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:

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

Attribute	Description	Type	Values	Default Value
Position	Position of the page numbers.	enum IacPageNumbersPosition	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.

Visual Basic .Net
C#

Sub Sample()
    ' Constants for Activation codes
    Const strLicenseTo As String = "Amyuni PDF Creator .NET Evaluation"
    Const strActivationCode As String = "07EFCDAB0100010025C3B7B351579FF94C49112EAF7368612744C7237C2F6A215A53E83A9ECCFFE54C52063CB05338BDE555773D7B1B"
 
    ' Initialize library
    ' This should be done once
    acPDFCreatorLib.Initialize()
 
    ' set license key This is needed only with licensed version
    acPDFCreatorLib.SetLicenseKey(strLicenseTo, strActivationCode)
 
    ' Create a new PDF document
    Dim doc As New Amyuni.PDFCreator.IacDocument()
 
    Dim oPageNumber As Amyuni.PDFCreator.IacObject = doc.Attribute("PageNumbers").Value
    oPageNumber.Attribute("Font").Value = "Verdana,11,700,0,0"
    oPageNumber.Attribute("Position").Value = Amyuni.PDFCreator.IacPageNumbersPosition.acPageNumbersPositionBottomCenter
    oPageNumber.Attribute("Color").Value = &HFF0000
    oPageNumber.Attribute("StartWithPage").Value = 1
    oPageNumber.Attribute("Format").Value = "- Page #page of #pages -"
    oPageNumber.Attribute("ExtraMarginHorz").Value = 0
    oPageNumber.Attribute("ExtraMarginVert").Value = 0
 
    ' Create new stream object
    Dim fileWrite As System.IO.Stream = System.IO.File.OpenWrite("C:\temp\CreatePDFDocument_resulting.pdf.pdf")
 
    ' Save stream
    doc.Save(fileWrite, Amyuni.PDFCreator.IacFileSaveOption.acFileSaveView)
 
    ' Close the stream
    fileWrite.Close()
 
    ' terminate library to free resources
    acPDFCreatorLib.Terminate()
End Sub

static void Sample()
{
    // Constants for Activation codes
    const string strLicenseTo = "Amyuni PDF Creator .NET Evaluation";
    const string strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB0100010025C3B7B351579FF94C49112EAF7368612744C7237C2F6A215A53E83A9ECCFFE54C52063CB05338BDE555773D7B1B";
 
    // Initialize library
    // This should be done once
    acPDFCreatorLib.Initialize();
 
    // set license key This is needed only with licensed version
    acPDFCreatorLib.SetLicenseKey(strLicenseTo, strActivationCode);
 
    // Create a new PDF document
    Amyuni.PDFCreator.IacDocument doc = new Amyuni.PDFCreator.IacDocument();           
 
    Amyuni.PDFCreator.IacObject oPageNumber = (Amyuni.PDFCreator.IacObject)doc.Attribute("PageNumbers").Value;
    oPageNumber.Attribute("Font").Value = "Verdana,11,700,0,0";
    oPageNumber.Attribute("Position").Value = Amyuni.PDFCreator.IacPageNumbersPosition.acPageNumbersPositionBottomCenter;
    oPageNumber.Attribute("Color").Value = 0xFF0000;
    oPageNumber.Attribute("StartWithPage").Value = 1;
    oPageNumber.Attribute("Format").Value = "- Page #page of #pages -";
    oPageNumber.Attribute("ExtraMarginHorz").Value = 0;
    oPageNumber.Attribute("ExtraMarginVert").Value = 0;
 
    // Create new stream object
    System.IO.FileStream fileWrite = new System.IO.FileStream(@"C:\temp\CreatePDFDocument_resulting.pdf",
                        System.IO.FileMode.Create,
                        System.IO.FileAccess.Write,
                        System.IO.FileShare.Read);
 
    // Save stream
    doc.Save(fileWrite, Amyuni.PDFCreator.IacFileSaveOption.acFileSaveView);
 
    // Close the stream
    fileWrite.Close();
 
    // terminate library to free resources
    acPDFCreatorLib.Terminate();
}

PageNumbers Object