Example code is for an older version of Meridian, newer code is available.
' Copyright (c) 2019 ActivePDF, Inc.
' ActivePDF Meridian 2010
' Example generated 06/26/19
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
