Quick PDF Fails after Publish

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   I use Quick PDF to convert to PDF and to merge PDFs. While running my application from the compiler, everything works as expected. Once I publish my application and try to run it on a different machine, neither the convert nor the merge functions work. When I ask the application to report "LastErrorCode", it returns 0. I'll list some code below. Can you tell what I am doing wrong?
Imports MARSvIEW.DebenuPDFLibraryDLL0912

Public Class MARSvIEWFRM
    Private tempDocs As String = "C:\Scripts\tesmpDocs\"
    Private QP As PDFLibrary = New PDFLibrary("..\..\DebenuPDFLibraryDLL0912")
    Private LicenseKey = "xxxx"
    Private Result = QP.UnlockKey(LicenseKey)

    Function ConvTIF(ByVal tifName As String, ByVal justName As String) As Int16
        QP.AddImageFromFile(tempDocs + tifName, -1)
        Dim lWidth As Int32 = QP.ImageWidth()
        Dim lHeight As Int32 = QP.ImageHeight()
        While lWidth > 1404
            lWidth = lWidth / 2
            lHeight = lHeight / 2
        End While
        QP.SetPageDimensions(lWidth, lHeight)
        QP.DrawImage(0, lHeight, lWidth, lHeight)
        QP.SaveToFile(tempDocs + justName + ".pdf")
        ConvTIF = 0
    End Function

    Function JoinAllPDF() As Int16
        Dim PDFfiles = Directory.GetFiles(tempDocs, "*.PDF", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly)
        For Each filenm As String In PDFfiles
            QP.AddToFileList("FilesToMerge", filenm)
        Next
        QP.MergeFileList("FilesToMerge", tempDocs + "merged\" + "merged_" + AcctNumTXT.Text + "_file_list.pdf")
        Me.AxAcroPDF1.LoadFile(tempDocs + "merged\" + "merged_" + AcctNumTXT.Text + "_file_list.pdf")
        JoinAllPDF = 0
    End Function

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jimmyx18 Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 28 Feb 17 Location: Dallas Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimmyx18 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Quick PDF Fails after Publish Posted: 28 Feb 17 at 3:51PM
	I use Quick PDF to convert to PDF and to merge PDFs. While running my application from the compiler, everything works as expected. Once I publish my application and try to run it on a different machine, neither the convert nor the merge functions work. When I ask the application to report "LastErrorCode", it returns 0. I'll list some code below. Can you tell what I am doing wrong? Imports MARSvIEW.DebenuPDFLibraryDLL0912 Public Class MARSvIEWFRM Private tempDocs As String = "C:\Scripts\tesmpDocs\" Private QP As PDFLibrary = New PDFLibrary("..\..\DebenuPDFLibraryDLL0912") Private LicenseKey = "xxxx" Private Result = QP.UnlockKey(LicenseKey) Function ConvTIF(ByVal tifName As String, ByVal justName As String) As Int16 QP.AddImageFromFile(tempDocs + tifName, -1) Dim lWidth As Int32 = QP.ImageWidth() Dim lHeight As Int32 = QP.ImageHeight() While lWidth > 1404 lWidth = lWidth / 2 lHeight = lHeight / 2 End While QP.SetPageDimensions(lWidth, lHeight) QP.DrawImage(0, lHeight, lWidth, lHeight) QP.SaveToFile(tempDocs + justName + ".pdf") ConvTIF = 0 End Function Function JoinAllPDF() As Int16 Dim PDFfiles = Directory.GetFiles(tempDocs, "*.PDF", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly) For Each filenm As String In PDFfiles QP.AddToFileList("FilesToMerge", filenm) Next QP.MergeFileList("FilesToMerge", tempDocs + "merged\" + "merged_" + AcctNumTXT.Text + "_file_list.pdf") Me.AxAcroPDF1.LoadFile(tempDocs + "merged\" + "merged_" + AcctNumTXT.Text + "_file_list.pdf") JoinAllPDF = 0 End Function

jimmyx18 Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 28 Feb 17 Location: Dallas Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimmyx18 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Feb 17 at 7:07PM
	I added in the code to verify if the license key passes or not. Once I did that, the license fails. So I'm a bit lost. I have a purchased license key that works fine in the compiler, but it fails when I use the PDF converter as part of an installed application on a remote machine. Any ideas?

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Feb 17 at 8:15PM
	Hi Jimmy, what type is the external system? Is it a 32- or a 64-bit-system? What type is the dll - 32- or 64 bit? Where is the dll on the external system - in the system32- or the syswow64-path? Cheers and welcome here, Ingo
	Cheers, Ingo

jimmyx18 Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 28 Feb 17 Location: Dallas Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimmyx18 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Feb 17 at 8:31PM
	Thanks for the reply. I found out that the issue was that the dll was not being included when Visual Studio published my build. Once I manually copied the dll to the destination, everything started working.