Browse UNC path using Windows CMD

• PUSHD <UNC PATH> will create a temporary virtual drive and get into it
• POPD will delete the temporary drive and get you back to the path you were when you entered pushd

Install Node.js and get started with Visual Studio

Node.js Tools 1.1 for Visual Studio 2013... more

Install Node.js... more

YouTube Player API

https://developers.google.com/youtube/youtube_player_demo 

Convert HTML to Docx and Pdf using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word

// use _Application and _Document instead of var to avoid ambiguities 
_Application word = new Application();
_Document document = word.Documents.Open(FileName: @"C:\index.html", ConfirmConversions: false, ReadOnly: false);

word.Visible = false;

// impersonated user must have read-write access to the following locations
var pdfOutputFile = @"C:\Temp\document.pdf";
var docOutputFile = @"C:\Temp\document.docx";

byte[] Content = null;
.
.
.
case "pdf":
document.SaveAs2(FileName: pdfOutputFile, FileFormat: WdSaveFormat.wdFormatPDF);
document.Close();
word.Quit();
Content = File.ReadAllBytes(pdfOutputFile);
break;

case "docx":
foreach (InlineShape image in document.InlineShapes)
{
// make sure images are embeded
if (image.LinkFormat != null)
{
try
{
image.LinkFormat.SavePictureWithDocument = true;
image.LinkFormat.BreakLink();
}
catch { /* do nothing */ }
}
}
document.SaveAs2(FileName: docOutputFile, FileFormat: WdSaveFormat.wdFormatDocumentDefault);
document.Close();
word.Quit();
Content = File.ReadAllBytes(docOutputFile);
break;
.
.
.

// download file as byte[]
if (Content != null)
{
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + (pdfOutputFile or docOutputFile));
Response.BufferOutput = true;
Response.OutputStream.Write(Content, 0, Content.Length);
Response.End();
}


Important notes: 

1. In order to be able to save document, create a new "Desktop" directory inside of "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\"
2. The library will not work on Server 2016 with O365 or Office 2016. On server 2016, need to use Office 2013.