Const wdDoNotSaveChanges = 0
Const wdRevisionsViewFinal = 0
Const wdFormatPDF = 17
 
Dim arguments
Set arguments = WScript.Arguments
 
Function DOC2PDF(sDocFile)
 
  Dim fso ' As FileSystemObject
  Dim wdo ' As Word.Application
  Dim wdoc ' As Word.Document
  Dim wdocs ' As Word.Documents
 
  Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
  sDocFile = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(sDocFile)
  sPdfFile = fso.GetParentFolderName(sDocFile) + "\" + fso.GetBaseName(sDocFile) + ".pdf"
 
  Set wdo = CreateObject("Word.Application")
  Set wdocs = wdo.Documents
  WScript.Echo "opening: " + sDocFile
  Set wdoc = wdocs.Open(sDocFile)
  if fso.FileExists(sPdfFile) Then
    fso.DeleteFile sPdfFile,True
  End If
  WScript.Echo "Converting to PDF: " + sPdfFile
  Set wview = wdoc.ActiveWindow.View
  wview.ShowRevisionsAndComments = False
  wview.RevisionsView = wdRevisionsViewFinal
  wdoc.SaveAs sPdfFile,wdFormatPDF
  WScript.Echo "Conversion completed"
  wdo.Quit wdDoNotSaveChanges
 
  Set fso = Nothing
  Set wdo = Nothing
 
End Function
 
If arguments.Count=1 Then 
  Call DOC2PDF(arguments.Unnamed.Item(0))
Else
  WScript.Echo "Generates a PDF file from a Word document using Word PDF export."
  WScript.Echo ""
  WScript.Echo "Usage: doc2pdf.vbs <doc-file>"
  WScript.Echo ""
End If