Example code is for an older version of Toolkit, newer code is available. ' Copyright (c) 2018 ActivePDF, Inc.
' ActivePDF Toolkit 2017
' Example generated 12/19/18
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, intOpenOutputFile As Integer, intOpenInputFile As Integer, intCopyForm As Integer
strPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
' Instantiate Object
Dim oTK As APToolkitNET.Toolkit = New APToolkitNET.Toolkit()
' Create the new PDF file
intOpenOutputFile = oTK.OpenOutputFile(strPath & "new.pdf")
If intOpenOutputFile <> 0 Then
ErrorHandler("OpenOutputFile", intOpenOutputFile)
End If
' Open the template PDF
intOpenInputFile = oTK.OpenInputFile(strPath & "10pages.pdf")
If intOpenInputFile <> 0 Then
ErrorHandler("OpenInputFile", intOpenInputFile)
End If
' Add both internal and external bookmarks
' Add a text bookmark that doesn't point anywhere
' This acts like a folder
oTK.AddTextBookmark("Internal Bookmarks")
' Go to a sub level under the text bookmark just created
oTK.GotoNextBookmarkLevel()
' Add bookmarks that point to the internal pages
oTK.AddInternalLinkBookmark("Page 3", 3, 0, 792)
oTK.AddInternalLinkBookmark("Page 8", 8, 0, 792)
' Go back to the root level of bookmarks
oTK.GotoPreviousBookmarkLevel()
' Add another text bookmark
oTK.AddTextBookmark("External Bookmarks")
' Go to the sub level of the text bookmark
oTK.GotoNextBookmarkLevel()
' Add a bookmark that points to a URL
oTK.AddURLBookmark("activePDF.com", "http://www.activepdf.com")
' Add a bookmark pointing to a page in another PDF
oTK.AddExternalLinkBookmark("Page 2 of PDF.pdf", strPath & "pdf.pdf", 2, 0, 792)
' Add a bookmark that will launch a command
oTK.AddLaunchBookmark("Open Internet Explorer", "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe")
' Copy the template (with any changes) to the new file
intCopyForm = oTK.CopyForm(0, 0)
If intCopyForm <> 1 Then
ErrorHandler("CopyForm", intCopyForm)
End If
' Close the new file to complete PDF creation
oTK.CloseOutputFile()
' Release Object
oTK.Dispose()
' 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