Next Action

Next Action  Controls what happens after the PDF file has been generated.
 
Valid Values
 
Action
Launch pdfMachine viewer Default behavior. Launches the pdfMachine viewer.
 
No next action Do nothing. No next action takes place. No user interface will be displayed.
 
Launch default PDF viewer Launch the default PDF file viewer. (usually Acrobat reader)
 
Execute the command line Execute the command line that is defined by the "Exec Cmd." value. This command is executed after the PDF file has been created.
 
Launch default mail client with attached PDF Launches the default MAPI email client with the PDF file as an attachment. If there are values in "Email Subject" and "Email Body" they are populated in the email client.
 
Show 'Save As' window Pops open the standard "Save As" window.
Exec. Command When "NextAction" is equal to "Execute the command line", this is the command that is executed. It may contain a string such as "%s" which will be substituted with the full path of the generated PDF file.
e.g. ExecCmd = c:\winnt\notepad.exe "%s" This would launch the notepad.exe program upon completion of file generation. The notepad program would open the PDF file
Email Fields If set, provides default values for the default mail client when it is launched. If the first character is an '@' then the rest of the text is taken to be a filename and the text is read from the file.
e.g. if the "Email Body" value was "@c:\body.txt" then the file c:\body.txt would be read in and this would be placed in the body of the email.

For the TO, CC, BCC address fields, several addresses may appear if the addresses are comma or white space separated. Some email applications require the "SMTP:" prefix on mail addresses to send SMTP style mail.
Confirm Email Attachment Name If checked, the user will be prompted to confirm or change the name of the PDF attachment when the "send" button is pressed.
Auto. Send If checked, and an "Email To:" value is supplied the mail is sent automatically.