CreateObject Method

The CreateObject method can be used to create a new object on the current page with a specified type and reference.

 

Syntax

VB:

Sub CreateObject(ObjectType As ACPDFCREACTIVEX.ObjectTypeConstants, Reference As String)

C#:

void CreateObject(ACPDFCREACTIVEX.ObjectTypeConstants ObjectType, string Reference);

C++:

HRESULT CreateObject(ACPDFCREACTIVEX.ObjectTypeConstants ObjectType, BSTR Reference);

 

Parameters

ObjectType

 

Object type

Class ID

Description

acObjectTypeLine

1

Straight line.

acObjectTypeFrame

2

Rectangular frame.

acObjectTypeRoundFrame

3

Round Frame.

acObjectTypeEllipse

4

Ellipse object.

acObjectTypeText

5

Static text.

acObjectTypeField

6

Editable field.

acObjectTypePicture

7

Picture object.

acObjectTypePolygon

8

Polygon object.

acObjectTypeFreehand

9

Freehand object.

acObjectTypeSection

15

Section object.

acObjectTypeTable

16

Table object.

acObjectTypeExcel

17

Microsoft Excel® object.

acObjectTypeWord

18

Microsoft Word® object.

acObjectTypeGraph

19

Microsoft Chart® object.

acObjectTypeOLE

20

Generic OLE object.

acObjectTypeCheckBox

21

CheckBox, RadioButton and PushButton objects.

acObjectTypeStickyNote

22

Annotation.

acObjectTypeHighlight

23

Highlighter.

acObjectTypeSelection

24

ComboBox, ListBox.

acObjectTypeGroup

29

Group object.

acObjectTypeDocument

30

Document object

acObjectTypePage

31

Page Object

acObjectTypeRow

32

Row from table

acObjectTypeCell

33

Cell from table

acObjectTypeFont

34

Font object.

acObjectTypePageNumbers

35

PageNumbers object.

acObjectTypeArrow

36

Arrow object

acObjectTypeDefaultAttributes

37

Default Attribute object.

acObjectTypeSignature

39

Signature object.

acObjectTypeAnnotation

40

Annotation object.

acObjectTypeLayer

41

Layer object.

acObjectTypeAttachment

43

Attachment object.

acObjectTypeBarcode

45

Barcode object.

 

 

Reference

Reference name of the object.

 

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)


 


    ' Set CurrentPage


    pdf.CurrentPage = 1


 


    ' Create a Text in the current Page


    pdf.CreateObject(ACPDFCREACTIVEX.ObjectTypeConstants.acObjectTypeText, "Text1")


 


    ' Define Object


    Dim oText As ACPDFCREACTIVEX.IacObject = pdf.GetObjectByName("Text1")


    oText("Left") = 1000


    oText("Right") = 5000


    oText("Top") = 0


    oText("Bottom") = 4000


    oText("BorderColor") = &HFF00FF


    oText("BorderWidth") = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acBorderWidth.acBorderWidthDouble


    oText("Text") = "Amyuni Technologies"


 


    ' Create a Barcode in the current Page


    pdf.CreateObject(ACPDFCREACTIVEX.ObjectTypeConstants.acObjectTypeBarcode, "Barcode1")


    Dim oBarCode As ACPDFCREACTIVEX.IacObject = pdf.GetObjectByName("Barcode1")


    oBarCode("Left") = 100


    oBarCode("Right") = 3100


    oBarCode("Top") = 1000


    oBarCode("Bottom") = 2100


    oBarCode("BarcodeType") = 1  ' PDF417 barcodes are the only type supported


    oBarCode("VerticalScale") = 3.0  ' Amount by which To scale the barcode vertically, Default


    oBarCode("Text") = "Copyright 2015 Amyuni Technologies"


 


    ' Save PDF


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


 


 


    oText = Nothing


    oBarCode = 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);


 


    // Set CurrentPage


    pdf.CurrentPage = 1;


 


    // Create a Text in the current Page


    pdf.CreateObject(ACPDFCREACTIVEX.ObjectTypeConstants.acObjectTypeText, "Text1");


    ACPDFCREACTIVEX.IacObject oText = pdf.GetObjectByName("Text1".ToString());


    oText["Left"] = 1000;


    oText["Right"] = 5000;


    oText["Top"] = 0;


    oText["Bottom"] = 4000;


    oText["BorderColor"] = 0xFF00FF;


    oText["BorderWidth"] = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acBorderWidth.acBorderWidthDouble;


    oText["Text"] = "Amyuni Technologies";


 


    // Create a Barcode in the current Page


    pdf.CreateObject(ACPDFCREACTIVEX.ObjectTypeConstants.acObjectTypeBarcode, "Barcode1");


    ACPDFCREACTIVEX.IacObject oBarCode = pdf.GetObjectByName("Barcode1".ToString());


    oBarCode["Left"] = 100;


    oBarCode["Right"] = 3100;


    oBarCode["Top"] = 1000;


    oBarCode["Bottom"] = 2100;        


    oBarCode["BarcodeType"] = 1;  // PDF417 barcodes are the only type supported


    oBarCode["VerticalScale"] = 3.0;  // Amount by which to scale the barcode vertically, default


    oBarCode["Text"] = "Copyright 2015 Amyuni Technologies";


