Example code is for an older version of Meridian, newer code is available.
// Copyright (c) 2019 ActivePDF, Inc.
// ActivePDF Meridian 2010
// Example generated 06/17/19
using 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.
class Examples
{
public static void Example()
{
string strPath;
int intStartPrinting;
int intWait;
strPath = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
// Instantiate Object
APMeridian.Meridian oMER = new APMeridian.Meridian();
// Specify the IP address and Port to use to reach the Meridian Server
oMER.StartRemoteClient("192.168.1.100", 54545);
// Must use either SetUniuqeInput or SetProcessAndThread
// Call SetUniqueInput with the full path to the input
// it is best to use a unique filename to avoid potential
// name collisions, if the filename is unique set the second
// parameter to true
oMER.SetUniqueInput(strPath + "Word.doc", true);
// Here we are using SetUniqueInput, as the print job is
// from Microsoft Word, Word will add 'Microsoft Word - '
// to the print job so we need to let meridian know using
// UniqueInputPrefix
oMER.UniqueInputPrefix = "Microsoft Word - ";
// Path and filename of the created PDF
oMER.OutputDirectory = strPath;
oMER.NewDocumentName = "Word.pdf";
// Set the ModelPrinter to the remote Meridian printer
// This printer must be added locally to the remote system
oMER.ModelPrinter = "\\\\192.168.1.100\\Meridian";
// Prepare to start the printing process
intStartPrinting = oMER.StartPrinting();
if (intStartPrinting != 0)
{
ErrorHandler("StartPrinting", intStartPrinting);
}
// Automate Word to print a document to Meridian
// NOTE: You must add the 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word' reference
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word._Application oWORD = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
oWORD.ActivePrinter = oMER.ModelPrinter;
oWORD.DisplayAlerts = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdAlertLevel.wdAlertsNone;
oWORD.Visible = false;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document oDOC = oWORD.Documents.Open(strPath + "Word.doc");
oDOC.Activate();
oWORD.PrintOut();
oWORD.Documents.Close();
oWORD.Quit();
oDOC = null;
oWORD = null;
// End the printing process
oMER.StopPrinting();
// Wait(seconds) for job to complete
intWait = oMER.Wait(30);
if (intWait != 0)
{
ErrorHandler("Wait", intWait);
}
// Release Object
oMER = null;
// Process Complete
WriteResults("Done!");
}
// Error Handling
public static void ErrorHandler(string strMethod, object rtnCode)
{
WriteResults(strMethod + " error: " + rtnCode.ToString());
}
// Write output data
public static void WriteResults(string content)
{
// Choose where to write out results
// Debug output
//System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("ActivePDF: * " + content);
// Console
Console.WriteLine(content);
// Log file
//using (System.IO.TextWriter writer = new System.IO.StreamWriter(System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "application.log", true))
//{
// writer.WriteLine("[" + DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss") + "]: => " + content);
//}
}
}
