PDF Creator wont close if cell equals file name

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Hello all need a little help. Using Ken's macro for single sheet pdf creation. It works great until I make the file name equal a cell. Once I do that the pdfcreator wont end process. Any help would be great, here is the code I have so far:

Code:
[Sub PDF()
'Macro Purpose: Print to PDF file using PDFCreator
'   Designed for late bind, no references req'd
    Dim pdfjob As Object
    Dim sPDFName As String
    Dim sPDFPath As String
    '/// Change the output file name here! ///
    'sPDFName = "test this blows.pdf"
    sPDFName = Worksheets("STOP ORDER").Range("J5").Value
    sPDFPath = "O:\Departments\Engineering\Shared\New Engineer\Temporary Shared Files\STOP-Lift Orders" & Application.PathSeparator
    'Check if worksheet is empty and exit if so
    If IsEmpty(ActiveSheet.UsedRange) Then Exit Sub
    Set pdfjob = CreateObject("PDFCreator.clsPDFCreator")
    With pdfjob
        If .cStart("/NoProcessingAtStartup") = False Then
            MsgBox "Can't initialize PDFCreator.", vbCritical + _
                vbOKOnly, "PrtPDFCreator"
            Exit Sub
        End If
        .cOption("UseAutosave") = 1
        .cOption("UseAutosaveDirectory") = 1
        .cOption("AutosaveDirectory") = sPDFPath
        .cOption("AutosaveFilename") = sPDFName
        .cOption("AutosaveFormat") = 0    ' 0 = PDF
        .cClearCache
    End With
    'Print the document to PDF
    ActiveSheet.PrintOut copies:=1, ActivePrinter:="PDFCreator"
    'Wait until the print job has entered the print queue
    Do Until pdfjob.cCountOfPrintjobs = 1
        DoEvents
    Loop
    pdfjob.cPrinterStop = False
    'Wait until the file shows up before closing PDF Creator
    Do
        DoEvents
    Loop Until Dir(sPDFPath & sPDFName) = Worksheets("STOP ORDER").Range("J5").Value
    
    pdfjob.cClose
    Set pdfjob = Nothing
End Sub

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Try this ... it works on my end but you know how that goes. I had to work around this same issue several months back.

Code:
Sub PDF()
Dim sPDFName As String
Dim sPDFPath As String
'/// Change the output file name here! ///
'sPDFName = "test this blows.pdf"
sPDFName = Worksheets("STOP ORDER").Range("J5").Value
sPDFPath = "O:\Departments\Engineering\Shared\New Engineer\Temporary Shared Files\STOP-Lift Orders" & Application.PathSeparator
'"C:\Departments" & Application.PathSeparator
'Check if worksheet is empty and exit if so
If IsEmpty(ActiveSheet.UsedRange) Then Exit Sub
Set pdfjob = CreateObject("PDFCreator.clsPDFCreator")
With pdfjob
If .cStart("/NoProcessingAtStartup") = False Then
MsgBox "Can't initialize PDFCreator.", vbCritical + _
vbOKOnly, "PrtPDFCreator"
Exit Sub
End If
.cOption("UseAutosave") = 1
.cOption("UseAutosaveDirectory") = 1
.cOption("AutosaveDirectory") = sPDFPath
.cOption("AutosaveFilename") = sPDFName
.cOption("AutosaveFormat") = 0 ' 0 = PDF
.cClearCache
End With
'Print the document to PDF
ActiveSheet.PrintOut copies:=1, ActivePrinter:="PDFCreator"
'Wait until the print job has entered the print queue
Do Until pdfjob.cCountOfPrintjobs = 1
DoEvents
Loop
pdfjob.cPrinterStop = False
 
 'Wait until PDF creator is finished then release the objects
    Do Until pdfjob.cCountOfPrintjobs = 0
        DoEvents
    Loop
 
pdfjob.cClose
Set pdfjob = Nothing
End Sub
 
Thanks Tommy, I made that change plus added a 3 sec time delay works perfect now. Now off to try and get this pdf emailed using Lotus Notes.
 
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