Hello World (Network) - SDK sample

• it requests the shared printer name in a dialog as "\\computer name\printer name" (for example if novaPDF Pro is installed on WS1, then you should enter "\\WS1\novaPDF Pro v3")
• it automatically registers novapi4.dll if not registered. novapi4.dll must be in the same folder with the HelloWorld (network).exe file.

You can share the folder containing HelloWorld (network).exe and novapi4.dll on your network and run the executable from any other computer in the network, with no need to install anything else. It will generate a "HelloWorldNet.pdf" file in the same folder.

{
//...
//initialize COM
hr = CoInitialize(NULL);
if (FAILED (hr))
{
  MessageBoxW(NULL, L"Failed to initialize COM", L"novaPDF", MB_OK);
  return hr;
} 

// register the novapi2.dll COM module found in this executable's directory
hr = RegisterNovaCOM(TRUE); 

//create one NovaPdfOptions instance
INovaPdfOptions *pNova = 0;
hr = CoCreateInstance(__uuidof(NovaPdfOptions), NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, __uuidof(INovaPdfOptions), (LPVOID*) &pNova);
if (FAILED(hr))
{
  MessageBoxW(NULL, L"Failed to create novaPDF COM object", L"novaPDF", MB_OK);
  return hr;
}
DWORD dwSize = 256;
WCHAR strWorkStation[256]; 

//find out computer name
GetComputerNameW(strWorkStation, &dwSize); 

PrinterNameDlg dlg;
//construct printer name as "\\computer name\printer name"
dlg.m_strPrinterName.Format(L"\\\\%s\\%s", strWorkStation, PRINTER_NAME); 

//get printer name from user
if (IDCANCEL == dlg.DoModal())
{
  pNova->Release();
  CoUninitialize();
  return hr;
}
CString strPrinterName = dlg.m_strPrinterName; 

//initialize NovaPdfOptions and pass printer name
// if you have an application license for novaPDF SDK,
// pass both the registration name and the license key to the Initialize() function
// hr = pNova->Initialize((LPCWSTR)strPrinterName, L"<registration name>", L"<license key>");
hr = pNova->Initialize((LPCWSTR)strPrinterName, L"", L"", L"");
//...
} 

//Register novaPDF COM from novapi2.dll
//novapi2.dll should be in the same folder with the application
HRESULT RegisterNovaCOM(BOOL bRegister = TRUE)
{
HRESULT hr = E_FAIL;
WCHAR szFileName[_MAX_PATH] = L""; 

//find out application path and name
DWORD dwRes = GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, szFileName, _MAX_PATH); 

if (dwRes > 0 && dwRes < _MAX_PATH)
{
  WCHAR szDir[_MAX_PATH], szDrive[_MAX_DRIVE]; 

  //get application path
  _wsplitpath(szFileName, szDrive, szDir, NULL, NULL);
  wcscpy(szFileName, szDrive);
  wcscat(szFileName, szDir);
}

//add COM dll name
wcscat(szFileName, L"novapi6.dll"); 

//load COM dll
HMODULE hNova = LoadLibraryW(szFileName); 

typedef HRESULT (STDAPICALLTYPE *DllRegisterServerFunction)(void);
DllRegisterServerFunction fun = NULL;