Re: COM extension

Hi Urs: Actually, I found out how to get the OCX list from the registry (Win98 version): Open the folder: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Scan down until the end of the extensions (.*) list. Then you will be able to see the COM names to use: Look for folders with CLSID sub-folder. For the pdf distiller, this is what I use in my machine (Win98-Apache-PHP4.02 Dev): $pdf = new COM ("PdfDistiller.PdfDistiller.1"); # Instantiate the distiller $pdf->FileToPDF ("$Pathname.ps","$Pathname.pdf","$Config"); This code will produce a pdf file from a ps file, the Pathname.pdf is optional, (Default is the same name as ps file with the pdf extension), as well as the $Config: File name of the distiller configuration to use. If you use the defaults, replace the $Pathname.pdf and $Config with empty strings. The PHP COM extension is a powerful tool in the windows environment, it's also very easy to use once you know the COM names, methods and proprieties. Alain