Happy to report this plugin/hack still works with vB4.0.2

Thanks,

How can we save it as pdf file?

Not sure why you would want .pdf as not everyone has a .pdf reader. .txt is way more universal.
This gets me thinking though,it would be really neat if you could save the thread,avatars,sigs and everything as a .pdf that looked just like the actual thread.

Thats why I was asking for. :)

Fantastic mod; PDF would have been a nice touch though. Nevertheless, thanks for the mod!

Can you tell me what the difference is between the "Show Printable Version" function and this?

Will this download images as well? I'm assuming not since it's only .txt

PDF would be cool, or at least the choice to go PDF or TXT

Glad to see you back, my friend. ;)

For everyone wanting a PDF version, I suggest the following:

1./ Install CutePDF Writer (free PDF printer)
2./ On vB use "Show printable version"
3./ PRINT to CutePDF Writer, save the .pdf file

HOWEVER, vB 4.x has no PRINT_THIS_POST, which is IMO an unforgivable omission. I often want to print just one post, not a whole thread!

Unfortunately that doesn't work well, for anything longer than the default page length; i.e. if the thread is 800 posts long, this mod will save it as ONE text file - that's what we need as a PDF also.
Your solution, although neat for short threads, will require MULTIPLE print-to-pdfs, which is time consuming and not very ideal.

This mod simply lacks some formatting, as quoted text within a post appears as only from ONE person, which is quite confusing.

I am surprised that there is no better solution available...

installed on 4.1.0 - working fine