SharePoint 2010 WAS ConversionJob

Word Automation Services (WAS) converts files in bulk from one format to another. It works asynchronously, so it puts little load on the application server.

Supported formats

WAS can read:

• Office Open XML (DOCX, DOCM, DOTX, DOTM)
• Word 97-2003 Document (DOC) and Word 97-2003 Template (DOT)
• Rich Text Format (RTF)
• Single File Web Page (MHTML)
• HTML
• Word 2003 XML
• Word 2007/2010 XML

WAS can write:

• PDF
• XPS
• Office Open XML (DOCX, DOCM)
• Word 97-2003 Document (DOC)
• Rich Text Format (RTF)
• Single File Web Page (MHTML)
• Word 2007/2010 XML

Creating a job

Create a job with the ConversionJob managed API object.

ConversionJob job = new ConversionJob("Word Automation Services");
job.UserToken = SPContext.Site.UserToken;
job.UpdateFields = true;
job.OutputFormat = SaveFormat.PDF;
job.AddFile("http://mysite/doclib/doc.docx", "http://mysite/pdflib/pdf.pdf");
job.Start();

Monitoring a job

Check progress with the ConversionJobStatus object.

ConversionJobStatus status = new ConversionJobStatus("Word Automation Services",
             job.JobId, null);
if (status.Count == status.Succeeded)
{
   //Handle success
}
else if (status.Count == status.Failed)
{
   //Handle failure
}