' Copyright (c) 2021 ActivePDF, Inc. ' ActivePDF Toolkit 2018 ' Example generated 01/21/21 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() ' Add encryption to the output PDF ' 'DEMO' is appended to the start of the password with the evaluation version oTK.SetPDFSecurity(5, "userpass", "ownerpass", true, false, true, false, true, false, true, false) ' 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 ' 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() ' Clear SetPDFSecurity options for subsequent output files oTK.ClearPDFSecurity() ' 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