Hide Acrobat When/After  Printing PDF with printdialog

In Acrobat 8.0, using VB.NET while printing a PDF file with printdialog , acrobat window shows and does not close after printing.
This behavior was not present with previous versions. Are there any commands that does not show the viewer using printdialog.
Your comments would be highly appreciated
Thanks in advance
Kelvin

> If you look through this entire thread you will see that the conditions you are having is not the same as many of us here.
I understand that. What you want to achieve can be simply done with Acrobat, but when limited to only the Reader ActiveX control there are limitations. You have to work within the bounds of what the control can provide.
> However having an empty window open up that the user must close has been something new for most of us since version 8.
It is new in version 8, yes. This was done for security reasons. The reason being the possibility of malicious software being developed. I don't want to give anybody ideas for a malicious application on a public forum, but if you want a full explanation personally I would be happy to contact you.
At least this way the user knows what's happening, and your average Joe who doesn't know about task manager can still right-click in the taskbar and close Reader to solve the problem. It balances worldwide user security against a small usability feature for Acrobat SDK application developers that are limited to only developing for Reader and yet again only when using silent printing. As I'm sure you can appreciate and understand, worldwide security won that battle - Reader is a secure product and its intention is to stay that way.
Is it a nuisance? Yes, a very minor one in most cases. However, there are workarounds. If you're developing with VB, what is stopping you from moving the window offscreen during print, monitoring the print queue, and terminating the Reader thread when it is done spooling? It is extra work for the developer, yes - but the fact is, security has to be at the forefront and it is unfortunate that you as the application developer have to do extra work in order to maintain the high level of security expected by Reader users.
If you have suggestions for a secure alternative approach, I am honestly glad to hear them if you care to discuss them.

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