PageNumbers Object

Page numbering is handled by the PageNumbers object that is part of the Document object. All the page numbering options can be set or retrieved using the PageNumbers object.

 

PageNumbers object attributes:

 

Attribute

Description

Type

Values

Default Value

Position

Position of the page numbers.

enum acPageNumbersPositions

0: acNoPageNumbers.

1: acPageNumbersPositionTopLeft.

2: acPageNumbersPositionTopCenter.

3: acPageNumbersPositionTopRight.

4: acPageNumbersPositionBottomLeft.

5: acPageNumbersPositionBottomCenter.

6: acPageNumbersPositionBottomRight.

acNoPageNumbers (0)

Font

Font used to draw the page numbers.

Font

 

Courier New, 10, 400, 0, 0

ExtraMarginHorz

Left or right margin in Twips.

Integer

 

0

ExtraMarginVert

Top or bottom margin in Twips.

Integer

 

0

Color

RGB color used to draw the page numbers.

Color

 

000000 (Solid black)

StartWithPage

Page number where to start adding page numbers.

Integer

If this value is positive, page numbers will start with 1. If this value is negative, page numbers will start with the actual page number.

1

Format

Formatting for the page numbers.

String

Two formatting keywords are currently supported: #page and #pages. All other keywords are output as is.

 

 

Remarks

Once the document is saved in View Only mode, page numbers become static text part of the main document and cannot be modified anymore using this object. To be able to modify the page numbers after saving and loading a document, the document needs to be saved in "Design" or "View and Design" mode.

Example

Example

Sub Sample()


    ' Constants for Activation codes


    Const strLicenseTo As String = "Amyuni PDF Creator Evaluation"


    Const strActivationCode As String = "07EFCDAB010001004282943F2AF19A88F332D9E781E40460727DF8A42847A1BDE06DB61C71E94E2D90424BF8762385335F9D6884E9FC"


 


    ' Initializing PDFCreativeX Object


    Dim pdf As ACPDFCREACTIVEX.PDFCreactiveX = New ACPDFCREACTIVEX.PDFCreactiveX()


 


    ' Set license key


    pdf.SetLicenseKey(strLicenseTo, strActivationCode)


 


    ' Using Document Object


    Dim doc = pdf.Document


 


    ' PageNumbers Object


    Dim oPageNumber As ACPDFCREACTIVEX.IacObject = doc("PageNumbers")


    oPageNumber("Font") = "Verdana,11,700,0,0"


    oPageNumber("Position") = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acPageNumbersPositions.acPageNumbersPositionBottomCenter


    oPageNumber("Color") = &HFF0000


    oPageNumber("StartWithPage") = 1


    oPageNumber("Format") = "- Page #page of #pages -"


    oPageNumber("ExtraMarginHorz") = 0


    oPageNumber("ExtraMarginVert") = 0


 


    ' Save PDF


    pdf.Save("c:\temp\CreatePDFDocument_resulting.pdf", ACPDFCREACTIVEX.FileSaveOptionConstants.acFileSaveView)


 


    ' destroy objects


    pdf = Nothing


    doc = Nothing


    oPageNumber = Nothing


End Sub


static void Sample()


{


    // Constants for Activation codes


    const string strLicenseTo = "Amyuni PDF Creator Evaluation";


    const string strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB010001004282943F2AF19A88F332D9E781E40460727DF8A42847A1BDE06DB61C71E94E2D90424BF8762385335F9D6884E9FC";


 


    // Initializing PDFCreativeX Object


    ACPDFCREACTIVEX.PDFCreactiveX pdf = new ACPDFCREACTIVEX.PDFCreactiveX();


 


    // Set license key


    pdf.SetLicenseKey(strLicenseTo, strActivationCode);


 


    // Using Document Object


    dynamic doc = pdf.Document;


 


    // PageNumbers Object


    ACPDFCREACTIVEX.IacObject oPageNumber = doc["PageNumbers"];


    oPageNumber["Font"] = "Verdana,11,700,0,0";


    oPageNumber["Position"] = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acPageNumbersPositions.acPageNumbersPositionBottomCenter;


    oPageNumber["Color"] = 0xFF0000;


    oPageNumber["StartWithPage"] = 1;


    oPageNumber["Format"] = "- Page #page of #pages -";


    oPageNumber["ExtraMarginHorz"] = 0;


    oPageNumber["ExtraMarginVert"] = 0;


 


    // Save PDF


    pdf.Save(@"c:\temp\CreatePDFDocument_resulting.pdf", ACPDFCREACTIVEX.FileSaveOptionConstants.acFileSaveView);


