The CreateObject method creates a new object on the current page of the PDF document with specified type and reference (See CreateObject) for the Syntax and Parameters of this method). The current page is the one being currently displayed or activated using the CurrentPage property of the ActiveX control.
If an object with the same reference already exists in the document, the PDF control automatically generates a reference for the new object depending on the type of object.
There two methods: CreateObjectEx and CreateObjectEx2 which are a more flexible version than CreateObject method.
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