' Copyright (c) 2021 ActivePDF, Inc. ' ActivePDF Meridian 2010 ' Example generated 03/05/21 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, intWait As Integer strPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory ' Instantiate Object Dim oMER As APMeridian.Meridian = New APMeridian.Meridian() ' Specify the IP address and Port to use to reach the Meridian Server oMER.StartRemoteClient("192.168.1.100", 54545) ' In order to know which print job belongs to which process you must ' specify the process and thread ID of the printing application ' being that the printing is happening within this script we can use ' -1 values which means the process and thread ID's of this script oMER.SetProcessAndThread(-1, -1) ' Specify the remote path to the Meridian printer ' This printer must be added locally to the system that will be printing oMER.ModelPrinter = "\\192.168.1.100\Meridian" ' Path and filename of the created PDF oMER.OutputDirectory = strPath oMER.NewDocumentName = "TestPrint.pdf" ' Prepare to start the printing process oMER.StartPrinting() ' At this point send the print job to the printer, as this is a test ' we call the 'Test' method to send an internal print job oMER.Test("Hello World") ' End the printing process oMER.StopPrinting() ' Wait(seconds) for job to complete intWait = oMER.Wait(30) If intWait <> 0 Then ErrorHandler("Wait", intWait) End If ' Release Object oMER = Nothing ' Process Complete WriteResults("Done!") End Sub ' Error Handling ' Error messages written to debug output Sub ErrorHandler(ByVal strMethod, ByVal RtnCode) WriteResults(strMethod + " error: " + rtnCode.ToString()) 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