Note that the document itself can be in the form of
a table(Excel style spreadsheet), in this case we can access each cell’s
attributes through ObjectAttribute.
If a table object named Table1 is added to a document, and we want to
access the attributes of Table1, we should use:
Additional to the Common
Attributes, these objects have the following attributes:
Cell Attributes
Attribute Name
Description
Type
Values
Default Value
xPos
*Read only
Horizontal position in Twips.
Integer
>= 0
0
Width
Width of cell in Twips. Changing this property changes the
width of the column where the cell is located.
Integer
>= 0
2248
Text
Multiline text contained in cell.
String
NULL
Font
Font used to draw cell’s content.
Font
If empty, default document font is used
NULL
TextColor
Color used to draw text.
Color
COLORREF (bbggrr) 000000 to FFFFFF
COLORREF (aabbggrr) 00000000 to FFFFFFFF
000000 (Solid black)
HorzAlign
Horizontal text alignment.
enum acHorzAlign
1: acHorzAlignLeft
2: acHorzAlignCenter
3: acHorzAlignRight
4: acHorzJustify
1: acHorzAlignLeft
VertAlign
Vertical text alignment.
enum acVertAlign
1: acVertAlignTop
2: acVertAlignCenter
3: acVertAlignBottom
3: acVertAlignBottom
TextGap
Gap between text and borders.
Integer
Units are in points or 12th of an inch.
0: None
1: Thin
2: Medium
3: Thick
1: Thin
DataType
Type of data expected in the field object.
enum acDataType
0: acDataTypeUnknown
1: acDataTypeText
2: acDataTypeNumerical
3: acDataTypeDate
0: acDataTypeUnknown
Format
Mask used to format the data contained in the field.
Text
The formats for each DataType are similar to what is provided
by Microsoft Excel®.
NULL
TitleColor
Color for cell title.
Color
COLORREF (bbggrr) 000000 to FFFFFF
COLORREF (aabbggrr) 00000000 to FFFFFFFF
000000 (Solid black)
TitleText
Cell title.
String
NULL
TitleFont
Cell title font.
Font
If empty, default document value is used
NULL
TitlePosition
Position of cell’s title.
enum acTitlePosition
1: acTopLeft
2: acTopCenter
3: acTopRight
4: acBottomLeft
5 : acBottomCenter
6: acBottomRight
1: acTopLeft
TitleVertical
Draw cell’s title vertically.
Boolean
True/ False
False
HorzBorders
Top and bottom cell borders.
enum acHorzBorders
0: acHorzBordersNone
1: acHorzBordersTop
2: acHorzBordersBottom
3: acHorzBordersTopBottom
0: acHorzBordersNone
VertBorders
Left and right cell borders.
enum acVertBorders
0: acVertBordersNone
1: acVertBordersLeft
2: acVertBordersRight
3: acVertBordersLeftRight
0: acVertBordersNone
BorderColor
Color for drawing text border.
Color
COLORREF (bbggrr) 000000 to FFFFFF
COLORREF (aabbggrr) 00000000 to FFFFFFFF
000000 (Solid black)
BorderWidth
Width of border around cell.
Integer.
Units are in points or 12th of an inch.
0: acBorderWidthNone
1: acBorderWidthSimple
2: acBorderWidthDouble
3: acBorderWidthTriple
4: acBorderWidthQuadruple
0: acBorderWidth None
BackColor
Background color.
Color
COLORREF (bbggrr) 000000 to FFFFFF
COLORREF (aabbggrr) 00000000 to FFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFF (Transparent)
CharSpacing
Spacing between characters.
Integer
10th of a Twip
0
WordSpacing
Spacing between words.
Integer
10th of a Twip
0
Editable
Standard PDF attribute that makes the object editable or
not in any viewer.
Boolean
True / False
False
Vertical
Vertical text.
Boolean
True / False
False
xMain
When multiple cells are grouped together, xMain and yMain
contain the main cell of the group.
