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Downloads:
2,394,920
Downloads of v 4.2.0:
65,382
Last Update:
12 Jan 2021
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- pdfforge
Tags:
pdfcreator pdf editor printer foss notsilent- Software Specific:
- Software Site
- Software Source
- Software License
- Software Docs
- Package Specific:
- Package Source
- Package outdated?
- Package broken?
- Contact Maintainers
- Contact Site Admins
- Software Vendor?
- Report Abuse
- Download

PDF Creator
- Software Specific:
- Software Site
- Software Source
- Software License
- Software Docs
- Package Specific:
- Package Source
- Package outdated?
- Package broken?
- Contact Maintainers
- Contact Site Admins
- Software Vendor?
- Report Abuse
- Download
Downloads:
2,394,920
Downloads of v 4.2.0:
65,382
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- pdfforge
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This Package Contains an Exempted Check
1 Test Passing and 1 Exempted Test
Validation Testing Passed
Verification Testing Exempt:
A reboot is required after installing the dotnet4.7.2 dependency
To install PDF Creator, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade PDF Creator, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall PDF Creator, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
-
Open Source
- Download the Package Download
- Follow manual internalization instructions
-
Package Internalizer (C4B)
- Run
choco download pdfcreator --internalize --source=https://chocolatey.org/api/v2
(additional options) - Run
choco push --source="'http://internal/odata/repo'"
for package and dependencies - Automate package internalization
- Run
3. Enter your internal repository url
(this should look similar to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2)
4. Choose your deployment method:
choco upgrade pdfcreator -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade pdfcreator -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Ensure pdfcreator installed
win_chocolatey:
name: pdfcreator
state: present
version: 4.2.0
source: STEP 3 URL
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
Coming early 2020! Central Managment Reporting available now! More information...
chocolatey_package 'pdfcreator' do
action :install
version '4.2.0'
source 'STEP 3 URL'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
Name: pdfcreator,
Version: 4.2.0,
Source: STEP 3 URL
);
Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.
cChocoPackageInstaller pdfcreator
{
Name = 'pdfcreator'
Ensure = 'Present'
Version = '4.2.0'
Source = 'STEP 3 URL'
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'pdfcreator':
provider => 'chocolatey',
ensure => '4.2.0',
source => 'STEP 3 URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
salt '*' chocolatey.install pdfcreator version="4.2.0" source="STEP 3 URL"
See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.
5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved as a trusted package on 12 Jan 2021.
PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application.
Features
- Convert your documents to PDF, JPG, PNG, TIF and PDF/A
- Merge and arrange multiple documents to one file
- Profiles make frequently used settings available with one click
- Use automatic saving to have a fully automated PDF printer
- Secure against opening, printing or modifying your PDFs with a password
- Support for digital signatures
- COM interface for application or scripted actions
Notes
The installer has a few options that can be configured via the --ia
switch:
/NOICONS
- No desktop or Start Menu icons will be created/TASKS=!winexplorer
- No integration with explorer. (I.E. no context menu)/Printername=(name)
- Use a custom printer name (default: PDFCreator)
Example use: choco install pdfcreator --ia '"/NOICONS /TASKS=!winexplorer"'
License is removed from source repository as such this file is empty.
According to their license page at <https://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/license>
distribution is still allowed, and source code is still covered under the AGPL license.
See License.png for a copy/screenshot of the above webpage taken 2021-01-12.
VERIFICATION
Verification is intended to assist the Chocolatey moderators and community
in verifying that this package's contents are trustworthy.
