Word Automation Services is a new feature available in SharePoint 2010. It supports converting Word documents to other formats. Here we are going to convert a word document into a pdf document.
This article describes the following steps to show how to call the Word Automation Services to convert a document:
- Add a word document to the SharePoint Shared Documents.
- Create ConvertWordToPDF.ps1 file.
Add a word document in the Shared Documents:
Create a ConvertWordToPDF.ps1 file: $assembly = ("Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c","Microsoft.Office.Word.Server, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" )
$code = @"
using System;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.Office.Word.Server.Conversions;
namespace Vijai.Script.WordConversion
{
public static class ConvertWordToPDFDocument
{
public static void Conversion()
{
using (SPSite spSite = new SPSite( "http://ServerName:4040/"))
{
//Defines a collection of settings for all conversions within a single conversion job.
ConversionJobSettings jobSettings=new ConversionJobSettings();
jobSettings.OutputFormat = SaveFormat.Document;
//Represents a collection of file conversions (of single files or entire libraries) that share a common set of conversion properties and are logically tracked as a single unit.
ConversionJob pdfConversion = new ConversionJob("Word Automation Services", jobSettings);
// Set the credentials to use when running the conversion job.
pdfConversion.UserToken = spSite.UserToken;
pdfConversion.AddFile("http://ServerName:4040/Shared%20Documents/ExternalList.docx",
"http://ServerName:4040/Shared%20Documents/ExternalList.pdf");
pdfConversion.Start();
}
}
}
}
"@
Add-Type -ReferencedAssemblies $assembly -TypeDefinition $code -Language CSharp
[Vijai.Script.WordConversion.ConvertWordToPDFDocument]::Conversion()
Open the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell as an Administrator. Run the ConvertWordToPDF.ps1 file.
Go to the Shared Documents in SharePoint 2010; the pdf file will be created as shown in the following.
