LoadPDF.vb
- ''
- '' This code is part of Document Solutions for PDF demos.
- '' Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.
- ''
- Imports System.IO
- Imports System.Drawing
- Imports System.Text
- Imports GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf
- Imports GrapeCity.Documents.Common
- Imports GrapeCity.Documents.Drawing
-
- '' This sample loads the PDF file created by the HelloWorld sample,
- '' adds a short text note to the first page, and saves the result.
- Public Class LoadPDF
- Function CreatePDF(ByVal stream As Stream) As Integer
- Dim doc = New GcPdfDocument()
- '' IMPORTANT: when working with an existing PDF file using GcPdfDocument.Load() method,
- '' the stream passed to that method MUST REMAIN OPEN while working with the document.
- '' This is because Load() does not load the whole PDF document into memory right away,
- '' instead it loads the various parts of the PDF as needed.
- '' The stream is only used for reading, and the original file itself is not modified.
- '' To save the changes you need to call one of the GcPdfDocument.Save() overloads
- '' as usual.
- Using fs = New FileStream(Path.Combine("Resources", "PDFs", "HelloWorld.pdf"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
- doc.Load(fs)
- '' Add note to the (only) page in the doc:
- Dim page = doc.Pages.Last
- Util.AddNote(
- "This text was added to the original ""Hello World"" PDF.",
- page,
- New RectangleF(72, 72 * 3, page.Size.Width - 72 * 2, 72))
- ''
- '' Done:
- doc.Save(stream)
- End Using
- Return doc.Pages.Count
- End Function
- End Class
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