PdfDocument Constructor(String,PdfFormat)

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Initializes a new instance of the PdfDocument class.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
Managed Extensions for C++
C++/CLI

'Declaration

Public Function New( _
   ByVal filenameFile name of the new PDF document.
 As System.String, _
   ByVal formatFormat of new PDF document.
 As PdfFormat _
)

public PdfDocument(
   System.String filename, 
   PdfFormat format
)

public: PdfDocument(
   System.String filename, 
   PdfFormat* format
)

public:
PdfDocument(
   System.String filename, 
   PdfFormat^ format
)

Parameters

filename: File name of the new PDF document.
format: Format of new PDF document.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Thrown if format is Pdf_A. Use ConvertDocument(PdfDocumentConformance) method to convert document to PDF/A.

Remarks

This constructor creates new PDF document in read-write mode.

Example

Here is an example that shows how to create an empty PDF/A document version 1.4 in a file:

VB.NET


Public Shared Sub CreatePdfADocumentInFile(pdfFilename As String, pageImage As String)
    ' create new PDF document version 1.4
    Using document As New Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocument(pdfFilename, Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfFormat.Pdf_14)
        ' create an image
        Using image As New Vintasoft.Imaging.VintasoftImage(pageImage)
            ' add image to PDF document
            document.Pages.Add(image)
        End Using

        ' convert documen to PDF/A-1b
        document.ConvertDocument(Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocumentConformance.PdfA_1b)
    End Using
End Sub


public static void CreatePdfADocumentInFile(string pdfFilename, string pageImage)
{
    // create new PDF document version 1.4
    using (Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocument document = new Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocument(
        pdfFilename, Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfFormat.Pdf_14))
    {
        // create an image
        using (Vintasoft.Imaging.VintasoftImage image = new Vintasoft.Imaging.VintasoftImage(pageImage))
        {
            // add image to PDF document
            document.Pages.Add(image);
        }

        // convert documen to PDF/A-1b
        document.ConvertDocument(Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.PdfDocumentConformance.PdfA_1b);
    }
}

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET9; .NET 8; .NET 7; .NET 6; .NET Framework 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5

Reference

PdfDocument Class
PdfDocument Members

PdfDocumentConverter
Overload List

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