Example code is for an older version of Toolkit, newer code is available.
// Copyright (c) 2021 ActivePDF, Inc.
// ActivePDF Toolkit 2017
// Example generated 03/05/21
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;
string strXMLData;
strPath = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
// Instantiate Object
APToolkitNET.Toolkit oTK = new APToolkitNET.Toolkit();
// 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)
{
ErrorHandler("OpenOutputFile", intOpenOutputFile);
}
// Open the template PDF
intOpenInputFile = oTK.OpenInputFile(strPath + "PDF.pdf");
if (intOpenInputFile != 0)
{
ErrorHandler("OpenInputFile", intOpenInputFile);
}
// Add a comment to first page of the input PDF
oTK.AddComment(72.0f, 660.0f, 144.0f, 100.0f, "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)
{
ErrorHandler("CopyForm", intCopyForm);
}
// 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)
{
ErrorHandler("OpenInputFile", intOpenInputFile);
}
// 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
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);
//}
}
}