Example code is for an older version of WebGrabber, newer code is available.
# Copyright (c) 2019 ActivePDF, Inc.
# ActivePDF WebGrabber 2016
# Example generated 06/26/19
require 'win32ole'
# Get current path
strPath = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) + "\\"
# Instantiate Object
oWG = WIN32OLE.new("APWebGrabber.Object")
# Send HTTP post data to the URL
oWG.AddHTTPPostData('input_name_first=John&input_name_last=Johnson&input_email=john.johnson@fakedomain.com&radio_gender=male&cb_vb=on&cb_vbs=on')
# 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
# PDF output location and filename
oWG.OutputDirectory = strPath
oWG.NewDocumentName = 'authentication.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
results = oWG.ConvertToPDF('127.0.0.1', 52525)
if results.WebGrabberStatus != 0
puts "Error with ConvertToPDF:"
puts "#{results.WebGrabberStatus}"
puts results.Details
exit 1
end
# Clear the post data if a subsequent conversion won't use it
oWG.ClearHTTPPostData()
# Release Object
oWG = ''
# Process Complete
puts "Done!"
