Saving from Word to PDF

Oda412

Hello! I'm trying to save .docx file into .pdf:

#include "widget.h"
#include <QAxObject>
#include <QAxWidget>
#include <QApplication>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);

    QAxWidget word("Word.Application");
    word.setProperty("Visible", true);
    QAxObject * documents = word.querySubObject("Documents");
    QAxObject * document=documents->querySubObject("Open(QString)","C:/Users/Olga/Desktop/test.docx");

    document->dynamicCall("SaveAs (const QString&)", QString("C:/Users/Olga/Desktop/test2.pdf"));
    document->dynamicCall("Close (boolean)", false);
    word.dynamicCall("Quit (void)");
     return 0;
}

The new file "test2.pdf" is appearing. But I cannot open it.

Help me, please, how could I save the .docx file into the PDF format properly?

Best regards,
Olga

AlexMaly

as fars as I understand the call you made is saving the same document just under different name. You need to find command / parameters which will save it to pdf. It is probably print command.

JonB

@Oda412
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42909112/saving-word-document-as-pdf from 2018 shows a couple of Automation ways of saving as PDF. ActiveDocument.ExportAsFixedFormat seems to be the key.

Oda412

@JonB Thank you a lot! Now it works!

#include "widget.h"
#include <QAxObject>
#include <QAxWidget>
#include <QApplication>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);

    QAxWidget word("Word.Application");
    word.setProperty("Visible", true);
    QAxObject * documents = word.querySubObject("Documents");
    QAxObject * document=documents->querySubObject("Open(QString)","C:/Users/Olga/Desktop/test.docx");

// vars for ExportAsFixedFormat
   
    QVariant OutputFileName("C:/Users/Olga/Desktop/test.pdf");
    QVariant ExportFormat(17);
    QVariant OpenAfterExport(false);

// converting to PDF
   
    document->querySubObject("ExportAsFixedFormat(const QVariant&,const QVariant&,const QVariant&)",
                             OutputFileName,
                             ExportFormat,
                             OpenAfterExport);

//closing document    

    document->dynamicCall("Close(boolean)",false);
    word.dynamicCall("Quit (void)");
    return 0;
}

Jose Williams

Hi,
Will this code work for an online converter like this:
https://oneconvert.com/pdf-converter/word-to-pdf
Or where can I get an example?
Thanks.

jsulm

@Jose-Williams said in Saving from Word to PDF:

Will this code work for an online converter like this

no