' 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