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SDK script runs with the script editor, but fails when running the workflow

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Updated December 4, 2017

asked on November 30, 2017 • Show version history

I'm working on a script that opens a word document, saves it as a pdf, then closes the word document. It works running in the script editor, but if I run the workflow, it does not close Word.

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replied on November 30, 2017

Scripts run on the Workflow server under the service's context (so without a user session). As such, they cannot launch Word.

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replied on December 4, 2017

To add to this, Microsoft does not support or recommend server-side automation of Office products. See: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/257757/considerations-for-server-side-automation-of-office

There are commercial (and potentially some open-source) .NET libraries that you can use to perform a programmatic Word to PDF conversion.

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Asked November 30, 2017
Updated December 4, 2017
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