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CSharp Sample - Word OLE CSharp

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Mar 28, 2022
novaPDF 11.x
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The Word OLE CSharp sample is a simple Windows console application that converts a MS Word document (C:\Test.doc) to PDF using Word OLE automation.

Source code

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
// the novapiLib package must be added as a COM reference
using novapiLib11;

namespace Hello_World_CSharp
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Summary description for Class1.
    /// </summary>
    class Class1
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        public static string PRINTER_NAME = "novaPDF SDK 11";
        public static int NOVAPDF_INFO_SUBJECT = 68;
        public static string PROFILE_NAME = "Test C# OLE";
        public static int PROFILE_IS_PUBLIC = 0;
        public static uint NV_PROFILE_EXISTS = 0xD5DA0006;
        public static uint NV_NO_ACTIVE_PROFILE = 0xD5DA0028;

        [STAThread]
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
                // create the NovaPdfOptions11 object
              NovaPdfOptions11 pNova = new NovaPdfOptions11();
                // get the active profile ...
              string activeProfile = "";
                string _newProfileID = String.Empty;

            try
            {
                // initialize the NovaPdfOptions11 object
                // if you have an application license for novaPDF SDK, 
                pNova.Initialize(PRINTER_NAME, "");
                
                    try
                    {
                    pNova.GetActiveProfile(out activeProfile);
                        }
                        catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException e)
                        {
                    // ignore profile exists error
                    if (NV_NO_ACTIVE_PROFILE == (uint)e.ErrorCode)
                    {
                        System.Console.WriteLine("The printer does not have an active profile");
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        // more serious error, propagate it
                        throw e;
                    }
                }
                
                //add a new profile
                pNova.AddProfile(PROFILE_NAME, PROFILE_IS_PUBLIC, out _newProfileID);
                //load the new profile
                pNova.LoadProfile(_newProfileID);
                // and set some options
                pNova.SetOptionString(NOVAPDF_INFO_SUBJECT, "C# Hello document");
                // save profile
                pNova.SaveProfile();
                // set the copy profile as active profile ...
                pNova.SetActiveProfile(_newProfileID);
                // set nova default printer
                pNova.SetDefaultPrinter();
                // initialize OLE usage in novaPDF
                pNova.InitializeOLEUsage("Word.Application");
                // create Word application object
                Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word._Application WordApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
                WordApp.DisplayAlerts = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdAlertLevel.wdAlertsNone;
                // license OLE server in novaPDF
                pNova.LicenseOLEServer();
                // initializations
                object objMissing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
                object objTrue = true; object objFalse = false;
                object strFile = @"C:\temp\test.docx";
                // create Word document object
                Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word._Document WordDoc = WordApp.Documents.Open(ref strFile, ref objFalse, ref objTrue,
                        ref objMissing, ref objMissing, ref objMissing, ref objMissing, ref objMissing, ref objMissing,
                        ref objMissing, ref objMissing, ref objMissing, ref objMissing, ref objMissing, ref objMissing,
                        ref objMissing);
                // print document
                WordApp.ActivePrinter = PRINTER_NAME;
                WordDoc.PrintOutOld(ref objFalse, ref objFalse, ref /*refRange*/objMissing, ref objMissing,
                    ref objMissing, ref objMissing, ref objMissing, ref objMissing, ref objMissing, ref objMissing,
                    ref objFalse, ref objMissing, ref objMissing, ref objMissing);
                // close Word objects
                WordDoc.Close(ref objFalse, ref objMissing, ref objFalse);
                WordApp.Quit(ref objFalse, ref objMissing, ref objFalse);
                WordApp = null;
                
            }
            catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException e)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(e.Message);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(e.Message);
            }
            // restore active profile
            if ((activeProfile.Length > 0) && (activeProfile.CompareTo(PROFILE_NAME) != 0))
            {
                pNova.SetActiveProfile(activeProfile);
                pNova.DeleteProfile(_newProfileID);
            }
            // restore default printer
            pNova.RestoreDefaultPrinter();
        }
    }
}