Example code is for an older version of Server, newer code is available.
' Copyright (c) 2021 ActivePDF, Inc.
' ActivePDF Server 2009
' Example generated 04/18/21
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 oSVR As APServer.Server = New APServer.Server()
' Path and filename of output
oSVR.OutputDirectory = strPath
oSVR.NewDocumentName = "Output.pdf"
' Start the print job
intStartPrinting = oSVR.StartPrinting()
If intStartPrinting <> 0 Then
ErrorHandler("StartPrinting", intStartPrinting)
End If
' Automate Word to print a document to Server
' 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 = oSVR.NewPrinterName
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
' Wait(seconds) for job to complete
intWait = oSVR.Wait(30)
If intWait <> 0 Then
ErrorHandler("Wait", intWait)
End If
' Release Object
oSVR = 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
