I am attempting to convert a Microsoft OneNote document to a PDF file: Microsoft.Office.Interop.OneNote.Application

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Asked: June 5, 20262026-06-05T23:30:55+00:00 2026-06-05T23:30:55+00:00

I am attempting to convert a Microsoft OneNote document to a PDF file: Microsoft.Office.Interop.OneNote.Application

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I am attempting to convert a Microsoft OneNote document to a PDF file:

        Microsoft.Office.Interop.OneNote.Application oneNote;
        oneNote = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.OneNote.Application();

        string noteBookXML;
        oneNote.GetHierarchy(null, HierarchyScope.hsNotebooks, out noteBookXML);

        XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(noteBookXML);
        XNamespace ns = doc.Root.Name.Namespace;

        foreach (var noteBookNode in from node in doc.Descendants(ns + "Notebook") select node)
        {
            string id = noteBookNode.Attribute("ID").Value;
            string path = "C:\\convert.pdf";
            if (File.Exists(path))
                File.Delete(path);
            try
            {
                oneNote.Publish(id, path, PublishFormat.pfPDF, "");
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }
        }

With the above code I am currently getting to the publish call, stepping over it causes Microsoft OneNote to stop working (generic windows “X has stopped working please wait”) followed by this exception:

{System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x800706BE): The remote procedure call failed. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BE)
    at Microsoft.Office.Interop.OneNote.ApplicationClass.Publish(String bstrHierarchyID, String bstrTargetFilePath, PublishFormat pfPublishFormat, String bstrCLSIDofExporter)
    at Conversion.OneNoteConverter.run() in G:\Code\OneNoteConversion\Conversion\OneNoteConverter.cs:line 34}

Has anyone been able to get this working? Am I doing something obviously wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Resources I’ve been trying to follow:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms788684.aspx

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/office2010/thread/900dd92b-6e5c-40e5-86ec-f18c1a1fc050

http://www.technologyquestions.com/community/threads/api-onenote-2007-publish.117776/