' Copyright (c) 2018 ActivePDF, Inc.
' ActivePDF DocConverter 2015
' Example generated 09/25/18
Imports System
' Make sure to add the ActivePDF product .NET DLL(s) to your application.
' .NET DLL(s) are typically found in the products 'bin' folder.
Public Class Examples
Sub Example()
Dim strPath As String, results As DCDK.Results.DocConverterResult
strPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
' Instantiate Object
Dim oDC As APDocConverter.DocConverter = New APDocConverter.DocConverter()
' Set the amount of time before a request will time out
oDC.TimeoutSpan = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 40)
' Enable extra logging (logging should only be used while troubleshooting)
' C:\ProgramData\activePDF\Logs\
oDC.Debug = true
' Convert the file to PDF
' If the output parameter is not used the created PDF will use
' the input string substituting the filename extension to 'pdf'
results = oDC.ConvertToPDF(strPath & "word.doc", strPath & "new.pdf")
If results.DocConverterStatus <> DCDK.Results.DocConverterStatus.Success Then
ErrorHandler("ConvertToPDF", results, results.DocConverterStatus.ToString())
End If
' Release Object
oDC = Nothing
' Process Complete
WriteResults("Done!")
End Sub
' Error Handling
Sub ErrorHandler(ByVal strMethod As String, ByVal results As ADK.Results.Result, ByVal errorStatus As String)
WriteResults("Error with " + strMethod)
WriteResults(errorStatus)
WriteResults(results.Details)
If results.Origin.Function <> strMethod Then
WriteResults(results.Origin.Class + "." + results.Origin.Function)
End If
If Not results.ResultException Is Nothing Then
' To view the stack trace on an exception uncomment the line below
'WriteResults(results.ResultException.StackTrace)
End If
Environment.Exit(1)
End Sub
' Write output data
Sub WriteResults(content As String)
' Choose where to write out results
' Debug output
'System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("ActivePDF: * " + content)
' Console
Console.WriteLine(content)
' Log file
'Using tw = New System.IO.StreamWriter(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory & "application.log", True)
' tw.WriteLine("[" + DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss") + "]: => " + content)
'End Using
End Sub
End Class