Excel To PDF Using VB

[Jabba The Nut]

I have used the following VB code to print an Excel range to an Adobe Acrobat .PDF file. The steps to accomplish this are as follows:

1. Print the range to a postscript file using Acrobat Distiller
2. Convert postscript file to .PDF using Acrobat Distiller API.

Make sure that you uncheck the "Do not send fonts to Distiller" option in the Distiller properties. You do this by entering the Distiller properties>>General Tab>>Printing Preferences>>Adobe PDF Settings and uncheck the "Do not send fonts to Distiller" option. You will get an error if you don't do this.

In the Excel Visual Basic Editor, make sure you include a reference to Acrobat Distiller.

Here is the code....

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Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

' Define the postscript and .pdf file names.
Dim PSFileName as String
Dim PDFFileName as String
PSFileName = "c:\myPostScript.ps"
PDFFileName = "c:\myPDF.pdf"

' Print the Excel range to the postscript file
Dim MySheet As WorkSheet
Set MySheet = ActiveSheet
MySheet.Range("myRange").PrintOut copies:=1, preview:=False, ActivePrinter:="Acrobat Distiller", printtofile:=True, collate:=True, prttofilename:=PSFileName

' Convert the postscript file to .pdf
Dim myPDF As PdfDistiller
Set myPDF = New PdfDistiller
myPDF.FileToPDF PSFileName, PDFFileName, ""

End Sub

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And that is all there is to it! I hope this tip is helpful to some of you.

[Nhunter]

I am new at this so please be patient with me. I am trying ot do something similar to what you have done in excel but I am using a .plt file instead of and excel file.

I referenced Acrobat Distiller in VB and wrote the following code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim PSFileName As String
Dim PDFFileName As String
PSFileName = "c:\mytest.plt"
PDFFileName = "c:\mytest.pdf"

Dim myPDF As PdfDistiller
Set myPDF = New PdfDistiller

myPDF.FileToPDF PSFileName, PDFFileName, ""

End Sub

When i run my routine I get an ActiveX component cannot ceate object.

I hangs on the line: Set myPDF = New PdfDistiller

Do you have any ideas what I am doing wrong.

Any help would be appreciated