Mimer Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 The "Print to pdf" function in HD (Build 20190530) is not working, regardless of what kind of character I try to "Print", I always get the exact same error message (screencap attached for reference). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 1. Print to PDF is only for characters (and only for characters using the built-in templates -- custom characteristics will throw the process off). 2. If you are receiving the error on a character, you'll want to ensure that you have full permissions to the directory that you're running HD from. Under Windows, this is not always obvious (due to UAC). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimer Posted July 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Just now, Simon said: 1. Print to PDF is only for characters (and only for characters using the built-in templates -- custom characteristics will throw the process off). 2. If you are receiving the error on a character, you'll want to ensure that you have full permissions to the directory that you're running HD from. Under Windows, this is not always obvious (due to UAC). 1. The example above is a regular "Superheroic" character, no custom characteristics or templates etc. at all. The same error message appears for ordinary "Heroic" characters. 2. The hard drive I run Hero designer from is in a separate regular Hard drive (it's not the Windows/boot drive), with full permissions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Without further details on the issue (trace.log file, a character file, etc.), the only answer I can give is that you're running into permissions issues with either the drive you're running HD from or the directory you're saving the PDF to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimer Posted July 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Here's the trace log. The HDC character file to follow in a separate post (too large as per your forum interface rules). trace.log Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 The trace.log is doing little to pull me away from the "you don't have adequate permissions to the directory that you're running HD from or the directory that you're saving the PDF to" determination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimer Posted July 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Seems I can't upload more than 0.02 mb here on the forum, far to small for the character file. Is there another way I can submit or send it in by email? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 First determine if it's something in the character file (not indicated by the trace.log, but worth checking): start a new character (empty) and try the Print to PDF to the same location you were trying with the full character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimer Posted July 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Simon said: First determine if it's something in the character file (not indicated by the trace.log, but worth checking): start a new character (empty) and try the Print to PDF to the same location you were trying with the full character. Tried that with Superheroic and Heroic, same result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Then it's either the directory that you're running HD from or the directory that you're saving the PDFs to -- you/HD do not have proper access to them, generating an error at the system level when Java tries to create the requisite files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxiekins Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Is there any chance of Print to PDF being upgraded to include Vehicles, Bases, Automatons, Computers, and AIs...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Doubtful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 I ran into this same issue when trying to print out a 'computer' and was never able to. I am not versed it what might caused the problem or how to fix it, but when I ran into this problem once I think the way I solved it was selecting the proper export format, closing program and opening again and it worked for me, no clue why, it just did (I can do it for characters but not for computer built w/ the program, also no clue why). I have even downloaded a few character export formats from the forums and proven they work also. Hope this helps in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimer Posted September 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 17 hours ago, Jayzon said: I ran into this same issue when trying to print out a 'computer' and was never able to. I am not versed it what might caused the problem or how to fix it, but when I ran into this problem once I think the way I solved it was selecting the proper export format, closing program and opening again and it worked for me, no clue why, it just did (I can do it for characters but not for computer built w/ the program, also no clue why). I have even downloaded a few character export formats from the forums and proven they work also. Hope this helps in some way. As I understand it, there's a difference between the fixed "print to pdf"-function and chosing an export format (do correct me if I'm wrong here). The latter works fine for me. As for the former, I apparently can't get it to work on either of my computers, so I've basically given up on using that option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Try uninstalling the program and reinstalling it again, maybe that works? I know me and another person had the problem that it would not let us use the pdf option either, but I cant remember how we fixed it. I do know I have reinstalled the program twice since I got it to get rid of problems and it works fine afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatut Zeraze Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 Where exactly is this "Print to PDF" option? In the guide, it says it is "from the Current Character menu", but I see nothing of the sort in the drop-down box of Current Character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Note Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 14 minutes ago, Hatut Zeraze said: Where exactly is this "Print to PDF" option? In the guide, it says it is "from the Current Character menu", but I see nothing of the sort in the drop-down box of Current Character. "Print to PDF" functionality has been removed in a recent Hero Designer update. It was a bolt-on feature from an independent developer, and there were compatibility issues with recent versions of Java. You can use one of the many Export Formats available in the Downloads section of this website. Simon and Tom Cowan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 IMHO the export formats always looked better anyways. At least the type doesn't go microscopic if you were too wordy in an entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimer Posted April 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 On 4/17/2020 at 10:05 AM, Tasha said: IMHO the export formats always looked better anyways. At least the type doesn't go microscopic if you were too wordy in an entry. Yep, for the most part that seems to be true. I usually go in and edit the RTF document when go too crazy with multiple Multipowers with many advantages/limitations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxiekins Posted August 1, 2022 Report Share Posted August 1, 2022 The RTF option works well for vehicles, but the one for bases gives an unreadable output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Cache Posted January 16, 2023 Report Share Posted January 16, 2023 You could preview the character in HTML format, then print it to PDF from your browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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