PrintJob

Each print job in the queue is handled as a PrintJob object which has methods and properties to work on each print job. The listing below shows the PrintJob methods and properties:

void SetProfileByGuid(string profileGuid)

Summary: Method that sets the conversion profile by the supplied guid.

profileGuid: Specifies the guid of the profile to be used.

Predefined GUIDs

PDFCreator comes with a set of predefined profiles which have human-readable GUIDs. Even though they do not look like usual GUIDs, they are uniquely identifying the profiles. You should only use them, if you intend to use the predefined profiles.

GUID	Description
DefaultGuid	Creates PDF files
PdfaGuid	Creates PDF/A files
PrintGuid	Sends output to a printer after conversion
HighCompressionGuid	PDFs with high compression images
HighQualityGuid	PDFs with high quality images
JpegGuid	Creates JPEG files
PngGuid	Creates PNG files
TiffGuid	Creates TIFF files

Warning

If you delete a profile with one of these GUIDs and create a profile with the same name, the GUIDs will not match.

void ConvertTo(string path)

Summary: Starts the actual conversion and saves the converted file to the location specified by path.

path: Includes the location and full name of the file.

void ConvertToAsync(string path)

Summary: Starts the actual conversion asynchronously and saves the converted file to the location specified by path.

path: Includes the location and full name of the file.

void SetProfileSetting(string name, string value)

Summary: Set a conversion profile property using two strings: One for the name (i.e. PdfSettings.Security.Enable) and one for the value.

name: Name of the setting (see COM Interface Settings). This can include subproperties (i.e. PdfSettings.Security.Enable).

value: A string that can be parsed to the type.

string GetProfileSetting(string name)

Summary: Get a conversion profile property using its name.

Return value: The value of the property as a string.

OutputFiles GetOutputFiles()

Summary: Gives a reference to the files produced by the conversion. For further information see OutputFiles.

Return value: A reference to the output files.

PrintJobInfo PrintJobInfo

Summary: Property, that gives a reference to a PrintJobInfo object for further information see PrintJobInfo. It allows to get more information on a PrintJob object such as PrintJob name, PrintJob author and more…

void JobFinished()

Summary: Event, that is fired, when the job was finished.

bool IsFinished

Summary: Property that returns true, if the conversion of the job quited otherwise it returns false.

bool IsSuccessful

Summary: Property that returns true, if the conversion of the job was successful otherwise it returns false.

void AddAction(string actionSettingsName)

Summary: Enable the given action and append it to the PDFCreator Workflow. actionSettingsName: The Action that you want to add, using its setting name (see COM Interface Settings).

void AddActionToPosition(string actionSettingsName, int addToPosition)

Summary: Enable the given action and append it to the PDFCreator Workflow at a certain position. actionSettingsName: The Action that you want to add, using its setting name (see COM Interface Settings). addToPosition: The execution position it should be triggered at (first position is 0).

void RemoveAction(string actionSettingsName)

Summary: Disable an action and remove it from the PDFCreator Workflow. (Can also remove action added by the profile in app) actionSettingsName: The action that you want to remove using its setting name (see COM Interface Settings).

ArrayList GetProfileListSettings(string propertyName)

Summary: Get a property as list if it is a string list. Keep in mind that the list is just a copy and will not update with your changes. Use the SetProfileListSetting function to apply the value. propertyName: The name of the property you want to get as a list, using its setting name (see COM Interface Settings). Return value: Returns a copy of a setting as a string list.

void SetProfileListSetting(string name, ArrayList value)

Summary: Sets the property of a setting if it is a list of string. name: Name of the property you want to set, using its setting name (see COM Interface Settings). value: The list of string you want to write into the property.