Example code is for an older version of Toolkit, newer code is available.
// Copyright (c) 2021 ActivePDF, Inc.
// ActivePDF Toolkit 2017
// Example generated 04/18/21
using 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.
class Examples
{
public static void Example()
{
string strPath;
int intOpenOutputFile;
int intOpenInputFile;
int intCopyForm;
strPath = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
// Instantiate Object
APToolkitNET.Toolkit oTK = new APToolkitNET.Toolkit();
// Create the new PDF file
intOpenOutputFile = oTK.OpenOutputFile(strPath + "new.pdf");
if (intOpenOutputFile != 0)
{
ErrorHandler("OpenOutputFile", intOpenOutputFile);
}
// Open the template PDF
intOpenInputFile = oTK.OpenInputFile(strPath + "form.pdf");
if (intOpenInputFile != 0)
{
ErrorHandler("OpenInputFile", intOpenInputFile);
}
// Get the reference to the XMP object
APToolkitNET.XMPManager oXMP = oTK.GetXMPManager();
// This will tell Toolkit to add any field data to the XMP data if
// the field is flattened
oXMP.AddFieldsToXMP = 1;
// Populate and flatten the fields, the data will remain in the place
// of the field and the field data will be added to the XMP data
oTK.SetFormFieldData("name", "John Doe", -997);
oTK.SetFormFieldData("date", "1/1/2000", -997);
oTK.SetFormFieldData("amount", "15.00", -997);
// Finished with the XMP object
// Copy the template (with any changes) to the new file
intCopyForm = oTK.CopyForm(0, 0);
if (intCopyForm != 1)
{
ErrorHandler("CopyForm", intCopyForm);
}
// Close the new file to complete PDF creation
oTK.CloseOutputFile();
// Release Object
oTK.Dispose();
// Process Complete
WriteResults("Done!");
}
// Error Handling
public static void ErrorHandler(string strMethod, object rtnCode)
{
WriteResults(strMethod + " error: " + rtnCode.ToString());
}
// Write output data
public static void WriteResults(string content)
{
// Choose where to write out results
// Debug output
//System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("ActivePDF: * " + content);
// Console
Console.WriteLine(content);
// Log file
//using (System.IO.TextWriter writer = new System.IO.StreamWriter(System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "application.log", true))
//{
// writer.WriteLine("[" + DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss") + "]: => " + content);
//}
}
}