We are currently converting our client/server app to a web based app using RAD. We have chosen to use the Crystal Reports Java Reporting Component to create our forms. In the current application a form is created by Actuate then sent to Acrobat to be printed. The user only sees the that Acrobat is added to their taskbar. The form is automatically printed.
The only two options I see in the exportPDF method are
1) to bring up Adobe the in the current browser then print, or
2) bring up Adobe in the background, then ask if you want to open or save, then print from Adobe after opening.
Since we are removing our navigation bar from our browser for the application(navigation is done with bread crumbs), the first option is not viable, since the browser has no way to return to the application. The application has to be shut down and restarted. The second option is what we have chosen for the current time, but our users are requesting an auto print.
Using exportPDF, is there a way to bring Adobe up in the background and automatically print with no operator intervention?