Example code is for an older version of Toolkit, newer code is available.
' Copyright (c) 2020 ActivePDF, Inc.
' ActivePDF Toolkit 2017
' Example generated 01/28/20
Dim FSO, strPath, intOpenOutputFile, intOpenInputFile, _
intCopyForm, strXMLData
' Get current path
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strPath = FSO.GetFile(Wscript.ScriptFullName).ParentFolder & "\"
Set FSO = Nothing
' Instantiate Object
Set oTK = CreateObject("APToolkit.Object")
' This example will take a PDF and add a comment to it
' then it will extract the comment from the new PDF
' 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 & "PDF.pdf")
If intOpenInputFile <> 0 Then
ErrorHandler "OpenInputFile", intOpenInputFile
End If
' Add a comment to first page of the input PDF
oTK.AddComment 72.0, 660.0, 144.0, 100.0, "Lorem Ipsum", "Test", 0, 128, "#BEBEBE", true, 1, "John Doe", "Lorem"
' 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
' Open the PDF with a comment
intOpenInputFile = oTK.OpenInputFile(strPath & "new.pdf")
If intOpenInputFile <> 0 Then
ErrorHandler "OpenInputFile", intOpenInputFile
End If
' Extract the comments as XML Data to a variable
' Use the strXMLData variable to handle the XML data
strXMLData = oTK.ExportComments(0)
' Close the PDF input file
oTK.CloseInputFile
' Release Object
Set oTK = Nothing
' Process Complete
Wscript.Echo("Done!")
' Error Handling
Sub ErrorHandler(method, outputCode)
Wscript.Echo("Error in " & method & ": " & outputCode)
End Sub
