Output to Postscript using PDF Library SDK

Question

I'm pretty sure I read that the PDF Library supports exporting to Postscript, but I'm having a hard time finding how to do that in the documentation. Can someone tell me which document (AND IT'S PAGE NUMBER) that explains how to take a PDF and convert it to Postscript using the PDF Library (not the Acrobat SDK). I'm guessing we will be working with version 8.1 unless 9.0 of the PDF Library SDK is released soon.
Let me phrase it a little in a different way since I know that some of the regulars here tend to be touchy on the wording of a question. I have a PDF and I want to use the PDF Library SDK to a Postscript version of that PDF.
Here's a picture: PDF file -> PDF Library SDK-> Postscript file
I appreciate the help.
Thanks,
JK

Answer 1

Hi guys. I have been trying for a few days now to produce a postscript file from a pdf within my own project using bits and pieces from the printpdf sample project. I can compile and run the sample project fine, but after I compile my project and run it I keep getting the following error:
Error code: 1, Error Message: An internal error occurred.
After pulling out most of my hair I decided to create a new project and include only the exact files that the printpdf sample includes.
I created a new console project (VS2005). I added the following preprocessor directives:
_DEBUG
WIN_ENV
WIN_PLATFORM
PRODUCT=\"HFTLibrary.h\"
WIN32
_CONSOLE
_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
I added the correct headers directory and the correct libs directory with the correct lib.
I added the following files that are necessary for the printpdf project to work:
Header Files:
MyPDFLibUtils.h
Source Files:
MyPDFLibApp.cpp
MyPDFLibUtils.cpp
PDFLInitCommon.c
PDFLInitHFT.c
printpdf.cpp
I haven't changed any of the files other than the input and output file.
I can compile my newly created project fine, but when I run the app a 0 byte postscript file is produced and the following error still occurs:
Error code: 1, Error Message: An internal error occurred.
It's blowing up on the following line of code:
PDFLPrintDoc(doc, &rec);
Like I said before the sample pdfprint project is able to produce the postscript file without the error and I am using the same pdf input file and output file specified as in my own project.
I'm hoping that someone has run into this before or knows what I might be doing wrong. The sample code works, but when I take that sample code and put it into a new console project and match all of the project settings it will compile but it won't run without getting that error.
Any help is appreciated.