Example code is for an older version of Toolkit, newer code is available.
' Copyright (c) 2021 ActivePDF, Inc.
' ActivePDF Toolkit 2017
' Example generated 01/18/21
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 & "PDF.pdf")
If intOpenInputFile <> 0 Then
ErrorHandler("OpenInputFile", intOpenInputFile)
End If
' Get the reference to the InitialViewInfo object
Dim oIVI As APToolkitNET.InitialViewInfo = oTK.GetInitialViewInfo()
' Options for viewer window
oIVI.CenterWindow = true
oIVI.FullScreen = false
oIVI.ResizeWindow = true
oIVI.Show = APToolkitNET.IVShow.IVShow_DocumentTitle
' Show or hide UI elements of the viewer
oIVI.HideMenuBar = true
oIVI.HideToolBars = true
oIVI.HideWindowControls = true
oIVI.NavigationTab = APToolkitNET.IVNavigationTab.IVNavigationTab_PageOnly
' Page settings
oIVI.Magnification = APToolkitNET.IVMagnification.IVMagnification_150
oIVI.OpenToPage = 2
oIVI.PageLayout = APToolkitNET.IVPageLayout.IVPageLayout_SinglePageContinuous
' 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
