printing PDF files

[benmartin101]

I'm referencing "Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Browser Control Type Libary 1.0" and I have the following code:

private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			AcroPDFLib.AcroPDFClass pdf;
			pdf = new AcroPDFLib.AcroPDFClass();
			pdf.src = @"C:\sample.pdf";
			pdf.Print();//i tried pdf.PrintAll() and pdf.PrintPages() - both didn't work
		}

Any idea why this isn't working? I'm using Acrobat 7.0 by the way. Also, when I use pdf.LoadFiles() instead of pdf.src, i get an error message saying "object not initialized", and this was with the "new AcroPDFLib.AcroPDFClass()" line included.

[jmcilhinney]

It works using the ActiveX control so maybe the AcroPDFClass class isn't meant to be used on its own. Strange that it's available if it's not but I can't really see a way to check that the specified file was actually loaded. I tried LoadFile in a VB app and it threw an exception regarding trying to write protected memory. Not good at all.

[wleung]

THE PROBLEM IS...

that we aren't supposed to use the COM like that (as the previous poster has mentioned).

After 5 hours of nutting this out, I finally understood what some posters meant (in other forums).

In simple terms:
- DO NOT use the 'Add reference' menu to add the .dll file
- Instead, right click on the toolbar where you design your forms, and choose to add more tools (customize or something like add more)
- Choose the Adobe Reader ActiveX tool

now in your references window you should see the elusive AxAdobePDF component.

What I do is to just place a PDF viewer onto my form, and make it invisible.


Cheers,
Wilson