Word to pdf

[GMcFly]

Hello all, I'm trying to convert a word file to a pdf file from within visual basic. Does anybody have an idea how to do this?

Thanks

 

[arst06d]

There are a few free drivers out there to enable you to "print" a word document to a pdf file. Search on Google.
Automate the File.Print after specifying the printer to be used and there you go.

 

[GMcFly]

Thanks. I should have said this before, but I have adobe acrobat installed on my pc, that's not the problem. But how do I convert a word file automatically using adobe acrobat?

 

[GMcFly]

I found the following code, but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas?
You can find it here

http://www.codecuts.com/codecuts/downloads/Word2PDF.zip

 

[strongm]

Assuming you actually have Distiller installed, it probably doesn't work because you have a different version of Word installed from that of the author. Try changing all references in the code from:

Word.Application.8

to

Word.Application

 

[GMcFly]

yeah, that solved one problem, but it still doesn't work. It gives an error (-2147022986) saying "the object exporter specified was not found". Do you have any idea what this error is or do you know another way to do the pdf conversion? Thanks for your help