 


    // destroy objects


    pdf = null;


    doc = null;


    oPageNumber = null;


}


#include <iostream>


#import "c:\users\amyuni\pdfcreactivex.dll" no_namespace


 


using namespace std;


 


int main()


{


    // OptimizeDocument level Values


    const int NO_OPTIMIZATION = 0;


    const int LINE_OPTIMIZATION = 1;


    const int PARAGRAPH_OPTIMIZATION = 2;


    const int TABLE_OPTIMIZATION = 3;


 


    // Constants for Activation codes


    bstr_t strLicenseTo = "Amyuni PDF Creator Evaluation";


    bstr_t strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB010001004282943F2AF19A88F332D9E781E40460727DF8A42847A1BDE06DB61C71E94E2D90424BF8762385335F9D6884E9FC";


 


    // Initialize the COM subsystem


    CoInitialize(0);


 


    // IPDFCreactiveXPtr is a smart pointer type defined in pdfcreactivex.tlh,


    // the type library header file generated by the #import instruction above


    IPDFCreactiveXPtr pdf;


 


    // Create the PDFCreactiveX instance


    pdf.CreateInstance(__uuidof(PDFCreactiveX));


 


    // set license key


    pdf->SetLicenseKey(_bstr_t(strLicenseTo), _bstr_t(strActivationCode));


 


    // Using Document Object


    IacObjectPtr doc = pdf->Document;


 


    // variant


    _variant_t varAttribute;


    varAttribute.vt = VT_I4;  // integers


 


    // PageNumbers Object


    IacObjectPtr oPageNumber = doc->Attribute["PageNumbers"];


    oPageNumber->Attribute["Font"] = "Verdana,11,700,0,0";


    varAttribute.lVal = acPageNumbersPositionBottomCenter;


    oPageNumber->Attribute["Position"] = varAttribute;


    varAttribute.lVal = 0xFF0000;


    oPageNumber->Attribute["Color"] = varAttribute;


    oPageNumber->Attribute["StartWithPage"] = 1;


    oPageNumber->Attribute["Format"] = "- Page #page of #pages -";


    oPageNumber->Attribute["ExtraMarginHorz"] = 0;


    oPageNumber->Attribute["ExtraMarginVert"] = 0;


 


    // Save PDF


    pdf->Save("c:\\temp\\CreatePDFDocument_resulting.pdf", acFileSaveView);


 


    // destroy Objects


    pdf = NULL;


    doc = NULL;


    oPageNumber = NULL;


 


    return 0;


}


' acPageNumbersPositions


Const acNoPageNumbers = 0


Const acPageNumbersPositionTopLeft = 1


Const acPageNumbersPositionTopCenter = 2


Const acPageNumbersPositionTopRight = 3


Const acPageNumbersPositionBottomLeft = 4


Const acPageNumbersPositionBottomCenter = 5


Const acPageNumbersPositionBottomRight = 6


 


' FileSave Constants


Const acFileSaveAll = 0


Const acFileSaveDefault = -1


Const acFileSaveView = 1


Const acFileSaveDesign = 2


Const acFileSavePDFA_7 = 3


Const acFileSavePDFA = 4


Const acFileSavePDF14 = 5


 


' Constants for Activation codes


Const strLicenseTo = "Amyuni Tech. Evaluation"


Const strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB01000100DF6EFC86A6518CC902BADA9A6CD601748A03C78B8804C4D09ECA8C769C8178480245B08FAE6CD0692C541472F082AA3BE6"


 


' Initializing PDFCreativeX Object


Dim pdf


Set pdf = CreateObject("PDFCreactiveX.PDFCreactiveX")


 


' Set license key


pdf.SetLicenseKey strLicenseTo, strActivationCode


 


' Using Document Object


Dim doc


Set doc = pdf.Document


 


' PageNumbers Object


Dim oPageNumber


Set oPageNumber= doc("PageNumbers")


oPageNumber("Font") = "Verdana,11,700,0,0"


oPageNumber("Position") = acPageNumbersPositionBottomCenter


oPageNumber("Color") = &HFF0000


oPageNumber("StartWithPage") = 1


oPageNumber("Format") = "- Page #page of #pages -"


oPageNumber("ExtraMarginHorz") = 0


oPageNumber("ExtraMarginVert") = 0


 


' Save PDF


pdf.Save "c:\temp\CreatePDFDocument_resulting.pdf", acFileSaveView


 


' destroy pdf object


Set pdf = Nothing


Set doc = Nothing


Set oPageNumber = Nothing