Integer
0
yMain
When multiple cells are grouped together, xMain and yMain
contain the main cell of the group.
Integer
0
xSpan
When multiple cells are grouped together,Xspan contains
the number of cells covered by the group.
Integer
1
ySpan
When multiple cells are grouped together,ySpan contains
the number of cells covered by the group.
Integer
1
MergeOption
When the cell is grouped with other cells, specifies in
which direction the cell is grouped(right, left, top, bottom).
Integer
0
Value
Result of compiling the formula contained in the Text property.
String
NULL
Result
It is the final value that the user sees after applying
any formatting.
String
NULL
FormattedText
It is the string contents of the cell that includes formatting
information such as Bold or Italic.
String
NULL
The Formatted Text
property allows the user to specify the text that has some sections
formatted with a given format style such as: font size, color,
bold, italics, underlined, strike-through, etc.
The notations mentioned below are used to specify the needed
formats:
Notations
Meaning
b
Bold
i
Italics
u
Underline
s
Strike-through
fs
Font size multiplied by 100.
fc
Font Color, and the color number is hexadecimal.
The text section should be enclosed with tags to specify the
formatting. For example: <b>Hello World</b> will make
the text "Hello World" to be bold.
If a style has an attribute like in the case of font size and
font color, we add a colon to the opening tag and append the attribute
after it, for example: <fs:1200>Hello World</fs> will
set the text "Hello World" to a font size of 12.
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 Table in the current Page
pdf.CreateObject(ACPDFCREACTIVEX.ObjectTypeConstants.acObjectTypeTable, "Table1")
Dim oTable As ACPDFCREACTIVEX.IacObject = pdf.GetObjectByName("Table1")
' Configuration Table
oTable("Left") = 1000
oTable("Top") = 200
oTable("Right") = pdf.ObjectAttribute("Pages[1]", "Width") - 1000
oTable("Bottom") = pdf.ObjectAttribute("Pages[1]", "Length") - 200
oTable("BorderWidth") = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acBorderWidth.acBorderWidthSimple
' Create rows And columns
oTable("Rows") = 10
oTable("Columns") = 5
' Creates Cell and Row Objects
Dim cell As ACPDFCREACTIVEX.IacObject
Dim cellsRow As ACPDFCREACTIVEX.IacObject
For row = 1 To oTable("Rows")
' selecting the row to give configure the height
cellsRow = pdf.GetObjectByName("Table1.Cells[" + row.ToString() + "]")
' This example divides the rows into the size Bottom value
Dim intRowHeight As Integer = (oTable("Bottom") - oTable("Top")) / oTable("Rows")
cellsRow("Height") = intRowHeight
For column = 1 To oTable("Columns")
' Access to the cell objects
cell = pdf.GetObjectByName("Table1.Cells[" + row.ToString + "," + column.ToString + "]")
cell("Text") = "AT[" + row.ToString + "," + column.ToString + "]"
cell("HorzAlign") = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acHorzAlign.acHorzAlignCenter
cell("VertAlign") = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acVertAlign.acVertAlignCenter
cell("BorderColor") = &HFF00FF
cell("BorderWidth") = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acBorderWidth.acBorderWidthTriple
cell("DataType") = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acDataType.acDataTypeText
' Width of cell in TWIPS. Changing this property changes the width of the column where the cell Is located.
