Hi,

   Yes indeed, I agree with you. Unfortunately, I have not been able to resolve this technical problem which stems from the (convoluted) path required for creating a PDF. It goes something like this:

   Application (select "Print")
       >>> Data sent to Printer Port
       >>> Port Monitor receives data and writes a Psotscript File (Printer Output)
       >>> Port Monitor starts PDF reDirect
       >>> PDF reDirect converts the printer output to a PDF.

   Unfortunately, there is only one field in the printer output that gives me any information about the source document, and that is the name of the print job. This field will contain either the name of the document, or the name of the application (or both) depending on how it was programmed. However, the path of the original document is not provided in the file. I could write a small VBA program that provides that information for Word, Excel and most other Microsoft Office applications, but then you would get the standard security warnings associated with macros, and they would not work with other applications.

   For now, I do not know of anyone resolving this problem. For example, even Adobe has not figured this out with their own PDF Distiller. If I ever find a fix, I will be sure to implement it!

Hi there,

go2pdf seems to know both path and filename. However, go2pdf is no alternative. It is offered as freeware - but in fact it is crippled by adding a tag on each created pdf. And even worse: I does not offer to uninstall. Really weird.

I hope this helps.

Sascha.