Converting Word Documents to PDF for Visual Basic.NET

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' 1) Microsoft Word 97 or above should be installed and activated on your PC.
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' 2) Universal Document Converter 5.2 or above should be installed, too.
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' 3) Open your project in Microsoft Visual Basic.NET.
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' 4) In Visual Basic main menu press "Project->Add Reference...".
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' 5) In "Add Reference" window go to "COM" tab and double click into 
'    "Universal Document Converter Type Library".
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Private Sub PrintWordToPDF(ByVal strFilePath As String)
  Dim objUDC As UDC.IUDC
  Dim itfPrinter As UDC.IUDCPrinter
  Dim itfProfile As UDC.IProfile
  Dim WordApp As Object
  Dim WordDoc As Object
  objUDC = New UDC.APIWrapper
  itfPrinter = objUDC.Printers("Universal Document Converter")
  itfProfile = itfPrinter.Profile
' Use Universal Document Converter API to change settings of converterd document
  itfProfile.PageSetup.ResolutionX = 600
  itfProfile.PageSetup.ResolutionY = 600
  itfProfile.FileFormat.ActualFormat = UDC.FormatID.FMT_PDF
  itfProfile.FileFormat.PDF.ColorSpace = UDC.ColorSpaceID.CS_TRUECOLOR
  itfProfile.FileFormat.PDF.Multipage = UDC.MultipageModeID.MM_MULTI
  itfProfile.OutputLocation.Mode = UDC.LocationModeID.LM_PREDEFINED
  itfProfile.OutputLocation.FolderPath = "C:\Out"
  itfProfile.OutputLocation.FileName = "&[DocName(0)] -- &[Date(0)] -- &[Time(0)].&[ImageType]"
  itfProfile.OutputLocation.OverwriteExistingFile = False
' Run Microsoft Word as COM-server
  WordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
' Open document from file
  WordDoc = WordApp.Documents.Open(strFilePath, , 1)
' Print all pages of the document
  WordApp.ActivePrinter = "Universal Document Converter"
  Call WordApp.PrintOut(False)
' Close the document
  Call WordDoc.Close()
  WordDoc = Nothing
' Close Microsoft Word
  Call WordApp.Quit()
  WordApp = Nothing
End Sub