versiongreaterorequal" path="%PKG_DESTINATION%\PDFCreator.exe" value="%PKG_EXE_VERSION%" />
<commands> <command type="install " timeout="300" cmd='%COMSPEC% /C if exist "%PKG_DESTINATION%\unins000.exe" "%PKG_DESTINATION%\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT' /> <command type="install " timeout="300" cmd='%COMSPEC% /C if exist "%PKG_DESTINATION%\unins001.exe" "%PKG_DESTINATION%\unins001.exe" /VERYSILENT' /> <command type="install " timeout="400" cmd='%SOFTWARE%\pdfcreator\%PKG_EXE_NAME% /LOADINF="%SOFTWARE%\pdfcreator\PDFCreator-1_2_3.inf" /DontUseYahooSearch /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /SP-' /> <command type="install " timeout="300" cmd='%COMSPEC% /C REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\PDFCreator\Program" /v "UpdateInterval" /t REG_SZ /d "0" /f' /> <!-- enable the following lines if you have problems with ocx not registered, it also helps to run pdfcreator as admin once --> <upgrade include!-- <command type="install" cmd="regsvr32 /s %SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\MSCOMCTL.OCX"/> --> <!-- <command type="install" cmd="regsvr32 /s %SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\MSCOMCT2.OCX"/> -->
<command type="upgrade" include="install" />  <command type="remove " timeout="300" cmd='%COMSPEC% /C if exist "%PROGRAMFILES%\PDFCreator\unins000.exe" "%PROGRAMFILES%\PDFCreator\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT' /> <command type="remove " timeout="300" cmd='%COMSPEC% /C if exist "%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PDFCreator\unins000.exe" "%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PDFCreator\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT' /> <command type="remove " timeout="300" cmd='%COMSPEC% /C if exist "%PROGRAMFILES%\PDFCreator\unins001.exe" "%PROGRAMFILES%\PDFCreator\unins001.exe" /VERYSILENT' /> <command type="remove " timeout="300" cmd='%COMSPEC% /C if exist "%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PDFCreator\unins001.exe" "%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PDFCreator\unins001.exe" /VERYSILENT' /> </commands>
</package>
</packages:packages>
</source>
 
 
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