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PDFPageMBS class

Var file1,file2,file3,destfile as FolderItem
Var page1,page2,page3 as PDFPageMBS
Var doc1,doc2 as PDFDocumentMBS
Var img as NSImageMBS
Var doc as PDFDocumentMBS

file1=SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test1.pdf")
file2=SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test2.pdf")
file3=SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("logo.jpg")

doc1=new PDFDocumentMBS(file1)
doc2=new PDFDocumentMBS(file2)

MsgBox str(doc1.pageCount)

img=new NSImageMBS(file3)

Backdrop=img.CopyPicture

page1=new PDFPageMBS(img)
page2=doc1.pageAtIndex(0)
page3=doc2.pageAtIndex(0)

doc=new PDFDocumentMBS
doc.insertPage page1,0
doc.insertPage page2,1
doc.insertPage page3,2

destfile=SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.pdf")
call doc.write(destfile)

• event drawRect(box as Integer, g as NSGraphicsMBS)
• 10 properties
  • property attributedString as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • property CGPDFPageHandle as Integer
  • property dataRepresentation as memoryblock
  • property displaysAnnotations as boolean
  • property document as PDFDocumentMBS
  • property label as string
  • property numberOfCharacters as Integer
  • property rotation as Integer
  • property stringValue as string
  • property boundsForBox(box as Integer) as NSRectMBS
• 23 methods
  • method addAnnotation(annotation as PDFAnnotationMBS)
  • method annotationAtPoint(x as single, y as single) as PDFAnnotationMBS
  • method annotations as PDFAnnotationMBS()
  • method CalcTransformForBox(box as Integer) as Variant
  • method characterBoundsAtIndex(index as Integer) as NSRectMBS
  • method characterIndexAtPoint(x as single, y as single) as Integer
  • method Constructor
  • method Constructor(Handle as Integer)
  • method Constructor(image as NSImageMBS)
  • method copy as PDFPageMBS
  • method Destructor
  • method Draw(g as NSGraphicsMBS, box as Integer = 0)
  • method drawWithBox(box as Integer)
  • method removeAnnotation(annotation as PDFAnnotationMBS)
  • method Render(dpi as Double = 72.0, box as Integer = 0, background as NSColorMBS = nil) as NSImageMBS
  • method selectionForLineAtPoint(left as single, top as single) as PDFSelectionMBS
  • method selectionForRange(position as Integer, length as Integer) as PDFSelectionMBS
  • method selectionForRect(left as single, top as single, width as single, height as single) as PDFSelectionMBS
  • method selectionForWordAtPoint(left as single, top as single) as PDFSelectionMBS
  • method selectionFromPointToPoint(startleft as single, starttop as single, endleft as single, endtop as single) as PDFSelectionMBS
  • method thumbnailOfSize(size as NSSizeMBS, box as integer) as NSImageMBS
  • method transformContextForBox(box as Integer)
  • method transformForBox(box as integer) as variant
• 5 constants

Constants

Boxes

This class has no sub classes.

Some methods using this class:

• CustomPDFViewMBS.ClearOverlay(page as PDFPageMBS, post as boolean = true)
• PDFDocumentMBS.insertPage(page as PDFPageMBS, index as Integer)
• PDFDocumentMBS.pageAtIndex(index as Integer) as PDFPageMBS
• PDFSelectionMBS.boundsForPage(page as PDFPageMBS) as NSRectMBS
• PDFSelectionMBS.drawForPage(page as PDFPageMBS, box as Integer, active as boolean)
• PDFThumbnailViewMBS.selectedPages as PDFPageMBS()
• PDFViewMBS.convertPointToPage(point as NSPointMBS, page as PDFPageMBS) as NSPointMBS
• PDFViewMBS.drawPage(page as PDFPageMBS)
• PDFViewMBS.goToPage(page as PDFPageMBS)
• PDFViewMBS.visiblePages as PDFPageMBS()

Some properties using for this class:

• PDFAnnotationMBS.page as PDFPageMBS
• PDFDestinationMBS.page as PDFPageMBS
• PDFViewMBS.currentPage as PDFPageMBS
• CustomPDFViewMBS.Overlay(page as PDFPageMBS, post as boolean = true) as variant
• DesktopPDFViewControlMBS.Overlay(page as PDFPageMBS, post as boolean = true) as variant
• PDFViewControlMBS.Overlay(page as PDFPageMBS, post as boolean = true) as variant

Some events using this class:

• CustomPDFViewMBS.AfterDrawPagePost(graphics as NSGraphicsMBS, page as PDFPageMBS)
• CustomPDFViewMBS.BeforeDrawPage(graphics as NSGraphicsMBS, page as PDFPageMBS) as boolean
• CustomPDFViewMBS.BeforeDrawPagePost(graphics as NSGraphicsMBS, page as PDFPageMBS) as boolean
• DesktopPDFViewControlMBS.AfterDrawPagePost(graphics as NSGraphicsMBS, page as PDFPageMBS)
• DesktopPDFViewControlMBS.BeforeDrawPage(graphics as NSGraphicsMBS, page as PDFPageMBS) as boolean
• DesktopPDFViewControlMBS.BeforeDrawPagePost(graphics as NSGraphicsMBS, page as PDFPageMBS) as boolean
• PDFViewControlMBS.AfterDrawPage(graphics as NSGraphicsMBS, page as PDFPageMBS)
• PDFViewControlMBS.AfterDrawPagePost(graphics as NSGraphicsMBS, page as PDFPageMBS)
• PDFViewControlMBS.BeforeDrawPage(graphics as NSGraphicsMBS, page as PDFPageMBS) as boolean
• PDFViewControlMBS.BeforeDrawPagePost(graphics as NSGraphicsMBS, page as PDFPageMBS) as boolean

Some examples using this class:

• /MacExtras/Continuity Camera
• /MacFrameworks/IKSlideShow
• /PDFKit/Add Annotations to PDF
• /PDFKit/Add Outlines with Destinations to PDF
• /PDFKit/Create Page
• /PDFKit/Create Page with custom stamp annotation
• /PDFKit/PDFKit Print PDF
• /PDFKit/PDFView/PDFView customized with picture overlay
• /PDFKit/PDFView/PDFView overlay/PDFView overlay
• /PDFKit/Render PDFPage

Blog Entries

• MBS Xojo Plugins, version 22.5pr1
• Several ways for picture to PDF in MBS Plugins
• News from the MBS Xojo Plugins Version 21.1
• New in the MBS Xojo Plugins Version 20.2
• MBS Xojo Plugins, version 20.2pr3
• JPEG rendering in MacOS Mojave
• MBS Plugins 11.1 Release notes
• Have you checked out PDFViewMBS class?
• MBS REALbasic plug-ins version 10.3
• MBS Plugins 10.3 Release Notes

Xojo Developer Magazine

• 6.4, page 34: Creating PDF Files, How to create PDFs using the MBS Plugins by Christian Schmitz
• 20.3, page 80: Great Shots With Continuity Camera, Use your iOS device to take a picture for your Mac by Stefanie Juchmes

Release notes

• Version 22.5
  • Fixed drawRect event for PDFPageMBS class for macOS Ventura.
• Version 20.2
  • Added constructor to take handle to PDFSelectionMBS, PDFActionMBS, PDFAnnotationMBS, PDFBorderMBS, PDFDestinationMBS, PDFDocumentMBS, PDFOutlineMBS and PDFPageMBS classes.

The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS PDFKit Plugin.

PDFOutlineMBS   -   PDFSelectionMBS