What I ended up doing here was using this vbscript to handle it from the shell.
http://www.suodenjoki.dk/us/productions/articles/word2pdf.htm In case it can help anyone else. On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Andrew Kluthe <and...@ctech.me> wrote: > Hello, > > Trying to use VBScript to turn an open word document into a pdf file. > > From looking at > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8807153/vbscript-to-convert-word-doc-to-pdf > > and > > http://www.robvanderwoude.com/vbstech_automation_word.php#SaveAsPDF > > it seems what with word 2010 or word 2007 with an add-on I can use vb > script to convert a word document into a pdf. > > I get an execution error in "the result" when I try this code. > > if there is a file tReportFile then > launch document tReportFile > answer thePDFFileName > put "Set objDoc = .ActiveDocument" & cr after sScript > put "objDoc.SaveAs " & quote & thePDFFileName & quote & ", > wdFormatPDF" & cr after sScript > answer sScript > do sScript as "vbscript" > answer the result > end if > > The document launches in word and but I get an execution error in "the > result" when the vbscript is ran. > > Are there any VBScript/LiveCode wizards out there that could help? > > -- > Regards, > > Andrew Kluthe > and...@ctech.me -- Regards, Andrew Kluthe and...@ctech.me _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
