Example code is for an older version of WebGrabber, newer code is available.
' Copyright (c) 2019 ActivePDF, Inc.
' ActivePDF WebGrabber 2016
' Example generated 06/17/19
Dim FSO, strPath, results
' Get current path
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strPath = FSO.GetFile(Wscript.ScriptFullName).ParentFolder & "\"
Set FSO = Nothing
' Instantiate Object
Set oWG = CreateObject("APWebGrabber.Object")
' Enable extra logging (logging should only be used while troubleshooting)
' C:\ProgramData\activePDF\Logs\
oWG.Debug = true
' Fast web view
oWG.LinearizePDF = true
' Time to wait for conversion to complete (in seconds)
' Set the amount of seconds before a request will time out
oWG.Timeout = 40
' Margins (Top, Bottom, Left, Right) 1.0 = 1"
oWG.SetMargins 0.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.75
' 0 = Portrait, 1 = Landscape
oWG.Orientation = 0
' Rendering engine used for the HTML
' 0 = Native, 1 = IE
oWG.EngineToUse = 0
' Convert HTML fields to PDF fields
oWG.PreserveButtons = false
oWG.PreserveCheckBoxes = false
oWG.PreserveDropDowns = false
oWG.PreserveRadioButtons = false
oWG.PreserveTextBoxes = false
' Convert links
' 0 = None
' 1 = Internal
' 2 = External
' 3 = Both (default)
oWG.GenerateLinks = 3
' Convert h tags into bookmarks
oWG.GenerateBookmarks = true
' Enable flash conversion
oWG.EmbedFlash = 1
' Add a header and footer to the PDF output
' Must use full paths to additional files
' Using %cp% of %tp% in the HTML equals current and total page numbers
oWG.HeaderHTML = "<html><body>"
oWG.HeaderHTML = "<div style='float: left;'>activePDF.com</div>"
oWG.HeaderHTML = "<div style='float: right;'>06/17/2019 12:56AM</div>"
oWG.HeaderHTML = "</body></html>"
oWG.HeaderHeight = 0.5
oWG.FooterHTML = "<html><body>"
oWG.FooterHTML = "<div style='text-align: center;'>%cp% of %tp%</div>"
oWG.FooterHTML = "</body></html>"
oWG.FooterHeight = 0.5
' PDF output location and filename
oWG.OutputDirectory = strPath
oWG.NewDocumentName = "headfoot.pdf"
' HTML to convert
' Examples:
' http://domain.com/path/file.aspx
' c:\folder\file.html
oWG.URL = "http://examples.activepdf.com/samples/doc"
' Perform the HTML to PDF conversion
Set results = oWG.ConvertToPDF("127.0.0.1", 52525)
If results.WebGrabberStatus <> 0 Then
ErrorHandler "ConvertToPDF", results, results.WebGrabberStatus
End If
' Clear variables from HeaderHTML and HeaderURL properties
oWG.ClearHeaderHTML
' Clear variables from FooterHTML and FooterURL properties
oWG.ClearFooterHTML
' Release Object
Set oWG = Nothing
' Process Complete
Wscript.Echo("Done!")
' Error Handling
Sub ErrorHandler(method, oResult, errorStatus)
Wscript.Echo("Error with " & method & ": " & vbcrlf _
& errorStatus & vbcrlf _
& oResult.details)
Wscript.Quit 1
End Sub