Dim intColWidth As Integer = (oTable("Right") - oTable("Left")) / oTable("Columns")
cell("Width") = intColWidth
Next
Next
' Save PDF
pdf.Save("c:\temp\CreatePDFDocument_resulting.pdf", ACPDFCREACTIVEX.FileSaveOptionConstants.acFileSaveView)
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 Table in the current Page
pdf.CreateObject(ACPDFCREACTIVEX.ObjectTypeConstants.acObjectTypeTable, "Table1");
ACPDFCREACTIVEX.IacObject oTable = pdf.GetObjectByName("Table1");
// Configuration Table
oTable["Left"] = 1000;
oTable["Top"] = 200;
oTable["Right"] = pdf.ObjectAttribute["Pages[1]", "Width"] - 1000;
oTable["Bottom"] = pdf.ObjectAttribute["Pages[1]", "Length"] - 200;
oTable["BorderWidth"] = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acBorderWidth.acBorderWidthSimple;
// Create rows and columns
oTable["Rows"] = 10;
oTable["Columns"] = 5;
// Creates Cell and Row Objects
ACPDFCREACTIVEX.IacObject cell;
ACPDFCREACTIVEX.IacObject cellsRow;
for (int row = 1; row <= (int)oTable["Rows"]; row++)
{
// selecting the row to give configure the height
cellsRow = pdf.GetObjectByName("Table1.Cells[" + row.ToString() + "]");
// This example divides the rows into the size Bottom value
int intRowHeight = ((int)(oTable["Bottom"]) - (int)(oTable["Top"])) / (int)oTable["Rows"];
cellsRow["Height"] = intRowHeight;
for (int column = 1; column <= (int)oTable["Columns"]; column++)
{
// Access to the cell objects
cell = pdf.GetObjectByName("Table1.Cells[" + row.ToString() + "," + column.ToString() + "]");
cell["Text"] = "AT[" + row.ToString() + "," + column.ToString() + "]";
cell["HorzAlign"] = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acHorzAlign.acHorzAlignCenter;
cell["VertAlign"] = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acVertAlign.acVertAlignCenter;
cell["BorderColor"] = 0xFF00FF;
cell["BorderWidth"] = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acBorderWidth.acBorderWidthDouble;
cell["DataType"] = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acDataType.acDataTypeText;
// Width of cell in TWIPS. Changing this property changes the width of the column where the cell is located.
int intColWidth = ((int)(oTable["Right"]) - (int)(oTable["Left"])) / (int)oTable["Columns"];
cell["Width"] = intColWidth;
}
}
// Save PDF
pdf.Save(@"c:\temp\CreatePDFDocument_resulting.pdf", ACPDFCREACTIVEX.FileSaveOptionConstants.acFileSaveView);
}
#include "windows.h"
#include "comutil.h"
#include <assert.h>
#include <iostream>
#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;
// Create a Table in the current Page
pdf->CreateObject(acObjectTypeTable, "Table1");
IacObjectPtr oTable = pdf->GetObjectByName("Table1");
// Configuration Table
oTable->Attribute["Left"] = 1000;
oTable->Attribute["Top"] = 200;
oTable->Attribute["Right"] = pdf->GetObjectAttribute("Pages[1]", "Width");
oTable->Attribute["Bottom"] = pdf->GetObjectAttribute("Pages[1]", "Length");
_variant_t varAttribute;
varAttribute.vt = VT_I4; // integers
varAttribute.bVal = acBorderWidthSimple;
oTable->Attribute["BorderWidth"] = varAttribute;
// Create rows and columns
oTable->Attribute["Rows"] = 10;
oTable->Attribute["Columns"] = 5;
// Creates Cell and Row Objects
IacObjectPtr cell;
IacObjectPtr cellsRow;
for (int row = 1; row < (int)oTable->Attribute["Rows"]; row++)
{
// selecting the row to give configure the height
cellsRow = pdf->GetObjectByName("Table1.Cells[" + _bstr_t(_variant_t(row)) + "]");
// This example divides the rows into the size Bottom value
int intRowHeight = ((int)(oTable->Attribute["Bottom"]) - (int)(oTable->Attribute["Top"])) / (int)oTable->Attribute["Rows"];
cellsRow->Attribute["Height"] = intRowHeight;
for (int column = 1; column < (int)oTable->Attribute["Columns"]; column++)
{
// Access to the cell objects
cell = pdf->GetObjectByName("Table1.Cells[" + _bstr_t(_variant_t(row)) + "," + _bstr_t(_variant_t(column)) + "]");
cell->Attribute["Text"] = "AT[" + _bstr_t(_variant_t(row)) + "," + _bstr_t(_variant_t(column)) + "]";
_variant_t varAttribute1;
varAttribute1.vt = VT_I4; // integers
varAttribute1.lVal = 2;
cell->Attribute["HorzAlign"] = varAttribute1;
varAttribute1.lVal = 2;
cell->Attribute["VertAlign"] = varAttribute1;
varAttribute1.lVal = 0xFF00FF;
cell->Attribute["BorderColor"] = varAttribute1;
varAttribute1.lVal = 3;
cell->Attribute["BorderWidth"] = varAttribute1;
varAttribute1.lVal = 1;
cell->Attribute["DataType"] = varAttribute1;
// Width of cell in TWIPS. Changing this property changes the width of the column where the cell is located.
