' Copyright (c) 2021 ActivePDF, Inc.
' ActivePDF Server 2013
' Example generated 04/14/21
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, results As ServerDK.Results.ServerResult
strPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
' Instantiate Object
Dim oSVR As APServer.Server = New APServer.Server()
' The below font options only work with conversions that
' go through the printer or postscript file conversions
' Whether to embed all fonts other than base14 fonts
oSVR.EmbedAllFonts = true
' Whether to embed Base14 fonts
oSVR.EmbedBase14Fonts = false
' Whether embedded fonts should be a subset
oSVR.SubsetFonts = true
' If TrueType fonts should be substituting for the version in the
' x:\windows\fonts folder
oSVR.SubstituteTTFonts = false
' Path and filename of output
oSVR.OutputDirectory = strPath
oSVR.NewDocumentName = "metadata.pdf"
' Start the print job
results = oSVR.BeginPrintToPDF()
If results.ServerStatus <> ServerDK.Results.ServerStatus.Success Then
ErrorHandler("BeginPrintToPDF", results, results.ServerStatus.ToString())
End If
' Here is where you can print to activePDF Server to create
' a PDF from any print job, set your application to print to
' a static activePDF Server printer or call oSVR.NewPrinterName
' to dynamically create a new printer on the fly
' This example simply calls oSVR.TestPrintToPDF for testing purposes
results = oSVR.TestPrintToPDF("Hello World!")
If results.ServerStatus <> ServerDK.Results.ServerStatus.Success Then
ErrorHandler("TestPrintToPDF", results, results.ServerStatus.ToString())
End If
' Wait(seconds) for job to complete
results = oSVR.EndPrintToPDF(30)
If results.ServerStatus <> ServerDK.Results.ServerStatus.Success Then
ErrorHandler("EndPrintToPDF", results, results.ServerStatus.ToString())
End If
' Release Object
oSVR = Nothing
' Process Complete
WriteResults("Done!")
End Sub
' Error Handling
Sub ErrorHandler(ByVal strMethod As String, ByVal results As ADK.Results.Result, ByVal errorStatus As String)
WriteResults("Error with " + strMethod)
WriteResults(errorStatus)
WriteResults(results.Details)
If results.Origin.Function <> strMethod Then
WriteResults(results.Origin.Class + "." + results.Origin.Function)
End If
If Not results.ResultException Is Nothing Then
' To view the stack trace on an exception uncomment the line below
'WriteResults(results.ResultException.StackTrace)
End If
Environment.Exit(1)
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
