Conversion settings are used to describe the output created by PEERNET.ConvertUtility and consist of a collection of name-value pairs. These settings can also be used to control the behavior of the individual converters used by Document Conversion Service, such as configuring Word to pass a password or telling Excel to ignore the print areas when printing worksheets.

 

When using the PEERNET.ConvertUtility .NET library methods from your own managed code you have the choice of supplying the name of a profile file, an XML file that contains the list of settings, or by passing in an IDictionary<String,String> collection of name-value pairs directly. Several sample profiles are included for your use, or to use as a base to customize to your needs.

 

Code Sample - Calling ConvertFile with a Profile

 

using PEERNET.ConvertUtility;

 

// conversion results returned, use to find files created or errors

PNConversionItem resultItem = 

    PNConverter.ConvertFile(@"C:\Input\Memo.doc",

                            @"C:\Output\",

                            "ConvertedMemo",

                            true, // overwrite existing

                            false, // remove file extension

                            false, // create log file

                            "TIFF 300dpi OptimizedColor", // profile

                            String.Empty,

                            String.Empty,

                            null, // no extra settings

                            String.Empty, //remote computer

                            String.Empty);

Code Sample - Calling ConvertFile with a settings collection

 

using PEERNET.ConvertUtility;

 

IDictionary<String, String> settings = 

        new Dictionary<String, String>();

 

settings.Add("Devmode settings;Resolution", "300");

settings.Add("Save;Output File Format", "TIFF Multipaged");

settings.Add("Save;Color reduction", "Optimal");

settings.Add("Save;Dithering method", "Halftone");

 

// conversion results returned, use to find files created or errors

PNConversionItem resultItem = 

    PNConverter.ConvertFile(@"C:\Input\Memo.doc",

                            @"C:\Output\",

                            "ConvertedMemo",

                            true, // overwrite existing

                            false, // remove file extension

                            false, // create log file

                            settings,

                            String.Empty,

                            String.Empty,

                            null, // no extra settings

                            String.Empty, //remote computer

                            String.Empty);

 

Name-Value Tables for Conversion Settings

The table below lists the different conversion settings separated out into categories with a description of the settings available in each. Click the link for that category to view all available settings for that option.

Options

Description of Settings

General Converter Options

These are general options that can be applied to the conversion process itself or to all converters.

Endorsement Options

Endorsements are header and footer information that can be stamped onto each page of the output created by Document Conversion Service.

Word Converter Options

These options are specific to the behavior of the Word converter.

Excel Converter Options

These options are specific to the behavior of the Excel converter.

PowerPoint Converter Options

These options are specific to the behavior of the PowerPoint converter.

Ghostscript Converter Options

These options are specific to the behavior of the Ghostscript converter.

Image Converter Options

These options are specific to the behavior of the Image converter.

OutsideIn AX Options

These options are specific to the behavior of the OutsideIn converter.

Advanced Features

Advanced settings such as custom paper size and text extraction.

Advanced File Naming

Settings to configure the file naming profiles (preset file naming schemes) for multipaged, multipaged with JobID, serialized and serialized with JobID.

Devmode settings

Resolution (DPI), page size and color mode settings.

Image Options

Image output options such as creating fax mode images and page rotation settings.

JPEG File Format

Compression settings for color and greyscale JPEG images.

PDF File Format

PDF file format settings for compression, content encoding and PDF/A-1b compliant PDF files.

PDF Security

PDF encryption and file permissions.

Processing

Settings to adjust the image during conversion such as trimming, cropping, copying to a new page size, resampling and brightness adjustment.

Save

Settings for output file format, color reduction, dithering and file name prompting.

TIFF File Format

Compression settings for black and white, color, indexed and greyscale TIFF images.

Watermark Stamping

Settings to create a text watermark diagonally across the page.