Click button on print dialog

I am using PDFCreator to print an htm file to a PDF
Unfortunately the print dialog always appears (according to PFCreator forum it is due to the browser)
Someone suggested emulating a keyboard hit on the print dialog window to get rid of it automatically.
Can anyone help me to find the Print Dialog window and then automatically press the Print button?
Thanks
Attachments:
print_dialog.png ‏43 KB

I managed to solve it myself and the code is now here.
(The trick was knowing what term to use to search for "simulate key" not "simulate keyboard" got me to the right places)
Attachments:
DetectAndClosePrintDialog.vi ‏23 KB

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