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Convert Office documents (Excel word PowerPoint) to PDF using Java

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Sample Java code for using Apryse SDK to convert Office documents to PDF (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher) without needing any external dependencies or MS Office licenses. Office to PDF conversion can be performed on a Linux or Windows server to automate Office-centric workflows, or entirely in the user's client (web browser, mobile device). The conversion functionality can be combined with our Viewer to display or annotate Office files (docx, xlsx, pptx) on all major platforms, including Web, Android, iOS, Xamarin, UWP, and Windows. Learn more about our Java PDF Library and Office Document Conversion Library.

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//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Copyright (c) 2001-2024 by Apryse Software Inc. All Rights Reserved.
// Consult legal.txt regarding legal and license information.
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

import com.pdftron.common.PDFNetException;
import com.pdftron.pdf.Convert;
import com.pdftron.pdf.DocumentConversion;
import com.pdftron.pdf.PDFDoc;
import com.pdftron.pdf.PDFNet;
import com.pdftron.pdf.OfficeToPDFOptions;
import com.pdftron.sdf.SDFDoc;

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The following sample illustrates how to use the PDF.Convert utility class to convert 
// MS Office files to PDF
//
// This conversion is performed entirely within the PDFNet and has *no* external or
// system dependencies dependencies -- Conversion results will be the same whether
// on Windows, Linux or Android.
//
// Please contact us if you have any questions. 
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public class OfficeToPDFTest {

    static String input_path = "../../TestFiles/";
    static String output_path = "../../TestFiles/Output/";

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        PDFNet.initialize(PDFTronLicense.Key());
        PDFNet.setResourcesPath("../../../Resources");

        // first the one-line conversion interface
        simpleDocxConvert("Fishermen.docx", "Fishermen.pdf");

        // then the more flexible line-by-line interface
        flexibleDocxConvert("the_rime_of_the_ancient_mariner.docx", "the_rime_of_the_ancient_mariner.pdf");
       
        // conversion of RTL content
        flexibleDocxConvert("factsheet_Arabic.docx", "factsheet_Arabic.pdf");

        PDFNet.terminate();
    }

    public static void simpleDocxConvert(String inputFilename, String outputFilename) {
        try (PDFDoc pdfdoc = new PDFDoc()) {

            // perform the conversion with no optional parameters
            Convert.officeToPdf(pdfdoc, input_path + inputFilename, null);

            // save the result
            pdfdoc.save(output_path + outputFilename, SDFDoc.SaveMode.INCREMENTAL, null);
            // output PDF pdfdoc

            // And we're done!
            System.out.println("Done conversion " + output_path + outputFilename);
        } catch (PDFNetException e) {
            System.out.println("Unable to convert MS Office document, error:");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e);
        }
    }

    public static void flexibleDocxConvert(String inputFilename, String outputFilename) {
        try {
            OfficeToPDFOptions options = new OfficeToPDFOptions();
            options.setSmartSubstitutionPluginPath(input_path);

            // create a conversion object -- this sets things up but does not yet
            // perform any conversion logic.
            // in a multithreaded environment, this object can be used to monitor
            // the conversion progress and potentially cancel it as well
            DocumentConversion conversion = Convert.streamingPdfConversion(
                    input_path + inputFilename, options);

            System.out.println(inputFilename + ": " + Math.round(conversion.getProgress() * 100.0)
                    + "% " + conversion.getProgressLabel());

            // actually perform the conversion
            while (conversion.getConversionStatus() == DocumentConversion.e_incomplete) {
                conversion.convertNextPage();
                System.out.println(inputFilename + ": " + Math.round(conversion.getProgress() * 100.0)
                        + "% " + conversion.getProgressLabel());
            }

            if (conversion.tryConvert() == DocumentConversion.e_success) {
                int num_warnings = conversion.getNumWarnings();

                // print information about the conversion
                for (int i = 0; i < num_warnings; ++i) {
                    System.out.println("Warning: " + conversion.getWarningString(i));
                }

                // save the result
                try (PDFDoc doc = conversion.getDoc()) {
                    doc.save(output_path + outputFilename, SDFDoc.SaveMode.INCREMENTAL, null);
                }

                // done
                System.out.println("Done conversion " + output_path + outputFilename);
            } else {
                System.out.println("Encountered an error during conversion: " + conversion.getErrorString());
            }
        } catch (PDFNetException e) {
            System.out.println("Unable to convert MS Office document, error:");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e);
        }
    }

}