How do I convert Word files to PDF programmatically? [closed]

Answer 1

Seems to be some relevent info here:

Converting MS Word Documents to PDF in ASP.NET

Also, with Office 2007 having publish to PDF functionality, I guess you could use office automation to open the *.DOC file in Word 2007 and Save as PDF. I'm not too keen on office automation as it's slow and prone to hanging, but just throwing that out there...

Answer 2

PDFCreator has a COM component, callable from .NET or VBScript (samples included in the download).

But, it seems to me that a printer is just what you need - just mix that with Word's automation, and you should be good to go.

Answer 3

Easy code and solution using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word to converd WORD in PDF

using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;

private void convertDOCtoPDF()
{

  object misValue = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
  String  PATH_APP_PDF = @"c:\..\MY_WORD_DOCUMENT.pdf"

  var WORD = new Word.Application();

  Word.Document doc   = WORD.Documents.Open(@"c:\..\MY_WORD_DOCUMENT.docx");
  doc.Activate();

  doc.SaveAs2(@PATH_APP_PDF, Word.WdSaveFormat.wdFormatPDF, misValue, misValue, misValue, 
  misValue, misValue, misValue, misValue, misValue, misValue, misValue);

  doc.Close();
  WORD.Quit();


  releaseObject(doc);
  releaseObject(WORD);

}

Add this procedure to release memory:

private void releaseObject(object obj)
{
  try
  {
      System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(obj);
      obj = null;
  }
  catch (Exception ex)
  {
      //TODO
  }
  finally
  {
     GC.Collect();
  }
}