' Copyright (c) 2021 ActivePDF, Inc. ' ActivePDF Server 2013 ' 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, results As ServerDK.Results.ServerResult 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 results = oSVR.BeginPrintToPDF() If results.ServerStatus <> ServerDK.Results.ServerStatus.Success Then ErrorHandler("BeginPrintToPDF", results, results.ServerStatus.ToString()) End If ' Automate PowerPoint to print a document to activePDF Server ' NOTE: You must add the 'Microsoft PowerPoint <<version number>> Object Library' ' COM object as a reference to your .NET application to access the PowerPoint Object. Dim oPPT As Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint._Application = New Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.Application() Dim oPRES As Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.Presentation = oPPT.Presentations.Open(strPath & "PPT.ppt", -1, 0, 0) Dim objOptions As Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.PrintOptions = oPRES.PrintOptions objOptions.ActivePrinter = oSVR.NewPrinterName objOptions.PrintInBackground = 0 oPRES.PrintOut(1, 9999, "", 1, 0) oPRES.Saved = 1 oPRES.Close() oPPT.Quit() objOptions = Nothing oPRES = Nothing oPPT = Nothing ' Wait(seconds) for job to complete results = oSVR.EndPrintToPDF(30) If results.ServerStatus <> ServerDK.Results.ServerStatus.Success Then ErrorHandler("EndPrintToPDF", results, results.ServerStatus.ToString()) End If ' Release Object oSVR = Nothing ' Process Complete WriteResults("Done!") End Sub ' Error Handling Sub ErrorHandler(ByVal strMethod As String, ByVal results As ADK.Results.Result, ByVal errorStatus As String) WriteResults("Error with " + strMethod) WriteResults(errorStatus) WriteResults(results.Details) If results.Origin.Function <> strMethod Then WriteResults(results.Origin.Class + "." + results.Origin.Function) End If If Not results.ResultException Is Nothing Then ' To view the stack trace on an exception uncomment the line below 'WriteResults(results.ResultException.StackTrace) End If Environment.Exit(1) 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