Programatically export a map document to a publisher (.pmf) file

Summary

Instructions provide a sample code to export the current map document to a Publisher file (PMF) at a given location.

Procedure

1. Start ArcMap.
2. Select Tools > Extensions, check the box next to 'Publisher', and select Close to dismiss the dialog box.
3. Open the Visual Basic Editor.
   
   
   In ArcMap, select Tools > Macros > Visual Basic Editor.
   
   
4. In the Project Explorer window, expand Project.mxt and select ArcMap Objects > ThisDocument and right-click and select View Code.
   
   

   Note:
   Code in the Project's ThisDocument code module will only run in the current map document. To store the code in all map documents, open the Normal.mxt > ThisDocument code module instead.

   
   
5. Select Tools > References, and check the box next to 'ESRI Publisher Extension 1.0 Object Library'. Click OK.
6. Paste the following code into the code module.
   
   

   Code:
   Dim testpub As String
   Dim pid As New UID
   Dim pIPMF As IPMF
   Dim pExtManager As IExtensionManager
   Dim pExt As IExtension
   
   testpub = "c:\temp\TestPub.pmf"
   
   'Set the publisher extension
   Set pExtManager = Application
   pid.Value = "{8AEE0DE1-535C-4788-95C8-1659444D4C02}"
   Set pExt = pExtManager.FindExtension(pid)
   
   Set pIPMF = pExt 'QI
   
   'Publish map document to location specified with testpub
   pIPMF.PMFPublish (testpub)

   
   
7. Close the Visual Basic Editor.
8. Run the code.
   
   
   A. Click Tools > Macros > Macros to display the Macros dialog box.
   B. Select a macro and click Run.