' Copyright (c) 2020 ActivePDF, Inc.
' ActivePDF Toolkit 2017
' Example generated 01/23/20
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, StampFontName As String, _
StampFontSize As Single, StampeFontText As String, StampLocationX As Single, StampLocationY As Single, _
TotalPages As Integer, CurrentPage As Integer, PageRotation As Integer, intGetBoundingBox As Integer, _
PageHeight As Integer, PageWidth 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 & "8rotations.pdf")
If intOpenInputFile <> 0 Then
ErrorHandler("OpenInputFile", intOpenInputFile)
End If
' Font and Text variables
StampFontName = "Helvetica"
StampFontSize = 12
StampeFontText = "Confidential"
StampLocationX = 72
StampLocationY = 24
' Get the page count of the input file
TotalPages = oTK.NumPages("")
If TotalPages < 1 Then
' Error getting page count of input file
ErrorHandler("NumPages", TotalPages)
Else
' Loop through all pages of the input file
For CurrentPage = 1 To TotalPages
' Get the current page width, height and rotation
PageRotation = oTK.GetInputPageRotation(CurrentPage)
intGetBoundingBox = oTK.GetBoundingBox("", CurrentPage)
If intGetBoundingBox <> 0 Then
ErrorHandler("GetBoundingBox", intGetBoundingBox)
End If
PageHeight = oTK.BBHeight
PageWidth = oTK.BBWidth
' Set font properties and text rotation
oTK.SetFont(StampFontName, StampFontSize, CurrentPage)
oTK.SetTextColor(255, 0, 0, 0, CurrentPage)
oTK.SetTextRotation(PageRotation)
' Depending on the rotation of the page, adjust coordinates
' This only accounts for rotations of 0, 90, 180, 270
Select Case PageRotation
Case 0
oTK.PrintText(StampLocationX, StampLocationY, StampeFontText, CurrentPage)
Case 90
oTK.PrintText(PageWidth - StampLocationY, StampLocationX, StampeFontText, CurrentPage)
Case 180
oTK.PrintText(PageWidth - StampLocationX, PageHeight - StampLocationY, StampeFontText, CurrentPage)
Case 270
oTK.PrintText(StampLocationY, PageHeight - StampLocationX, StampeFontText, CurrentPage)
Case Else
ErrorHandler("Page Rotation", PageRotation)
End Select
' Copy the current page to the output file
intCopyForm = oTK.CopyForm(CurrentPage, CurrentPage)
If intCopyForm <> 1 Then
ErrorHandler("CopyForm", intCopyForm)
End If
Next
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
