/// <summary>
/// Converts a Word document to PDF
/// </summary>
/// <param name="inputFile">The Word input file</param>
/// <param name="outputFile">The PDF output file</param>
/// <returns></returns>
internal void Convert(string inputFile, string outputFile)
{
DeleteResiliencyKeys();
WordInterop.DocumentClass document = null;
try
{
StartWord();
document = (WordInterop.DocumentClass)OpenDocument(inputFile, false);
// Do not remove this line!!
// This is yet another solution to a weird Office problem. Sometimes there
// are Word documents with images in it that take some time to load. When
// we remove the line below the ExportAsFixedFormat method will be called
// before the images are loaded thus resulting in an un endless loop somewhere
// in this method.
// ReSharper disable once UnusedVariable
var count = document.ComputeStatistics(WordInterop.WdStatistic.wdStatisticPages);
Logger.WriteToLog($"Exporting document to PDF file '{outputFile}'");
document.ExportAsFixedFormat(outputFile, WordInterop.WdExportFormat.wdExportFormatPDF);
Logger.WriteToLog("Document exported to PDF");
}
catch (Exception)
{
StopWord();
throw;
}
finally
{
CloseDocument(document);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts a Word document to PDF
/// </summary>
/// <param name="inputFile">The Word input file</param>
/// <param name="outputFile">The PDF output file</param>
/// <returns></returns>
internal static void Convert(string inputFile, string outputFile)
{
DeleteAutoRecoveryFiles();
WordInterop.ApplicationClass word = null;
WordInterop.DocumentClass document = null;
try
{
word = new WordInterop.ApplicationClass
{
ScreenUpdating = false,
DisplayAlerts = WordInterop.WdAlertLevel.wdAlertsNone,
DisplayDocumentInformationPanel = false,
DisplayRecentFiles = false,
DisplayScrollBars = false,
AutomationSecurity = MsoAutomationSecurity.msoAutomationSecurityForceDisable
};
word.Options.UpdateLinksAtOpen = false;
word.Options.ConfirmConversions = false;
word.Options.SaveInterval = 0;
word.Options.SaveNormalPrompt = false;
word.Options.SavePropertiesPrompt = false;
word.Options.AllowReadingMode = false;
word.Options.WarnBeforeSavingPrintingSendingMarkup = false;
word.Options.UpdateFieldsAtPrint = false;
word.Options.UpdateLinksAtOpen = false;
word.Options.UpdateLinksAtPrint = false;
document = (WordInterop.DocumentClass)Open(word, inputFile, false);
// Do not remove this line!!
// This is yet another solution to a weird Office problem. Sometimes there
// are Word documents with images in it that take some time to load. When
// we remove the line below the ExportAsFixedFormat method will be called
// before the images are loaded thus resulting in an unendless loop somewhere
// in this method.
// ReSharper disable once UnusedVariable
var count = document.ComputeStatistics(WordInterop.WdStatistic.wdStatisticPages);
word.DisplayAutoCompleteTips = false;
word.DisplayScreenTips = false;
word.DisplayStatusBar = false;
document.ExportAsFixedFormat(outputFile, WordInterop.WdExportFormat.wdExportFormatPDF);
}
finally
{
if (document != null)
{
document.Saved = true;
document.Close(false);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(document);
}
if (word != null)
{
word.Quit(false);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(word);
}
}
}
