AcroRd32.exe opens when trying to merge multiple PDFs

@supermatty wrote:

Using Version 1.6.2:
In the Microsoft Office environment, using VBA, I am using the following code to merge multiple PDFs into one large PDF. The code works perfectly, but at the indicated line, adobe reader ("AcroRd32.exe") opens up, and i have to manually close it. I've tried to use other VBA subroutines to close AcroRd32.exe, but the entire code get's stuck on the indicated line UNTIL I close it manually. any help would be greatly appreciated. .

Sub bindPDF()

Dim pdfjob As PDFCreator.clsPDFCreator
Dim sPDFName As String
Dim sPDFPath As String
Dim DefaultPrinter$
Dim bRestart As Boolean
Dim ws As Worksheet, itemrange As Range, cell As Range, itemcount As Integer
Set ws = ActiveSheet
Set itemrange = ws.Range("e1:e" & Application.CountA(Range("e:e")))
Dim sFilenames() As String
For Each cell In itemrange
itemcount = itemcount + 1
ReDim Preserve sFilenames(itemcount - 1)
sFilenames(itemcount - 1) = cell.Value
Next cell

'/// Change the output file name here! ///
sPDFName = "TestEnd.pdf"

'' stub here
sPDFPath = "c:\test"

'Activate error handling and turn off screen updates
On Error GoTo EarlyExit
' Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Set pdfjob = New PDFCreator.clsPDFCreator

'Check if PDFCreator is already running and attempt to kill the process if so
Do
bRestart = False
Set pdfjob = New PDFCreator.clsPDFCreator
If pdfjob.cStart("/NoProcessingAtStartup") = False Then
'PDF Creator is already running. Kill the existing process
Shell "taskkill /f /im PDFCreator.exe", vbHide
DoEvents
Set pdfjob = Nothing
bRestart = True
End If
Loop Until bRestart = False

'Assign settings for PDF job
With pdfjob
.cOption("UseAutosave") = 1
.cOption("UseAutosaveDirectory") = 1
.cOption("AutosaveDirectory") = sPDFPath
.cOption("AutosaveFilename") = sPDFName
.cOption("AutosaveFormat") = 0 ' 0 = PDF
DefaultPrinter = .cDefaultPrinter
.cDefaultPrinter = "PDFCreator"
.cClearCache
End With

'Delete the PDF if it already exists
If Dir(sPDFPath & sPDFName) = sPDFName Then Kill (sPDFPath & sPDFName)

'Print the document to PDF
With pdfjob
' change this filename each loop

For i = 0 To UBound(sFilenames)
'***Here is the problem line. I try to kill acrord32.exe Before and After the .cPrintFile line, and it's not working since i need to manually close AcroRd32.exe before the code will continue to the next line
Call KillProcess("AcroRd32.exe")
.cPrintFile (sFilenames(i))
Call KillProcess("AcroRd32.exe")
Next i

'Wait until all the print jobs have entered the queue
Do Until pdfjob.cCountOfPrintjobs = UBound(sFilenames) + 1
DoEvents
Loop
.cCombineAll
.cPrinterStop = False

End With
'Wait until the PDF file shows up then release the objects
Do Until pdfjob.cCountOfPrintjobs = 0
DoEvents
Loop

'Wait a bit longer for PDF Creator to finish
Application.Wait Now + TimeValue("0:0:2")

'reset original Windows' default printer
pdfjob.cDefaultPrinter = DefaultPrinter
pdfjob.cClose

Cleanup:
'Release objects and terminate PDFCreator
Set pdfjob = Nothing
Shell "taskkill /f /im PDFCreator.exe", vbHide
On Error GoTo 0
'Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Exit Sub

EarlyExit:
'Inform user of error, and go to cleanup section
MsgBox "There was an error encountered. PDFCreator has" & vbCrLf & _
"has been terminated on file " & sPDFName & " in bind. Please try again.", _
vbCritical + vbOKOnly, "Error"
Resume Cleanup

End Sub

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