' 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, intStartPrinting As Integer, 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)
' 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 Then
ErrorHandler("StartPrinting", intStartPrinting)
End If
' Automate Word to print a document to Meridian
' NOTE: You must add the 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word' reference
Dim oWORD As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word._Application = New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application()
oWORD.ActivePrinter = oMER.ModelPrinter
oWORD.DisplayAlerts = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdAlertLevel.wdAlertsNone
oWORD.Visible = False
Dim oDOC As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document = oWORD.Documents.Open(strPath & "Word.doc")
oDOC.Activate()
oWORD.PrintOut()
oWORD.Documents.Close()
oWORD.Quit()
oDOC = Nothing
oWORD = Nothing
' 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
