Programmaticly name the PDF from report generator

Hi,
I'm currently developing an application that contains report generation.
Using report generation pallet I was able to make PDFs but the problem is that a dialog box appears asking me to give a name to the PDF.
Since the application will be running all the year generating weekly reports I need to make automatis naming for the PDFs because I don't have all the Time operator to name the file.
Thanks in advance
Tareq Al-Arja

I'm assuming that the method you are using to create PDF reports is to "print" them to a PDF writer. In this case, it is an issue that resides outside of LabVIEW. LabVIEW simply sends the document to the PDF "printer" and it is actually the PDF Writer that is querying you for the name. Since most printers don't require you to name files that you print, LabVIEW does not provide any way of sending this information programmatically.
If automation of those PDF names is imperative, you might be able to build PDF documents through ActiveX with Adobe and programmatically provide PDF names that way, but from my experience, Adobe does a pretty poor job of documenting their ActiveX functions. However, it may be something worth exploring if the issue is important to you.
Kind Regards,
E. Sulzer
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