Bug Bounty: 150 $ for solution PDFCreator on Windows Vista
Submitted by philip on Wed, 2007-09-12 14:16.
Hello,
as you all know, PDFCreator currently does not work properly under Windows Vista. The upcoming Version 0.9.5 will have basic Vista support, but the main problem has not been solved.
The problem is, that Vista has a strict security system, that does not allow the way PDFSpooler.exe tries to start PDFCreator under the context of a user.
Is there someone who has already done this under windows Vista?
We have the possibility to do this in C (not C# oder C++) oder in Visual Basic 6.
Any help, hints oder experience is appreciated here, as we have spent several days on this issue without a result.
We are offering a bounty of 150$ for the first one who can solve this.
regards,
Philip
Artur Sá Menezes - Webmaster / Designer / Computer Science.
wrotes::
THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS
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using PdfCreator under
Windows Vista Ultimate,
in my installations.
THUS, SOLVED, by observing this::
I generate 1 PostScript Level 3 file (color), using the previously configurated Xerox DocuColor 8000 PS3 WRITING TO FILE as output (no LPT, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi); from a page comming from a site using graphics and TTF fonts (Apple Computer site). I drag'n drop the resultant PostScript (PS) file to the list to be printed.
Result::
Well terminated, no problems, all right / all types of output (PDF, JPG, etc). I choose PDF as output under PdfCreator.
Important Note:: I allways use "Compatibility Mode", as my standard, to output PS (I do not use fast or other options). I can use A4, A3 and others, with any margins or orientations. All right. All works fine.
How can you get a problem? Tell me how, please.
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Artur.
NOTE: If anyone want to know:: I have a double boot MBR system, with Win-XP Pro SP2 // Win-Vista Ultimate Pro. I can use other boots, like Kalango Linux (love it!), Ubuntu Linux, Win-98 or something I want, from my flash memory or MP4 player (both works as USB-FDD - see your BIOS). Since I put a boot there and be a FDD device, it works good -- it is similar to the way as virtual machines uses "ISO's machine mirrors with boot"(s), to start.
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