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converting word and excel files into pdf

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 11:28 pm
by bugthefixer
how a word and excel file be converted into pdf files using php so that a word file uploaded should be saved as pdf file

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 11:38 pm
by feyd
that could easily depend on what software you have installed along with the OS you are running..

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 11:58 pm
by bugthefixer
I have installed acrobat distiller and the operating system i am using is either Windows 2000 professional or windows XP

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:00 am
by feyd
then COM would be used to launch Word or Excel in the background and tell it to print the document you open through Distiller.

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:02 am
by bugthefixer
Is there any tutorial or sample code to do that...

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:53 am
by bugthefixer
Sorry to bother you again...now i did everything but i dont know the parameters of ActiveDocument.Print() like how can i specify the server here

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:30 am
by n00b Saibot
you can view the parameters in Object Browser Window...