Platforms to show: All Mac Windows Linux Cross-Platform
Required plugins for this example: MBS DynaPDF Plugin, MBS Images Plugin
You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /DynaPDF/Create PDFX
This example is the version from Thu, 3rd Apr 2024.
Project "Create PDFX.xojo_binary_project"
FileTypes
Filetype Text
Filetype Icc
End FileTypes
MenuBar MenuBar1
MenuItem UntitledMenu1 = ""
MenuItem FileMenu = "&File"
MenuItem FileQuit = "Quit"
MenuItem UntitledMenu5 = ""
MenuItem EditMenu = "&Edit"
MenuItem EditUndo = "&Undo"
MenuItem UntitledMenu0 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "Cu&t"
MenuItem EditCopy = "&Copy"
MenuItem EditPaste = "&Paste"
MenuItem EditClear = "Clear"
MenuItem UntitledMenu4 = ""
MenuItem UntitledMenu3 = ""
MenuItem UntitledMenu2 = ""
End MenuBar
Class App Inherits Application
EventHandler Sub Open()
Dim pdf As New MyDynapdfMBS
pdf.SetLicenseKey "Lite" // For this example you can use a Lite, Pro or Enterprise License
dim f as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("Create PDFX.pdf")
call pdf.CreateNewPDF f
Call pdf.SetDocInfo pdf.kdiSubject, "My first Xojo output"
Call pdf.SetDocInfo pdf.kdiProducer, "Xojo test application"
call pdf.SetDocInfo pdf.kdiTitle, "PDF/X Compatibility"
// We want to use top-down coordinates
Call pdf.SetPageCoords pdf.kpcTopDown
// start a new page
Call pdf.Append
// Just set the trim box to the same value as the media box if no better value is known.
Dim r As DynapdfRectMBS=pdf.GetBBox(pdf.kpbMediaBox)
call pdf.SetBBox(pdf.kpbTrimBox, r.Left, r.Bottom, r.Right, r.Top)
// The font must be embedded (this should always be the case)
call pdf.SetFont("Times", pdf.kfsItalic, 20.0, true, pdf.kcpUnicode)
// set CMYK cyan color
Call pdf.SetColorSpace(pdf.kcsDeviceCMYK)
Call pdf.SetFillColor(DynaPDFMBS.CMYK(255, 0, 0, 0))
// let's write some text on the page
Call pdf.WriteFText(pdf.ktaCenter, "A very simple PDF/X compliant PDF file...")
call pdf.EndPage
// The PDF version should be set before the file is closed because
// it can be changed when importing a PDF file.
Call pdf.SetPDFVersion(pdf.kpvPDFX1a_2001)
// or newer one
'Call pdf.SetPDFVersion(pdf.kpvPDFX1a_2003)
// add a ICC profile as output intent
Dim profilefile As FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("Generic CMYK Profile.icc")
Call pdf.AddOutputIntent(profilefile)
Call pdf.CloseFile
// show the PDF
f.Launch
quit
End EventHandler
Function FindFile(name as string) As FolderItem
// Look for file in parent folders from executable on
dim parent as FolderItem = app.ExecutableFile.Parent
while parent<>Nil
dim file as FolderItem = parent.Child(name)
if file<>Nil and file.Exists then
Return file
end if
parent = parent.Parent
wend
End Function
End Class
Class MyDynaPDFMBS Inherits DynaPDFMBS
EventHandler Function Error(ErrorCode as integer, ErrorMessage as string, ErrorType as integer) As integer
// output all messages on the console:
System.DebugLog str(ErrorCode)+": "+ErrorMessage
// and display dialog:
Dim d as New MessageDialog //declare the MessageDialog object
Dim b as MessageDialogButton //for handling the result
d.icon=MessageDialog.GraphicCaution //display warning icon
d.ActionButton.Caption="Continue"
d.CancelButton.Visible=True //show the Cancel button
// a warning or an error?
if BitAnd(ErrorType, me.kE_WARNING) = me.kE_WARNING then
// if user decided to ignore, we'll ignore
if IgnoreWarnings then Return 0
d.Message="A warning occurred while processing your PDF code."
// we add a third button to display all warnings
d.AlternateActionButton.Caption = "Ignore warnings"
d.AlternateActionButton.Visible = true
else
d.Message="An error occurred while processing your PDF code."
end if
d.Explanation = str(ErrorCode)+": "+ErrorMessage
b=d.ShowModal //display the dialog
Select Case b //determine which button was pressed.
Case d.ActionButton
Return 0 // ignore
Case d.AlternateActionButton
IgnoreWarnings = true
Return 0 // ignore
Case d.CancelButton
Return -1 // stop
End select
End EventHandler
Property IgnoreWarnings As Boolean
End Class
Sign
End Sign
End Project
See also:
- /DynaPDF/Create PDF console
- /DynaPDF/Create PDF in memory
- /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Arabic and Ligatures
- /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Arc
- /DynaPDF/Create PDF with paths
- /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Round Rectangles
- /DynaPDF/Create PDF with SetFillColorEx
- /DynaPDF/Create PDF with text block fonts
- /DynaPDF/Create PDF with WatermarkAnnot
- /DynaPDF/Create Previews for folder
The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS DynaPDF Plugin.