int intColWidth = ((int)(oTable->Attribute["Right"]) - (int)(oTable->Attribute["Left"])) / (int)oTable->Attribute["Columns"];
cell->Attribute["Width"] = intColWidth;
}
}
// Save PDF
pdf->Save("c:\\temp\\CreatePDFDocument_resulting.pdf", acFileSaveView);
return 0;
}
' ObjectType constants
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 constants
Const acBorderWidthNone = 0
Const acBorderWidthSimple = 1
Const acBorderWidthDouble = 2
Const acBorderWidthTriple = 3
Const acBorderWidthQuadruple = 4
' acHorzAlign constants
Const acHorzAlignLeft = 1
Const acHorzAlignCenter = 2
Const acHorzAlignRight = 3
Const acHorzJustify = 4
' acVertAlign constants
Const acVertAlignTop = 1
Const acVertAlignCenter = 2
Const acVertAlignBottom = 3
' acDataType constants
Const acDataTypeUnkown = 0
Const acDataTypeText = 1
Const acDataTypeNumerical = 2
Const acDataTypeDate = 3
' 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 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 Table in the current Page
pdf.CreateObject acObjectTypeTable, "Table1"
' Define Object
Dim oTable
Set oTable = pdf.GetObjectByName("Table1")
' Configuration Table
oTable("Left") = 1000
oTable("Top") = 200
oTable("Right") = pdf.ObjectAttribute("Pages[1]", "Width") - 1000
oTable("Bottom") = pdf.ObjectAttribute("Pages[1]", "Length") - 200
oTable("BorderWidth") = acBorderWidthSimple
' Create rows And columns
oTable("Rows") = 10
oTable("Columns") = 5
' Creates Cell and Row Objects
Dim cell
Dim cellsRow
For row = 1 To oTable("Rows")
' selecting the row to give configure the height
Set cellsRow = pdf.GetObjectByName("Table1.Cells[" & CStr(row) & "]")
' This example divides the rows into the size Bottom value
Dim intRowHeight
intRowHeight = (oTable("Bottom") - oTable("Top")) / oTable("Rows")
cellsRow("Height") = intRowHeight
For column = 1 To oTable("Columns")
' Access to the cell objects
Set cell = pdf.GetObjectByName("Table1.Cells[" & CStr(row) & "," + CStr(column) & "]")
cell("Text") = "AT[" & CStr(row) & "," & column & "]"
cell("HorzAlign") = acHorzAlignCenter
cell("VertAlign") = acVertAlignCenter
cell("BorderColor") = &HFF00FF
cell("BorderWidth") = acBorderWidthTriple
cell("DataType") = acDataTypeText
' Width of cell in TWIPS. Changing this property changes the width of the column where the cell Is located.
Dim intColWidth
intColWidth = (oTable("Right") - oTable("Left")) / oTable("Columns")
cell("Width") = intColWidth
Next
Next
' Save PDF
pdf.Save "c:\temp\CreatePDFDocument_resulting.pdf", acFileSaveView
