I wrote several versions of the program. The goal of the program is to convert "any type of file" into a TIFF image of the file, as if it were printed using a printer.
I am currently using a third-party printer driver, where I send files, and displays a TIFF image. This is good, but it requires me to use Office Interop files and interact with each individual processing process to print the files.
I previously tried a toolbox called Apose.NET that did not rely on Office Interop and did not require any printer driver. He did the conversion on his own and would create a TIFF image. The problem with Aspose.NET was that it did not support a large number of input file types. In particular, it cannot make Visio files.
My project requires creating a TIFF image for virtually "any type of file." (except for exes, music files, etc.) I know that finding something that handles literally any type of file is probably not a very feasible task, so I believe that it can at least handle all types of Office files , Adobe types, and other basic standard file types, then I can write my own extension parser that uses these applications to process, to print any type of file that can be viewed using these applications.
So, does anyone know a toolkit that can do this? Preferably one that does not rely on Office or a printer driver. It should not be free or open source. Or, if you know about the awesome printer driver that does this, I am also open to it.
Thanks in advance, Ryan
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