Adobe Distiller?

I was wonder if someone could help me.

I have some drawings I am generating and then saving to a directory. I want to take these drawings and then convert them for .PDF for the sales people to use, since they don't have autocad.

I orginally was going to have the pdf generated off the open drawing, and couldn't get around the automatically naming the file thing. But, if the distiller object i can take a saved file and convert it. Well, I can't figure out how to do it.

I have the following code.

sub File2PDF()

Dim PDF1 As PdfDistiller
Dim Source as String
Dim Out as String

PDF1.FileToPDF Source, Out

End Sub


I keep getting the Object variable or With block not set error...

What do I need to set PDF1 = to? Do i set it to thisdrawing.activelayout or what?

Any suggestions?

Rich

 

Hello Rich.

I don't have Distiller, so I don't know what there is for an 'Object Model' to know if it can be done.

However, you could do it from the AutoCAD side...
Create a function to 'Plot' the dwg to the Distiller PDF printer.

Hope this helps
Warren M

 

If you search this forum for "distiller", you should find some sample code.
But there are two ways to set an object.

1.
Dim myObject As Object
Set myObject = New Object

2.
Dim myObject As New Object

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want to take these drawings and then convert them for .PDF for the sales
people to use, since they don't have autocad.

couldn't get around the automatically naming the file thing. But, if the
distiller object i can take a saved file and convert it. Well, I can't
figure out how to do it.

 

Set PDF1 = New PdfDistiller

want to take these drawings and then convert them for .PDF for the sales
people to use, since they don't have autocad.

couldn't get around the automatically naming the file thing. But, if the
distiller object i can take a saved file and convert it. Well, I can't
figure out how to do it.