Convert .doc to .pdf

[Colin J. Williams]

On 14-Jun-10 10:01 AM, Marco Nawijn wrote:
> On 14 jun, 13:19, Thales<thales.... at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Good morning,
>>
>> I need to convert some files from .doc to .pdf. I've googled it a
>> little bit and all the solutions I've found used the OpenOffice API,
>> but I can't use it.
>>
>> Anybody knows a library that I can use to do it?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> What about using the win32 API and use the free  PDFCreator (http://
> sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/) PDF printer?
>
> This should be very simple (code untested, but should be roughly OK):
> - Instantiate MS/Word application
>    >>  from win32com.client import Dispatch
>    >>  app = Dispatch('Word.Application')
> - Open your document
>    >>  doc = app.Documents.Open("demo.doc")
> - Print to PDF
>    >>  app.ActivePrinter = "PDFCreator"
>    >>  app.PrintOut(....)
>
> The PrintOut call is a little tricky. I normally try to decode and
> guess the Python call from the corresponding VisualBasic code I record
> with the macro recording facility. I know there are more sophisticated
> methods out there, but I never tried them.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marco
Or you could download and use OpenOffice, if there are few files to convert.

Colin W