Any way to speed up batch conversion?

kamiller42 · Post by **kamiller42** » Thu Jun 09 2005

We have a directory with a mix of DOC and PDF files that we are converting into a single PDF. What is the quickest way to process a directory of files? Certain method parameters or object properties to set?

Right now, we are testing using file masking. It has been 1.5 hours and has processed 196 files. We need to pick up the pace.

TIA

Joan · Post by **Joan** » Mon Jun 13 2005

Hello,

I didn't really get your questions.

In your second post i notice that you are using BatchConvert() and you mentioned having version 2.08a of the PDF Converter.

Please try to use version 2.09 (our latest release in the 2.0 series) or even our latest version 2.50. Will you still have problems with BatchConvert?

Thanks.

kamiller42 · Post by **kamiller42** » Thu Jun 16 2005

I am using 2.5 and calling BatchConvert. It seems a little slow. What is the optimal way to batch convert a list of files into a single file?

Joan · Post by **Joan** » Mon Jun 20 2005

Hello,

To batch convert documents to PDF you can use BatchConvert (ActoveX interface) or BatchConverEx (Dll interface).

BatchConvert will open each file in the related application and print it to the PDF Printer. If you have a large number of files than the process will definitely be a little bit slow.