Example code is for an older version of Server, newer code is available.
' Copyright (c) 2019 ActivePDF, Inc.
' ActivePDF Server 2009
' Example generated 10/20/19
Imports System
' Make sure to add the ActivePDF product .NET DLL(s) to your application.
' .NET DLL(s) are typically found in the products 'bin' folder.
Public Class Examples
Sub Example()
Dim strPath As String, intPSToPDF As Integer
strPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
' Instantiate Object
Dim oSVR As APServer.Server = New APServer.Server()
' Add PDF marks to be used in the converted PDF
' PDF Mark Reference:
' http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdfmark_reference.pdf
' Notes (Page 20 - PDF Marks Reference)
oSVR.AddPDFMark("[ /SrcPg 1 /Rect [32 32 216 144] /Open false /Title (activePDF Comment) /Contents (Note Type Comment Example.) /Color [1 0 0] /Subtype /Text /ANN pdfmark")
' Free Text (Page 17 - PDF Marks Reference)
' Used for the text in the link created below
oSVR.AddPDFMark("[ /SrcPg 1 /Rect [262 26 350 46] /Contents (activePDF.com) /DA ([0 0 1] rg /Helv 12 Tf) /BS << /W 0 >> /Q 1 /Subtype /FreeText /ANN pdfmark")
' Links (Page - PDF Marks Reference)
' Add a link around the activePDF.com text created above
oSVR.AddPDFMark("[ /SrcPg 1 /Rect [262 26 350 46] /Contents (activePDF.com) /BS << /W 0 >> /Action << /Subtype /URI /URI (http://activePDF.com) >> /Subtype /Link /ANN pdfmark")
' Bookmarks (Page 26 - PDF Marks Reference)
oSVR.AddPDFMark("[ /Count -5 /Title (Lorem ipsum) /Page 1 /F 2 /OUT pdfmark")
oSVR.AddPDFMark("[ /Page 1 /View [/Fit] /Title (Page 1) /C [0 0 0] /F 2 /OUT pdfmark")
oSVR.AddPDFMark("[ /Page 2 /View [/Fit] /Title (Page 2) /C [0 0 0] /F 2 /OUT pdfmark")
oSVR.AddPDFMark("[ /Page 3 /View [/Fit] /Title (Page 3) /C [0 0 0] /F 2 /OUT pdfmark")
oSVR.AddPDFMark("[ /Page 4 /View [/Fit] /Title (Page 4) /C [0 0 0] /F 2 /OUT pdfmark")
oSVR.AddPDFMark("[ /Page 5 /View [/Fit] /Title (Page 5) /C [0 0 0] /F 2 /OUT pdfmark")
' Document Information (Page 28 - PDF Marks Reference)
oSVR.AddPDFMark("[ /Title (PDF Marks) /Author (activePDF Server) /Subject (PDF Marks) /Keywords (pdfmark, server, example) /DOCINFO pdfmark")
' Document View Options (Page 29 - PDF Marks Reference)
oSVR.AddPDFMark("[ /PageMode /UseOutlines /Page 1 /View [/Fit] /DOCVIEW pdfmark")
' Document Open Options
oSVR.AddPDFMark("[ {Catalog} << /ViewerPreferences << /HideToolbar true /HideMenubar true >> >> /PUT pdfmark")
' Convert the PostScript file into PDF
intPSToPDF = oSVR.PSToPDF(strPath & "PS.ps", strPath & "PDFMark.pdf")
If intPSToPDF <> 0 Then
ErrorHandler("PSToPDF", intPSToPDF)
End If
' Clear the marks so that the next conversion does not have them
oSVR.ClearPDFMarks()
' Release Object
oSVR = Nothing
' Process Complete
WriteResults("Done!")
End Sub
' Error Handling
' Error messages written to debug output
Sub ErrorHandler(ByVal strMethod, ByVal RtnCode)
WriteResults(strMethod + " error: " + rtnCode.ToString())
End Sub
' Write output data
Sub WriteResults(content As String)
' Choose where to write out results
' Debug output
'System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("ActivePDF: * " + content)
' Console
Console.WriteLine(content)
' Log file
'Using tw = New System.IO.StreamWriter(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory & "application.log", True)
' tw.WriteLine("[" + DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss") + "]: => " + content)
'End Using
End Sub
End Class
