Converting a PostScript file to PDF using the web service API

To convert a PS, EPS, or PRN file to a PDF document using the Distiller service client web service API, perform the following tasks:

1.	Include project files

•	Create a Microsoft .NET client assembly that consumes the Distiller service WSDL. For information, see Creating a .NET client assembly.

•	Reference the Microsoft .NET client assembly. For information, see Referencing the .NET client assembly.

2.	Create a Distiller service client

Create a DistillerServiceService object by using your proxy class’ constructor.

3.	Invoke the PDF creation operation

Invoke the DistillerServiceService object’s CreatePDF method and pass the following required values:

•	A BLOB object that represents the PS, EPS, or PRN file to be converted.

•	A string that contains the path name of the file to be converted.

•	A string object that contains the Adobe PDF settings to be used.

•	A string object that contains the security settings to be used.

•	An optional BLOB object containing settings to be applied while generating the PDF document.

•	An optional BLOB object containing metadata information to be applied to the PDF document.

•	The CreatePDF method returns a mapItem[] object (shown as the result variable in the steps below) that contains the new PDF document and log file. To obtain the newly created PDF document and the log file, perform the following actions:

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Retrieve the new PDF document by iterating through the mapItem[] object and searching for the "ConvertedDoc" key in the mapItem[] object. Then cast that array member’s value to a BLOB. Similarly, you can retrieve the log file by searching for the "LogDoc" key in the mapItem[] object. In this case, the log file is a text file.

•	Extract the binary data representing the PDF document by accessing its BLOB object’s binaryData property. This returns an array of bytes that you can write out to a PDF file.

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