Combine mutliple file in one PDF through VBA

Rajneesh Rawat

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Hi All,

I want to combine multiple files into one PDF. I found one code which is working fine if my all files in PDF format.

Here my concern is, I have PNG files as well and the code is not able to combine PNG file however if i am combining manually then it combines all the PDF and PNG files.

Can anyone suggest what changes need to be done in below code for considering PNG files as well.

Code:
Private Function MergePDFs(arrFiles() As String, strSaveAs As String) As Boolean
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'---PROGRAM: MergePDFs------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'---DEVELOPER: Ryan Wells (wellsr.com)--------------------------------------------------------------
'---DATE: 09/2017-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'---DESCRIPTION: This function uses Adobe Acrobat (won't work with just the Reader!) to-------------
'---             combine PDFs into one PDF and save the new PDF with its own file name.-------------
'---INPUT: The function requires two arguments.-----------------------------------------------------
'---       1) arrFiles is an array of strings containing the full path to each PDF you want to------
'---          combine in the order you want them combined.------------------------------------------
'---       2) strSaveAs is a string containing the full path you want to save the new PDF as.-------
'---REQUIREMENTS: 1) Must add a reference to "Adobe Acrobat X.0 Type Library" or "Acrobat"----------
'---                 under Tools > References. This has been tested with Acrobat 6.0 and 10.0.------
'---CAUTION: This function won't work unless you have the full Adobe Acrobat. In other words,-------
'            Adobe Reader will not work.------------------------------------------------------------
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Dim objCAcroPDDocDestination As Acrobat.CAcroPDDoc
Dim objCAcroPDDocSource As Acrobat.CAcroPDDoc
Dim i As Integer
Dim iFailed As Integer
 
On Error GoTo NoAcrobat:
'Initialize the Acrobat objects
Set objCAcroPDDocDestination = CreateObject("AcroExch.PDDoc")
Set objCAcroPDDocSource = CreateObject("AcroExch.PDDoc")
 
'Open Destination, all other documents will be added to this and saved with
'a new filename
objCAcroPDDocDestination.Open (arrFiles(LBound(arrFiles))) 'open the first file
 
'Open each subsequent PDF that you want to add to the original
  'Open the source document that will be added to the destination
    For i = LBound(arrFiles) + 1 To UBound(arrFiles)
        objCAcroPDDocSource.Open (arrFiles(i))
        If objCAcroPDDocDestination.InsertPages(objCAcroPDDocDestination.GetNumPages - 1, objCAcroPDDocSource, 0, objCAcroPDDocSource.GetNumPages, 0) Then
          MergePDFs = True
        Else
          'failed to merge one of the PDFs
          iFailed = iFailed + 1
        End If
        objCAcroPDDocSource.Close
    Next i
objCAcroPDDocDestination.Save 1, strSaveAs 'Save it as a new name
objCAcroPDDocDestination.Close
Set objCAcroPDDocSource = Nothing
Set objCAcroPDDocDestination = Nothing
 
NoAcrobat:
If iFailed <> 0 Then
    MergePDFs = False
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End Function

Sub Combine_PDFs_Demo()
Dim strPDFs(0 To 2) As String
Dim bSuccess As Boolean
strPDFs(0) = "C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\Page1.pdf"
strPDFs(1) = "C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\Page5.pdf"
strPDFs(2) = "C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\Page10.pdf"
 
bSuccess = MergePDFs(strPDFs, "C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\MyNewPDF.pdf")

If bSuccess = False Then MsgBox "Failed to combine all PDFs", vbCritical, "Failed to Merge PDFs"

End Sub
 

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