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VBA Code - Open PDF File and save as a .jpg file

VBA Code - Open PDF File and save as a .jpg file

I have a need to convert a number of .pdf files to .jpg for integration into a report.

Can anybody help with vba code that opens each pdf file in a directory one at a time and then to save it as a jpg file and then close the pdf?

As part of this process can one set the dpi of the saved jpg file
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Plugged into Access and it runs to this point and shows the attached error

        boResult = objJSO.SaveAs(PDFPath, ExportFormat)
error.pdf
What is your PDFPath?
And as MacroShadow mentioned - are you using the full version of Adobe? Errors like that are often seen when you try to run code against the Reader.
path is  

J:\14 Jobs\14003 Monterey Bay Aquarium Main Bldg CASp\Accessibility Inspection\Drawings\0\

Also tried path

c:\test\

Using Adobe Acrobat XI Pro
Searched

Internet for the error message and found a few other instances where somebody had a similar issue but no solutions
Checked reference to make sure that is not the problem - see attached
references.pdf
Found this code online that does the job

'http://www.myengineeringworld.net/2013/03/vba-macro-to-convert-pdf-files-into.html
Sub SavePDFAsOtherFormat(PDFPath As String, FileExtension As String)
   
    'Saves a PDF file as another format using Adobe Professional.
   
    'By Christos Samaras
    'http://www.myengineeringworld.net
   
    'In order to use the macro you must enable the Acrobat library from VBA editor:
    'Go to Tools -> References -> Adobe Acrobat xx.0 Type Library, where xx depends
    'on your Acrobat Professional version (i.e. 9.0 or 10.0) you have installed to your PC.
   
    'Alternatively you can find it Tools -> References -> Browse and check for the path
    'C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat xx.0\Acrobat\acrobat.tlb
    'where xx is your Acrobat version (i.e. 9.0 or 10.0 etc.).
   
    Dim objAcroApp      As Acrobat.AcroApp
    Dim objAcroAVDoc    As Acrobat.AcroAVDoc
    Dim objAcroPDDoc    As Acrobat.AcroPDDoc
    Dim objJSO          As Object
    Dim boResult        As Boolean
    Dim ExportFormat    As String
    Dim NewFilePath     As String
   
    'Check if the file exists.
    If Dir(PDFPath) = "" Then
        MsgBox "Cannot find the PDF file!" & vbCrLf & "Check the PDF path and retry.", _
                vbCritical, "File Path Error"
        Exit Sub
    End If
   
    'Check if the input file is a PDF file.
    If LCase(Right(PDFPath, 3)) <> "pdf" Then
        MsgBox "The input file is not a PDF file!", vbCritical, "File Type Error"
        Exit Sub
    End If
   
    'Initialize Acrobat by creating App object.
    Set objAcroApp = CreateObject("AcroExch.App")
   
    'Set AVDoc object.
    Set objAcroAVDoc = CreateObject("AcroExch.AVDoc")
   
    'Open the PDF file.
    boResult = objAcroAVDoc.Open(PDFPath, "")
       
    'Set the PDDoc object.
    Set objAcroPDDoc = objAcroAVDoc.GetPDDoc
   
    'Set the JS Object - Java Script Object.
    Set objJSO = objAcroPDDoc.GetJSObject
   
    'Check the type of conversion.
    Select Case LCase(FileExtension)
        Case "eps": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.eps"
        Case "html", "htm": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.html"
        Case "jpeg", "jpg", "jpe": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.jpeg"
        Case "jpf", "jpx", "jp2", "j2k", "j2c", "jpc": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.jp2k"
        Case "docx": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.docx"
        Case "doc": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.doc"
        Case "png": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.png"
        Case "ps": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.ps"
        Case "rft": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.rft"
        Case "xlsx": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.xlsx"
        Case "xls": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.spreadsheet"
        Case "txt": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.accesstext"
        Case "tiff", "tif": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.tiff"
        Case "xml": ExportFormat = "com.adobe.acrobat.xml-1-00"
        Case Else: ExportFormat = "Wrong Input"
    End Select
   
    'Check if the format is correct and there are no errors.
    If ExportFormat <> "Wrong Input" And Err.Number = 0 Then
       
        'Format is correct and no errors.
       
        'Set the path of the new file. Note that Adobe instead of xls uses xml files.
        'That's why here the xls extension changes to xml.
        If LCase(FileExtension) <> "xls" Then
            NewFilePath = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(PDFPath, ".pdf", "." & LCase(FileExtension))
        Else
            NewFilePath = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(PDFPath, ".pdf", ".xml")
        End If
       
        'Save PDF file to the new format.
        boResult = objJSO.SaveAs(NewFilePath, ExportFormat)
       
        'Close the PDF file without saving the changes.
        boResult = objAcroAVDoc.Close(True)
       
        'Close the Acrobat application.
        boResult = objAcroApp.Exit
       
        'Inform the user that conversion was successfully.
        MsgBox "The PDf file:" & vbNewLine & PDFPath & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & _
        "Was saved as: " & vbNewLine & NewFilePath, vbInformation, "Conversion finished successfully"
         
    Else
       
        'Something went wrong, so close the PDF file and the application.
       
        'Close the PDF file without saving the changes.
        boResult = objAcroAVDoc.Close(True)
       
        'Close the Acrobat application.
        boResult = objAcroApp.Exit
       
        'Inform the user that something went wrong.
        MsgBox "Something went wrong!" & vbNewLine & "The conversion of the following PDF file FAILED:" & _
        vbNewLine & PDFPath, vbInformation, "Conversion failed"

    End If
       
    'Release the objects.
    Set objAcroPDDoc = Nothing
    Set objAcroAVDoc = Nothing
    Set objAcroApp = Nothing
       
End Sub
I've requested that this question be closed as follows:

Accepted answer: 0 points for rogerdjr's comment #a40221568

for the following reason:

Found this code online - could not get a solution from experts
Not sure what I'm missing but the was the code I quoted in my first post ;-)
Both solutions seem to come from the same website - The original posted version gave errors as stated in my posts - It sat for a while with no suggested fixes and the moderator suggested that I delete the question.

I did one more internet search and cut / pasted the code I found on the website into my application and voila it ran.

I'm fine with awarding points to the original poster.
I agree with MacroShadow - it seems the code provided in the first comment is the same, and should be included in the answer comments.