Re: [libreoffice-users] export to pdf via macro

Hi Nils,

Nils Andresen wrote (07-02-11 08:34)
> I am trying to export documents to pdf. I have a macro which worked
> most of the time using OOo, but it does not work in LO.
> I use this code..
> --- cut ---
>    cDestFile = Left(cSourceFile, Len(cSourceFile) - 4) + "pdf"
>    cDestURL = ConvertToUrl( cDestFile )
>    Dim oExportOptions(4) as New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
>    oExportOptions(0).name = "FilterName"
>    oExportOptions(0).value = "writer_pdf_Export"
>    oExportOptions(1).name = "Author"
>    oExportOptions(1).value = "..."
>    oExportOptions(2).name = "Comment"
>    oExportOptions(2).value = "..."
>    oExportOptions(3).name = "DocumentTitle"
>    oExportOptions(3).value = "..."
>    oExportOptions(4).Name = "Overwrite"
>    oExportOptions(4).Value = True
>    oDoc.storeToURL( cDestURL, oExportOptions )
> --- cut ---

Any error you get?

> However, in my experiance this only worked in OOo when the
> "SaveFileAs" dialog showed pdf as a format to "save as".

As far as I remember, it has never been there..

> When OOo did not had this option, the macro would not work either.
> None of my LO installations have this SaveAs format and the macro
> fails in all of my LO installations.
> I know there was another way to export to pdf (using "export" instead
> of "save as") - but I can't find it anymore...

Yes, File> Export as PDF is the thing.

Do you have a special goal to do it with a macro?

Best regards,
Cor

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