Converting PDF to a non-image format using the web service API

To convert a PDF document to a non-image format using the Generate PDF service client web service API, perform the following tasks:

1.	Include project files

•	Create a Microsoft .NET client assembly that consumes the GeneratePDF 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 Generate PDF client

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

3.	Invoke the PDF export operation

Invoke the GeneratePDFServiceServiceWse object’s ExportPDF method and pass the following values:

•	A BLOB object that represents the file to be converted. Note that it must refer to a DIME attachment.

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

•	A java.lang.String object that contains the settings to be applied to the generated PDF document.

•	A string object that specifies the target file type for the conversion. It may be one of the following:

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•	"Accessible-Text"

•	"Plain-Text"

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"XML10"

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

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

•	Retrieve the new PDF document attachment identifier 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.

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Using the previously retrieved PDF document attachment identifier, extract the binary data representing the PDF document by accessing the DIME attachment in the GeneratePDFServiceService object’s ResponseSoapContext.Attachments property. This property contains a Stream that you can write out to a PDF file. The following example contains a custom method called copyStream that helps you extract the attachment’s stream to a stream that is written out to disk.

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