The embedded software have been downloaded from the listed download
location on <http://download.pdfforge.org/download/pdfcreator/list>
and can be verified by doing the following:
1. Download the following <http://download.pdfforge.org/download/pdfcreator/PDFCreator-stable?download>
2. Get the checksum using one of the following methods:
- Using powershell function 'Get-FileHash'
- Use chocolatey utility 'checksum.exe'
3. The checksums should match the following:
checksum type: sha256
checksum: 27EA7A6A894E019CFBB24B6AACB2F323F09E9DF1186F9657B1EFCF3BEDF95891
The file 'LICENSE.txt' has been obtained from <https://github.com/pdfforge/PDFCreator/blob/dbbe3558157f5861bff35dcb37b328b679b0ccfd/LICENSE>
; This script will exit after 2 minutes (a slow download could cause failure)
SetTimer, TimeOut, 120000
DetectHiddenWindows, on
__Welcome:
; Welcome window
WinWait, Setup - PDFCreator, Welcome to the PDFCreator Setup Wizard
WinGet, appid, ID, Setup - PDFCreator, Welcome to the PDFCreator Setup Wizard
WinHide, ahk_id %appid%
; Expert settings checkbox
sleep, 100
ControlClick, TNewCheckBox1, ahk_id %appid%, Welcome to the PDFCreator Setup Wizard
sleep, 100
; Next button
ControlClick, &Next, ahk_id %appid%, Welcome to the PDFCreator Setup Wizard
__PrinterName:
; Printer Name window
WinWait, ahk_id %appid%, Printer name, 1
if ErrorLevel {
if WinExist(ahk_id %appid%, Welcome to the PDFCreator Setup Wizard) {
goto, __Welcome
}
}
; Next button
ControlClick, &Next, ahk_id %appid%, Printer name
__Destination:
; Select destination window
WinWait, ahk_id %appid%, Select Destination Location, 1
if ErrorLevel {
if WinExist(ahk_id %appid%, Printer name) {
goto, __PrinterName
}
}
; Next button
ControlClick, &Next, ahk_id %appid%, Select Destination Location
__Components:
; Select Components window
WinWait, ahk_id %appid%, Select Components, 1
if ErrorLevel {
if WinExist(ahk_id %appid%, Select Destination Location) {
goto, __Destination
}
}
; Next button
ControlClick, &Next, ahk_id %appid%, Select Components
__StartMenu:
; Select Start Menu Folder window
WinWait, ahk_id %appid%, Select Start Menu Folder, 1
if ErrorLevel {
if WinExist(ahk_id %appid%, Select Components) {
goto, __Components
}
}
; Next button
ControlClick, &Next, ahk_id %appid%, Select Start Menu Folder
__AdditionalTasks:
; Select Additional Tasks window
WinWait, ahk_id %appid%, Select Additional Tasks, 1
if ErrorLevel {
if WinExist(ahk_id %appid%, Select Start Menu Folder) {
goto, __StartMenu
}
}
; Next button
ControlClick, &Next, ahk_id %appid%, Select Additional Tasks
__Ready:
; Ready to Install window
WinWait, ahk_id %appid%, Ready to Install, 1
if ErrorLevel {
if WinExist(ahk_id %appid%, Select Additional Tasks) {
goto, __AdditionalTasks
}
}
; Install button
ControlClick, &Install, ahk_id %appid%, Ready to Install
__PDFArchitect:
; PDF Architect (Don't want) window
WinWait, ahk_id %appid%, PDF Architect, 1
if ErrorLevel {
if WinExist(ahk_id %appid%, Ready to Install) {
goto, __Ready
}
}
; Next button
ControlClick, No thanks, ahk_id %appid%, PDF Architect
__OptionalOffer:
; Install Complete Optional Offer window (definitely don't want)
WinWait, Setup - PDFCreator, Installation Completed, 30
if ErrorLevel {
if WinExist(ahk_id %appid%, PDF Architect) {
goto, __OptionalOffer
}
}
; Skip button
ControlClick, Skip, Setup - PDFCreator, Installation Completed
__Completing:
; Completing the PDFCreator Setup Wizard
WinWait, ahk_id %appid%, Completing the PDFCreator Setup Wizard, 1
if ErrorLevel {
if WinExist(Setup - PDFCreator, Installation Completed) {
goto, __OptionalOffer
}
}
while WinExist(ahk_id %appid%, Completing the PDFCreator Setup Wizard) {
sleep, 200
; Show Help checkbox
ControlClick, TNewCheckListBox1, ahk_id %appid%, Completing the PDFCreator Setup Wizard
sleep, 500
; Finish button
ControlClick, &Finish, ahk_id %appid%, Completing the PDFCreator Setup Wizard
