Example code is for an older version of Toolkit, newer code is available. ' Copyright (c) 2018 ActivePDF, Inc.
' ActivePDF Toolkit 2017
' Example generated 08/16/18
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 intOpenOutputFile As Integer, strPath As String, intOpenInputFile As Integer, intCopyForm As Integer, _
memPDF As String, intMergeFile As Integer
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.
' Create the new PDF file in memory
intOpenOutputFile = oTK.OpenOutputFile("MEMORY")
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
' Here you can call any Toolkit functions that will manipulate
' the input file such as text and image stamping, form filling, etc.
' Copy the template (with any changes) to the new file
' Start page and end page, 0 = all pages
intCopyForm = oTK.CopyForm(0, 0)
If intCopyForm <> 1 Then
ErrorHandler("CopyForm", intCopyForm)
End If
' Close the new file to complete PDF creation
oTK.CloseOutputFile()
' Set the in memory PDF to a variable
' To retrieve the PDF as a byte array use oTK.BinaryImage
memPDF = oTK.OutputByteStream
' Toolkit can take a PDF in memory and use it as an input file
' Here we will use the PDF we just created in memory
' Create the final PDF on disk
intOpenOutputFile = oTK.OpenOutputFile(strPath & "final.pdf")
If intOpenOutputFile <> 0 Then
ErrorHandler("OpenOutputFile", intOpenOutputFile)
End If
' Prepare the in memory PDF to be used with Toolkit
' For .NET Toolkit also has InputByteArray to accept Byte Arrays
oTK.InputByteStream = memPDF
' Now we can use 'MEMORY' as the filename with OpenInputFile or MergeFile
intMergeFile = oTK.MergeFile("MEMORY", 0, 0)
If intMergeFile <> 1 Then
ErrorHandler("MergeFile", intMergeFile)
End If
' Close the final file to complete PDF creation
oTK.CloseOutputFile()
' To save a PDF in memory to a file directly call SaveMemoryToDisk
oTK.SaveMemoryToDisk(strPath & "SavedMemory.pdf")
' 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