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I have no sample code to post as I do not even think this is possible. I have a third-party program that creates .TMP files. I then manually go in and open those files in word, then save as PDF. It is very time consuming.

I am hoping some sort of function could be written to convert all .TMP files in a specified folder to .PDF -- The filename can stay the same.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Even pointing me in the right direction!

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  • Take a look at iTextSharp. http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/ – Steve Greene Apr 07 '15 at 17:41
  • Can you read those files, poss as plain text? If so, then yes. Get a `PDF` sdk like `iTextSharp` or `SharpPDF`. – OneFineDay Apr 07 '15 at 17:41
  • You can write a DOS batch file that can automate this. You will have to write a Word Automation program that opens the program and saves the files as PDF. You can call the program in the batch file. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/607669/how-do-i-convert-word-files-to-pdf-programmatically – gn1 Apr 08 '15 at 03:33

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You could also use a print-to-PDF utility to convert your .TMP files to PDF. There are numerous ones out there (e.g. if you have Adobe Acrobat installed, you should find an Adobe PDF "printer" already installed). The system sees it as a print driver, showing up in your list of available printers, but when a print job is sent to its queue, it prompts for a filename and writes the output in PDF form.

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