private void MergeDocument(string Filename, object Data)
{
// create a new PassingObject that is used to send
// data to the ProcessingApplication using pipes
PassingObject dataObject = new PassingObject()
{
Data = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(Data),
Document = File.ReadAllBytes(Filename)
};
// call the processing app and pass the data object
ReturningObject returnObject = ParallelProcessing.CallProcessingApp(dataObject);
// create destination folder if it doesn't exists
Directory.CreateDirectory(sResultsFolder);
// write the returned byte array as a file
File.WriteAllBytes(sResultsFolder + "\\" + Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Filename) + ".pdf", returnObject.Document);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
if (args == null || args.Length < 2)
{
return;
}
// get read and write pipe handles
// note: Roles are now reversed from how the other process is passing the handles in
string pipeWriteHandle = args[0];
string pipeReadHandle = args[1];
// create 2 anonymous pipes (read and write) for duplex communications
// (each pipe is one-way)
using (var pipeRead = new AnonymousPipeClientStream(PipeDirection.In, pipeReadHandle))
using (var pipeWrite = new AnonymousPipeClientStream(PipeDirection.Out, pipeWriteHandle))
{
try
{
var lsValues = new List <string>();
// get message from other process
using (var sr = new StreamReader(pipeRead))
{
string sTempMessage;
// wait for "sync message" from the other process
do
{
sTempMessage = sr.ReadLine();
} while (sTempMessage == null || !sTempMessage.StartsWith("SYNC"));
// read until "end message" from the server
while ((sTempMessage = sr.ReadLine()) != null && !sTempMessage.StartsWith("END"))
{
lsValues.Add(sTempMessage);
}
}
// send value to calling process
using (var sw = new StreamWriter(pipeWrite))
{
sw.AutoFlush = true;
// send a "sync message" and wait for the calling process to receive it
sw.WriteLine("SYNC");
pipeWrite.WaitForPipeDrain(); // wait here
PassingObject dataObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <PassingObject>(lsValues[0]);
ReturningObject returnObject = new ReturningObject();
try
{
// create a new ServerTextControl for the document processing
using (TXTextControl.ServerTextControl tx = new TXTextControl.ServerTextControl())
{
tx.Create();
tx.Load(dataObject.Document, TXTextControl.BinaryStreamType.InternalUnicodeFormat);
using (MailMerge mailMerge = new MailMerge())
{
mailMerge.TextComponent = tx;
mailMerge.MergeJsonData(dataObject.Data.ToString());
}
byte[] data;
tx.Save(out data, TXTextControl.BinaryStreamType.AdobePDF);
returnObject.Document = data;
}
sw.WriteLine(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(returnObject));
sw.WriteLine("END");
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
returnObject.Error = exc.Message;
sw.WriteLine(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(returnObject));
sw.WriteLine("END");
}
}
}
catch
{
}
}
}
