[DUG] Windows 8.1 issue - D2007 Rave printing

[Charlie]

Apparently with Windows 8 MS changed the Microsoft XPS Document Writer. 
This change doesn't allow QuickBook versions older than their 2013 
version to "print/email/save" documents as pdfs. On some computers using 
the Microsoft XPS Document Writer that came with Windows 7 works with 
the older versions. Thankfully this is working for my 2012 version of 
QuickBooks.
Why Intuit chose this method I have no idea. Intuit has its own PDF 
converter that is installed with QuickBooks.
I have no idea if this has anything to do with your issue. Just thought 
I'd let you know.
Charlie

On 1/14/2014 3:23 AM, John Bird wrote:
> Existing programs D2007 (compiled Windows 7 and also compiled on 
> Windows 8.1) have hit a problem with printing -- I use the Rave 
> Reports printing engine to print, either to PDF format (using one of 
> the Rave components) or to a virtual PDF writer printer as is common 
> practice to get PDF output
> Neither is working on Windows 8.1 -- I get an exception "invalid 
> filename" which I am trying to track down.  The filename and folder is 
> not the issue, nor permissions.  So far the only thing I have thought 
> is that the programs are 32 bit, and is there an issue accessing 
> printing printing sub-system on 64 bit Windows?
> Anyone struck this or have any ideas?
> BTW Windows 8.1 is a decided improvement to Windows 8 -- start menu 
> gets some of the way back to the good functionality of the Windows 7 
> start menu which they had just about perfect.   Some things in Windows 
> 8.1 are an improvement -- the instant search actually finds the item 
> you are looking for as the default usually.   Some things are just 
> strangely broken -- I cannot associate some programs with extensions 
> (it looks like only installed programs can be associated), there is no 
> place to manage wireless networks except at the command line, and try 
> finding the off switch.   And the way the charm bar keeps popping out 
> when I move the mouse anytime to the left.  Oh and its actually 
> Windows 6.3.
>
>
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