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HomeSupportKnowledge Base Information: Example Printer Version | Return to Search Simple Test using the IE Engine   Product Version Code Samples     WebGrabber 3.5.2 VBS VB.NET C# ASP CF PHP   Description   The following VBScript example demonstrates activePDF WebGrabber's basic page grabbing functionality using the IE Engine. Refer to KB #10543 to see this example using the Native Engine. This file is required: BasicIE.vbs - Code detail provided below. Click here to download this example (includes required file): ' Get local path as varPath arrayScr = Split(WScript.ScriptFullName, "\", -1, 1) For i = 0 to UBound(arrayScr) - 1    varPath = varPath & arrayScr(i) & "\" Next ' Define Variables     ' EngineToUse (1=IE, 0=Native)     varEngine = 1     ' URL format: "http://www.activepdf.com" or "file://folder/file.htm"     varURL = "http://www.activepdf.com/support/knowledgebase/view.cfm?kb=10544&code=vbs"         ' Timeout for various calls     varTimeout = 60         ' For local machine use these defaults     varIP = "127.0.0.1"     varPort = "64320" ' Instantiate Objects Set WG = CreateObject("APWebGrabber.Object") Set APS = CreateObject("APServer.Object") ' Set activePDF Server properties APS.OutputDirectory varPath APS.PDFTimeout = varTimeout ' Must call before DoPrint to pass server settings to WG WG.Prt2DiskSettings = APS.ToString() ' Set WebGrabber properties WG.EngineToUse = varEngine WG.URL = varURL WG.TimeOut = varTimeout WG.PrinterTimeout = varTimeout ' Start the conversion process varReturn = WG.DoPrint(varIP, varPort) If varReturn <> 0 Then Error("DoPrint") End If ' Wait for conversion result varReturn = WG.Wait(varIP, varPort, varTimeout, "") If varReturn <> 19 Then Error("Wait") End If ' Run WG CleanUp WG.Cleanup varIP, varPort ' Clear Objects Set WG = Nothing Set APS = Nothing ' Error Handling Sub Error(Method)     Msgbox "'" & Method & "' failed with a '" & varReturn & _             "'" & VBCRLF & "KB article on Return codes:" & VBCRLF & _             "http://www.activepdf.com/support/knowledgebase/viewKb.cfm?id=10033&tk=ts"     Set WG = Nothing     Set APS = Nothing     Wscript.Quit End Sub   Related Articles 10545 - EngineToUse Instructs WebGrabber to use the 10576Native Engine or 10577IE Engine for page rendering. 10025 - Adding Page Breaks activePDF WebGrabber gives you the ability to utilize custom page breaks to control your PDF output. The steps depend on the specified 10545EngineToUse:... 10548 - Configure the WGIELogin User The WGIELogin user account is required to use the 10577IE Engine. During the WebGrabber process, the WG... 10026 - Preserve background colors during conversion The steps for preserving background colors depend on the rendering engine specified by the EngineToUse property. ... 10035 - WebGrabber hangs using IE Engine WebGrabber appears to hang when converting HTML or a webpage using the Internet Explorer Engine. The following are known symptoms that can accompany the problem:   Keywords   webgrabber, wg, simple, basic, test, example, code, run, install, won't, doesn't, php, hypertext, preprocessor, work, Internet, Explorer, IE, engine, native, default, asp, cfm, cf, coldfusion, cold, fusion, VBS, VBScript, vb, script, example   Last Updated 2008-04-08 Printer Version | Return to Search   Knowledge Base Article Feedback* *KB article feedback ONLY (submit support issues here) Quality of this article?   Poor Excellent  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Is this article helpful? Yes       No       Maybe Comments (Optional) Email Address (Optional) Please enter the word "PDF" (without quotes)   The information in this article is for the use of activePDF Customers and Evaluation Users Only. No part of this document may be transmitted or reproduced without the express written consent of activePDF. Copyright © 2005, activePDF, Inc. All Rights Reserved