How To Call HTML ConverterX ActiveX from ColdFusion on Windows

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If you run ColdFusion on Windows, you can still convert HTML files to PDF, DOC, TXT, TIFF. For this call HTML ConverterX using the ActiveX interface. This interface is provided in the form of an ActiveX DLL file that needs to be registered in the Windows registry using REGSVR32.EXE:

regsvr32 C:\HTMLConverterX\HTMLConverter.dll

In order to call HTMLConverter from ColdFusion, we need to create a COM object using the CreateObject function that is available in CFML scripting (you can also use the <cfobject ...> tag if you prefer). Once the COM object is created, you can use the COM interface methods to perform the tasks.

Find some sample usage below:
CFML

<cfscript>
   pr = CreateObject("Com", "HTMLConverter.HTMLConverterX", "local");

   if (pr.Convert("C:\examples\magic.html", "C:\output.pdf", "-c PDF") eq 1)
      WriteOutput("Successful");
   else
      WriteOutput("Unsuccessful");

   ReleaseComObject(pr);
</cfscript>

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