' Copyright (c) 2018 ActivePDF, Inc.
' ActivePDF Server 2013
' Example generated 12/14/18
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()
' Stamp Images and Text onto the output PDF
oSVR.AddStampCollection("TXTinternal")
oSVR.StampFont = "Helvetica"
oSVR.StampFontSize = 108
oSVR.StampFontTransparency = 0.1
oSVR.StampRotation = 45.0
oSVR.StampFillMode = ADK.PDF.FontFillMode.FillThenStroke
oSVR.StampColorNET = new ADK.PDF.Color() With { .Red = 255, .Green = 0, .Blue = 0, .Gray = 0 }
oSVR.StampStrokeColorNET = new ADK.PDF.Color() With { .Red = 100, .Green = 0, .Blue = 0, .Gray = 0 }
oSVR.AddStampText(116.0, 156.0, "Internal Only")
oSVR.AddStampCollection("IMGimage")
oSVR.AddStampImage(strPath & "logo.png", 508.0, 16.0, 32.0, 32.0, true)
' Set whether the stamp collection(s) appears in the background or foreground
oSVR.StampBackground = 0
' Convert the PostScript file into PDF
results = oSVR.ConvertPSToPDF(strPath & "PS.ps", strPath & "stamped.pdf")
If results.ServerStatus <> ServerDK.Results.ServerStatus.Success Then
ErrorHandler("ConvertPSToPDF", results, results.ServerStatus.ToString())
End If
' If there will be multiple conversions in the same instance
' you can clear the stamp collections or remove one individually
' in order to change what is stamped on the next conversion
oSVR.RemoveStampCollection("TXTinternal")
oSVR.ClearStampCollections()
' 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