UDF for PDFCreator v1.x.x

[mLipok 1,166]

A long time I was using "PDFCreator - Print2PDF" made by @ptrex

Thanks to @ptrex   for this UDF:
 

which was for me an inspiration, not only for PDFCreator, but to learn ActiveX controls.

I many times modified @ptrex UDF, but recently more and more felt the need to write it almost from scratch.

Here it is:

 

 

 

How to use it ?

There is a region "Example Init" so you need just to run this UDF.

#Region PDFCreator.au3 - Example Init
If Not @Compiled And @ScriptName = 'PDFCreator.au3' Or @ScriptName = 'PDFCreator_DebugIt.au3' Then
    $g__oPDFCreator_ErrorHandler = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error", "__PDFCreator_ErrFunc")

    #cs Not working yet
        _PDFCreator_ConvertDocument(@ScriptDir & '\PDFCreator.rtf',@ScriptDir & '\PDFCreator_2.pdf')
        ShellExecute(@ScriptDir & '\PDFCreator.rtf')
        ShellExecute(@ScriptDir & '\PDFCreator_2.pdf')
        MsgBox(0, 'END', '_PDFCreator_ConvertDocument()')
    #ce

    _PDFCreator_Example_1_RTF2PDF()
    MsgBox(0, 'END', '_PDFCreator_Example_1_RTF2PDF()')

    _PDFCreator_Example_2_COMBINEALL()
    MsgBox(0, 'END', '_PDFCreator_Example_2_COMBINEALL()')

    _PDFCreator_Example_3_COMBINEALL()
    MsgBox(0, 'END', '_PDFCreator_Example_3_COMBINEALL()')

    MsgBox(0, 'EXIT', 'Close this MsgBox to exit example script.')
;~  MsgBox(0, '$g__oPDFCreator.cWindowsVersion', $g__oPDFCreator.cWindowsVersion)
    Exit

EndIf
#EndRegion PDFCreator.au3 - Example Init

REMAKRS: this UDF is for PDFCreator 1.x.x not for 2.x.x

 

some reference and examples for PDFCreator 2.x.x

http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/manual/com-interface
http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/manual/queue >> PDFCreatorBeta.JobQueue
http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/manual/printjob
http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/manual/outputfiles
http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/manual/com-interface-settings
http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/manual/printers
http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/manual/pdfcreator >> PDFCreatorBeta.PDFCreator   /    PDFCreatorBeta.PDFCreatorObj

 

or:

http://docs.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/2.1/en/com-interface/reference/
http://docs.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/2.1/en/com-interface/user-manual/

example
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/886838-pdfcreator-com-v2-1-vbscript-running-as-service-failing

 

 

 

Best regards,

mLipok

 

 

Edited May 21, 2015 by mLipok

[Zedna 332]

Just note that original version is up to 1.7.x

Since version 1.9.x application was totally rewritten from scratch and COM is not compatible and not finished (COM is still beta also in version 2.0)

 

[mLipok 1,166]

Just for note: PDFCreator 2.1.1 released , but COM is still BETA

 

 

[TheDcoder 1,442]

I have an question, why did you take the screenshot in Windows PE environment? Sorry for this useless question

[mLipok 1,166]

I had problem with posting code, so I try any add any screenshot. anything, even I add this useless screenshot

 

EDIT:

this problem was described here:

and here:

 

Edited May 25, 2015 by mLipok
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