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Problem with FileSystemObject

Hi,

i have a function for printing repots in pdf file.

Function PrintReportPDF(oReport, pdfOutputFile)

ActiveDocument.PrintReport oReport, "PDF-XChange 3.0", false
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

objFSO. MoveFile "C:\Temp\QlikView Printing.pdf", pdfOutputFile
==> but this leads to a problem, if the destination file already exist, the parameter 'true' won't work.

objFSO. CopyFile "C:\Temp\QlikView Printing.pdf", pdfOutputFile, True
==> the problem: the tempfile QlikView Printing.pdf would not be deleted. If I run the macro a 2nd time, I got the questeion to overwrite. I wan't to avoid some interactions.

If I try to delete the tempfile after CopyFile with:

objFSO. DeleteFile "C:\Temp\QlikView Printing.pdf"
==> I got the errormessage, that the file does not exist. (I think the macro tries to delete the file, before the step before is finished)

End Function

I think, I need an error handling in such a way, that I have to check, wether the destination file exist, then delete it. But since I'm not a programmer, how can I solve it?

Or does someone has a better solution?

best regards

Stefan Bockelmann

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