Need to save an .rtf file as .pdf using MS Word. Which version would you recommend?

Hi Leandro,

 

All Microsoft Office products provide an API in the form of COM objects that let you automate all kinds of things, including saving files to a different format. Word's COM object is Word.Application. You can use the Application.Documents.Open(FileName) method to open a file and the Document.SaveAs(FileName, FileFormat) method to save it to a specific format. Here's an example:

// JScript
function Test()
{
  RTF2PDF("C:\\Work\\Example.rtf", "C:\\Work\\Example.pdf");
}

function RTF2PDF(RTFFileName, PDFFileName)
{
  var wdFormatPDF = 17;
  var oWord = Sys.OleObject("Word.Application");
  var oDoc = oWord.Documents.Open(RTFFileName);
  oDoc.SaveAs(PDFFileName, wdFormatPDF);
  oDoc.Close();
  oWord.Quit();
}

This works for me in Word 2010.

 

Helpful links:

Word object model reference

Understanding the Word Object Model