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Manipulate the output file using OnMacrosApplied Event Handler / PDF Printer

This example will show you how to manipulate the file name after the file name macros have been applied. The example was not created to do anything meaningful. It will read the set output file name and reverse it :-)

    Rem -- 
Rem -- Run this function when the macros are applied.
Rem -- 
Sub OnMacrosApplied
        Dim fso, output, filename, extension, foldername
        
        Rem -- Create a file system object for file path helper functions
        Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FilesystemObject")
        
        Rem -- Get the current output value
        output = context("Config")("output")
        
        Rem -- Get the file path parts
        filename = fso.GetBaseName(output)
        foldername = fso.GetParentFolderName(output)
        extension = fso.GetExtensionName(output)
        
        Rem -- Reverse the file name
        filename = StrReverse(filename)
        
        Rem -- Assemble the file path again
        output = foldername & "\" & filename & "." & extension
        
        Rem -- Set the new file path in the output
        context("Config")("output") = output
        
        Rem -- Make sure the configuration isn't reloaded because of an option set selection.
        context("Config")("rememberlastoptionset") = "no"       
        
        Rem -- Clean up
        Set fso = Nothing
End Sub

You can download and run the example yourself. The files needed are available here. The VBS file must be placed in the macros sub folder of the PDF printer installation. You can use the MacroDir setting to change the location of the VBS files if needed.

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