I loop through the code that looks like this to batch a set of pdf
files.

Process command = new Process();
command.StartInfo.FileName = "AcroRd32.exe";
command.StartInfo.Arguments = "/p /h " + pdfFileName;
command.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
command.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
command.Start();

The problem is, the order in which the documents are printed is very
important. But it seems like Acrobat Reader and the printer scramble
the order.

Here is a very strange thing. Right after command.Start(), I tried

command.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();

It USED TO WORK. And then out of the blue, it prints the document and
just hangs until I kill Acrobat Reader.

Adding

Thread.Sleep(10000);

Will make the order right, but only to a degree. The order is just less
scrambled, which is not good enough.

So please help.

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You will need to wait for each process to finish before starting a new
priting process.

I would make the following changes
> Process command = new Process();
> command.StartInfo.FileName = "AcroRd32.exe";
> command.StartInfo.Arguments = "/p /h " + pdfFileName;
> command.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
> command.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
> command.Start();
> command.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
command.WaitForExit();



On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:26:27 -0800, David Cho <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
>
>I loop through the code that looks like this to batch a set of pdf
>files.
>
> Process command = new Process();
> command.StartInfo.FileName = "AcroRd32.exe";
> command.StartInfo.Arguments = "/p /h " + pdfFileName;
> command.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
> command.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
> command.Start();
>
>The problem is, the order in which the documents are printed is very
>important. But it seems like Acrobat Reader and the printer scramble
>the order.
>
>Here is a very strange thing. Right after command.Start(), I tried
>
> command.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
>
>It USED TO WORK. And then out of the blue, it prints the document and
>just hangs until I kill Acrobat Reader.
>
>Adding
>
> Thread.Sleep(10000);
>
>Will make the order right, but only to a degree. The order is just less
>scrambled, which is not good enough.
>
>So please help.
>
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