}
ExitApp
TimeOut:
ExitApp 120
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$installArgs = $('' +
'/NORESTART /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /SP- /LOG /LANG=english ' +
'/COMPONENTS="program,ghostscript,comsamples,' +
'languages,languages\bosnian,languages\catalan,languages\catalan_valencia,' +
'languages\chinese_simplified,languages\chinese_traditional,' +
'languages\corsican,languages\croatian,languages\czech,languages\danish,' +
'languages\dutch,languages\english,languages\estonian,languages\finnish,' +
'languages\french,languages\galician,languages\german,languages\greek,' +
'languages\hebrew,languages\hungarian,languages\italian,languages\irish,' +
'languages\ligurian,languages\latvian,languages\lithuanian,' +
'languages\norwegian_bokmal,languages\polish,languages\portuguese_br,' +
'languages\romanian,languages\russian,languages\serbian_cyrillic,' +
'languages\slovak,languages\slovenian,languages\spanish,' +
'languages\swedish,languages\turkish,languages\valencian_avl"'
)
$toolsPath = Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$packageArgs = @{
packageName = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
fileType = 'exe'
file = "$toolsPath\PDFCreator-4_2_0-Setup.exe.exe"
softwareName = 'PDFCreator'
silentArgs = $installArgs
validExitCodes = @(0)
}
# Make sure Print Spooler service is up and running
# this is required for both installing, and running pdfcreator
try {
$serviceName = 'Spooler'
$spoolerService = Get-Service -Name $serviceName
if ($spoolerService -eq $null) { throw "Service $serviceName was not found" }
Write-Host "Print Spooler service state: $($spoolerService.StartMode) / $($spoolerService.Status)"
if ($spoolerService.StartMode -ne 'Auto' -or $spoolerService.Status -ne 'Running') {
Set-Service $serviceName -StartupType Automatic -Status Running
Write-Host 'Print Spooler service new state: Auto / Running'
}
}
catch {
Write-Warning "Unexpected error while checking Print Spooler service: $($_.Exception.Message)"
}
$ThisComputer = Get-WmiObject -Class win32_computersystem
# silent install requires different methods for domain-joined systems
if ($ThisComputer.partofdomain -eq $true) {
Write-Warning 'Silent install of PDFCreator is not supported on domain-joined systems like this one.'
Write-Warning 'Silent install will be attempted, but is less certain.'
$ahkFile = Join-Path $toolsPath 'chocolateyInstall.ahk'
$ahkEXE = Get-ChildItem "$env:ChocolateyInstall\lib\autohotkey.portable" -Recurse -filter autohotkey.exe
$ahkProc = Start-Process -FilePath $ahkEXE.FullName -ArgumentList "$ahkFile" -PassThru
Write-Debug "AutoHotKey start time:`t$($ahkProc.StartTime.ToShortTimeString())"
Write-Debug "Process ID:`t$($ahkProc.Id)"
} else {
$packageArgs.SilentArgs = "/VERYSILENT $($packageArgs.SilentArgs)"
}
Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage @packageArgs
Get-ChildItem $toolsPath\*.exe | ForEach-Object {$null = New-Item "$_.ignore" -Type file -Force}
if ($ahkFile) {
if (get-process -id $ahkProc.Id -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {stop-process -id $ahkProc.Id}
}
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageArgs = @{
packageName = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
softwareName = 'PDFCreator'
fileType = 'exe'
silentArgs = '/VERYSILENT /NORESTART /SP-'
validExitCodes = @(0)
}
$uninstalled = $false
[array]$key = Get-UninstallRegistryKey @packageArgs
if ($key.Count -eq 1) {
$key | ForEach-Object {
$packageArgs['file'] = "$($_.UninstallString)"
Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs
}
}
elseif ($key.Count -eq 0) {
Write-Warning "$packageName has already been uninstalled by other means."
}
elseif ($key.Count -gt 1) {
Write-Warning "$($key.Count) matches found!"
Write-Warning "To prevent accidental data loss, no programs will be uninstalled."
