Saving as PDF

[eingen]

I am using TX Text Control ActiveX Server v11/SP1 in a .Net web service application written in C#.

When I load a MS Word template using TX TextControl ActiveX Server and then try to save as PDF, the file size increases dramatically and when I view it in Acrobat, the page seems corrupted. It starts out at 690% view, and when I reduce to 100%, the document is very narrow and impossible to read. Here is the source code:

string templateFilePath = letterSavePath + "\\" + _formLetterName + ".doc";
theTXControl.Load(templateFilePath,0,9,true);

string _targetPath = letterFinalPath + "\\" + outputFileName;
theTXControl.Save(_targetPath,0,12,true);

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

[Björn Meyer]

Erik

1. You should specify a page size. This can be done using the LoadSaveAttribute property.

TX1.Load(file,0,9,false)
TX1.PageWidth = TX1.LoadSaveAttribute(txDocWidth)
...

2. All images will be saved as WMF as default. Please use the ImageExportFilters property to specify another filter like JPG. Additionally, the resolution can be set using the LoadSaveAttribute property:

TX1.LoadSaveAttribute(txImageMaxResolution) = 96
TX1.Save(file,0,12,false)

[eingen]

Bjorn, Thanks for responding so quickly. However, I am unable to see or use these properties in my code. The help pages for the control list a LoadSaveAttribute property, but when I type theTXControl.; I do not see it listed as an available property...

private Tx4oleLib.TXTextControlClass theTXControl;
theTXControl = new TXTextControlClass();
theTXControl.Load(docTemplateFile,0.9,false);
theTXControl. (No property/method called "LoadSaveAttribute")...

I see a "get_LoadSaveAttribute" and a "set_LoadSaveAttribute" but am getting errors trying to use them...

[eingen]

Nevermind. I've figured it out!

[eingen]

How do I use the ImageExportFilters property to specify an image filter?

[mszilagyi]

bumping this up as i'm having a similar problem. When I try to do

TXTextControl.ImageExportFormat = <value>

i get back a error saying that the value can't be set; object w/specified ID probably doesn't exist. Is there something I'm not getting with what has to be done to do this?

[Björn Meyer]

You have to specify the current object first using the ObjectCurrent property.

TX1.ObjectCurrent = 1
TX1.ImageExportFormat = ...

To change the format of all images, you can utilize a loop and the ObjectNext method which returns the next object id.

[mszilagyi]

This worked perfectly. Thanks alot.