 


    // Save PDF


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


 


 


    oText = null;


    oBarCode = null;


}


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


 


using namespace std;


 


int main()


{


    // 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));


 


    // Set CurrentPage


    pdf->CurrentPage = 1;


 


    // Set-up variables for attributes


    _variant_t varAttribute;


    varAttribute.vt = VT_I4;  // integers


 


    // Create a text in the current Page


    pdf->CreateObject(acObjectTypeText, "Text1");


    IacObjectPtr oText = pdf->GetObjectByName("Text1");


    oText->Attribute["Left"] = 1000;


    oText->Attribute["Right"] = 5000;


    oText->Attribute["Top"] = 0;


    oText->Attribute["Bottom"] = 4000;


    varAttribute.lVal = 0xFF00FF;


    oText->Attribute["BorderColor"] = varAttribute;


    varAttribute.lVal = acBorderWidthDouble;


    oText->Attribute["BorderWidth"] = varAttribute;


    oText->Attribute["Text"] = "Amyuni Technologies";


 


    // Create a Barcode in the current Page


    pdf->CreateObject(acObjectTypeBarcode, "Barcode1");


    IacObjectPtr oBarcode = pdf->GetObjectByName("Barcode1");


    oBarcode->Attribute["Left"] = 100;


    oBarcode->Attribute["Right"] = 3100;


    oBarcode->Attribute["Top"] = 1000;


    oBarcode->Attribute["Bottom"] = 2100;


    varAttribute.lVal = 1;


    oBarcode->Attribute["BarcodeType"] = varAttribute;  // PDF417 barcodes are the only type supported


    oBarcode->Attribute["VerticalScale"] = 3.0;  // Amount by which to scale the barcode vertically, default


    oBarcode->Attribute["Text"] = "Copyright 2015 Amyuni Technologies";


 


    // Save PDF


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


 


    // destroy objects


    pdf = NULL;


    oText = NULL;


    oBarcode = NULL;


 


    return 0;


}


' ObjectTypeConstants


Const acObjectTypeArrow = 36


Const acObjectTypeBarcode = 45


Const acObjectTypeCell = 33


Const acObjectTypeCheckBox = 21


Const acObjectTypeEllipse = 4


Const acObjectTypeExcel = 17


Const acObjectTypeField = 6


Const acObjectTypeGraph = 19


Const acObjectTypeHighlight = 23


Const acObjectTypeLine = 1


Const acObjectTypePicture = 7


Const acObjectTypePolygon = 8


Const acObjectTypeRoundFrame = 3


Const acObjectTypeRow = 32


Const acObjectTypeSelection = 24


Const acObjectTypeSignature = 39


Const acObjectTypeStickyNote = 22


Const acObjectTypeTable = 16


Const acObjectTypeText = 5


 


' acBorderWidth


Const acBorderWidthNone = 0


Const acBorderWidthSimple = 1


Const acBorderWidthDouble = 2


Const acBorderWidthTriple = 3


Const acBorderWidthQuadruple = 4


 


' FileSaveOptionConstants


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 PDF Creator Evaluation"


Const strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB010001004282943F2AF19A88F332D9E781E40460727DF8A42847A1BDE06DB61C71E94E2D90424BF8762385335F9D6884E9FC"


 


' Initializing PDFCreativeX Object


Dim pdf


Set pdf = CreateObject("PDFCreactiveX.PDFCreactiveX.6.5")


 


' Set license key


pdf.SetLicenseKey strLicenseTo, strActivationCode


 


' Set CurrentPage


pdf.CurrentPage = 1


 


' Create a Text in the current Page


pdf.CreateObject acObjectTypeText, "Text1"


Dim oText 


Set oText = pdf.GetObjectByName("Text1")


oText("Left") = 1000


oText("Right") = 5000


oText("Top") = 0


oText("Bottom") = 4000


oText("BorderColor") = &HFF00FF


oText("BorderWidth") = acBorderWidthDouble


oText("Text") = "Amyuni Technologies"


 


' Create a Barcode in the current Page


pdf.CreateObject acObjectTypeBarcode, "Barcode1"


Dim oBarCode


Set oBarCode= pdf.GetObjectByName("Barcode1")


oBarCode("Left") = 100


oBarCode("Right") = 3100


oBarCode("Top") = 1000


oBarCode("Bottom") = 2100


oBarCode("BarcodeType") = 1  ' PDF417 barcodes are the only type supported


oBarCode("VerticalScale") = 3.0  ' Amount by which To scale the barcode vertically, Default


oBarCode("Text") = "Copyright 2015 Amyuni Technologies"


 


' Save PDF


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


 


' destroy Objects


Set pdf = Nothing


Set oText = Nothing


Set oBarCode = Nothing