Write-Warning "Please alert the package maintainer that the following keys were matched:"
$key | ForEach-Object { Write-Warning "- $($_.DisplayName)" }
}
md5: 71635053D1491E4A03A81CB190F1E210 | sha1: 4BFEFE95584A0AB25FC02595158C82D4B6D7EC39 | sha256: 27EA7A6A894E019CFBB24B6AACB2F323F09E9DF1186F9657B1EFCF3BEDF95891 | sha512: BBABB0671F13DBE641CE9517F2F360EC07E947115C51C93555DA70315F6B8546B8238B2BEF58202FBCAA5B932E31AFD384448FA86423F371C98C30399E302933
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- PDFCreator-4_2_0-Setup.exe.exe (27ea7a6a894e) - ## / 67
- PDFCreator.4.2.0.nupkg (a516b96b07b9) - ## / 62
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
---|---|---|---|
PDF Creator 4.2.0 | 65382 | Tuesday, January 12, 2021 | Approved |
PDF Creator 4.1.2 | 226305 | Thursday, July 30, 2020 | Approved |
PDF Creator 4.1.1 | 4547 | Tuesday, July 28, 2020 | Approved |
PDF Creator 4.1.0 | 52427 | Wednesday, June 10, 2020 | Approved |
PDF Creator 4.0.4 | 66704 | Thursday, April 16, 2020 | Approved |
PDF Creator 4.0.3 | 17460 | Thursday, April 2, 2020 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.5.1 | 296837 | Monday, June 24, 2019 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.5.0 | 38616 | Monday, May 27, 2019 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.4.1 | 78266 | Wednesday, April 3, 2019 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.4.0 | 66268 | Thursday, February 14, 2019 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.3.0 | 245666 | Tuesday, October 9, 2018 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.2.2.20180903 | 91224 | Monday, September 3, 2018 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.2.2 | 167843 | Friday, June 22, 2018 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.2.1 | 83650 | Thursday, May 31, 2018 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.2.0.20180518 | 44245 | Friday, May 18, 2018 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.2.0 | 75582 | Thursday, March 15, 2018 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.1.2 | 50193 | Thursday, January 25, 2018 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.1.1 | 21305 | Thursday, January 4, 2018 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.1.0 | 14212 | Wednesday, December 20, 2017 | Approved |
PDF Creator 3.0.1 | 101483 | Thursday, September 21, 2017 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.5.3 | 90231 | Monday, June 26, 2017 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.5.2 | 61057 | Wednesday, April 19, 2017 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.5.1 | 191109 | Friday, February 17, 2017 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.5.0 | 822 | Friday, February 17, 2017 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.4.1 | 36085 | Tuesday, November 22, 2016 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.3.2 | 104692 | Monday, July 18, 2016 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.3.1 | 483 | Tuesday, June 28, 2016 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.3.0 | 11313 | Tuesday, March 1, 2016 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.2.2 | 7799 | Thursday, December 10, 2015 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.2.0 | 4446 | Monday, October 26, 2015 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.1.2 | 13389 | Thursday, June 4, 2015 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.1.1 | 4232 | Wednesday, April 1, 2015 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.1.0 | 443 | Thursday, March 19, 2015 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.0.2 | 7177 | Thursday, January 22, 2015 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.0.1 | 3075 | Tuesday, December 16, 2014 | Approved |
PDF Creator 2.0.0 | 2565 | Sunday, November 30, 2014 | Approved |
PDF Creator 1.9.4-beta | 506 | Wednesday, August 13, 2014 | Approved |
PDF Creator 1.7.3.20140611 | 8467 | Wednesday, June 11, 2014 | Approved |
PDF Creator 1.7.3.20140606 | 1142 | Friday, June 6, 2014 | Approved |
PDF Creator 1.7.3 | 4196 | Friday, April 25, 2014 | Approved |
PDF Creator 1.7.2 | 3650 | Friday, November 29, 2013 | Approved |
PDF Creator 1.7.1 | 2115 | Friday, August 9, 2013 | Approved |
PDF Creator 1.7.0 | 845 | Tuesday, June 11, 2013 | Approved |
PDF Creator 1.5.0 | 1198 | Tuesday, September 18, 2012 | Approved |
PDF Creator 1.4.3 | 498 | Friday, July 27, 2012 | Approved |
PDF Creator 1.2.3 | 603 | Saturday, February 4, 2012 | Approved |
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- chocolatey-core.extension (≥ 1.3.3)
- autohotkey.portable (≥ 1.1)
- dotnet4.7.2 (≥ 4.7.2.20180712)
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