Example code is for an older version of Toolkit, newer code is available.
' Copyright (c) 2020 ActivePDF, Inc.
' ActivePDF Toolkit 2017
' Example generated 04/06/20
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, tkVer As String
strPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
' Instantiate Object
Dim oTK As APToolkitNET.Toolkit = New APToolkitNET.Toolkit()
' Here you can place any code that will alter the output file
' Such as adding security, setting page dimensions, etc.
' Set the PDF page Height and Width (72 = 1")
oTK.OutputPageHeight = 792.0
oTK.OutputPageWidth = 612.0
' Create the new PDF file
intOpenOutputFile = oTK.OpenOutputFile(strPath & "new.pdf")
If intOpenOutputFile <> 0 Then
ErrorHandler("OpenOutputFile", intOpenOutputFile)
End If
' After OpenOutputFile and before CloseOutputFile various
' functions can be called to create the PDF as desired
' A few examples are shown below
' Each time a new page is required call NewPage
oTK.NewPage()
' Get the current version of Toolkit and save it to print on the PDF
tkVer = oTK.ToolkitVersion
' Text can be added onto the new page with
' SetFont, PrintText and PrintMultilineText functions
oTK.SetFont("Helvetica", 24)
oTK.PrintText(72.0, 720.0, tkVer)
' Images can be added onto the new page with
' PrintImage, PrintJPEG and PrintTIFF
oTK.PrintJPEG(strPath & "IMG.jpg", 72.0, 300.0, 468.0, 400.0, true)
' 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
