op.openDoc for .MD (Markdown) - force to use "conv.imp.markdown" SOLVED

[zarkogajic]

Hi Support,

I can use the "conv.imp.markdown" and the Convert method of the IPXV_ImportConverter to convert an .md (markdown) to PDF - all working as a charm

However it seems the Convert method will not display the default ProgressMonitor even if the pProgress parameter is set to either null or Inst.DefaultProgressMon. I guess the reason for this is that Convert() does its work in the main thread (if called from there) - and hence the default progress dialog does not get displayed.
Note: the file is bigger and EUEditor does display the progress when "New - From Markdown" is used for this document.

I've then tried using the op.openDoc operation (via AsyncDoAndWaitForFinish) - and this works but the file is converted as plain text.

I've then tried specifying 'conv.imp.markdown' for Options.UsedConvID and I've also tried specifying Options.ConvParams = GetFormatConverterParams().

In both cases the file is still converted as if plain text. (Am I missing some option for op.openDoc?) What would then UsedConvID / ConvParams be used for?

Is there a way to force op.openDoc to convert the .md file as markdown file?

Or, do I need to call Convert() from a background thread (also using AsyncDoAndWaitForFinish) for the progress to appear (which would mean implementing my own IOperation that would call Convert() in its Do() method)?

-žarko

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

- To see the Progress-dialog you need to use the Convert method inside other thread, not in main.
- The problem with importing of MD files via op.openDoc - it cannot be solved from your side, unfortunately. But we will fix it in the next build definitely. The Options.UsedConvID - is the output parameter, Options.ConvParams - is just an optional input array of conv-params (each item of array - is the set of params for certain import-convertor - i.e. this is not suitable for your case).

[zarkogajic]

Hi Vasyl,

Thanks for confirming.

-žarko

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]