Convert Excel to PDF using JavaScript

Question

How can I convert Excel documents (files) to PDF in an automated fashion? I am trying to adapt the solution found here to Excel. So far I have this:

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Answer 1

You're clobbering objExcel on line 15:

var objExcel = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(docPath);

Those lines of code need to use a different variable, e.g.:

var objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(docPath);

var wdFormatPdf = 57;
objWorkbook.SaveAs(pdfPath, wdFormatPdf);
objWorkbook.Close();