Q: I am looking to create PDF Portfolios programmatically. Is this
possible using PDFNet SDK (http://www.pdftron.com/pdfnet)? (I'm not
sure if PDF Packages are different, but that would be okay too.)
Basically my end result needs to be a single .pdf file that contains
multiple pdfs within it. Example a cover sheet, and various other
separate pdfs all contained within this one single .pdf file. Do you
have an idea on how this can be done?
Thanks!
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A: You can use PDFNet to create, extract, or manage PDF Packages. PDF
Portfolios are just another name for PDF Packages and they refer to
the same thing.
Attached is a sample project (http://groups.google.com/group/pdfnet-
sdk/web/PDFPackageTest.zip) that illustrates how to create a PDF
Portfolio as well as how to extract document parts from an existing
PDF package. To run the example simple extract the archive in 'PDFNet/
Samples' folder. You can download PDFNet SDK from
http://www.pdftron.com/pdfnet/downloads.html.
//
// Copyright (c) 2001-2009 by PDFTron Systems Inc. All Rights
Reserved.
//
using System;
using pdftron;
using pdftron.Common;
using pdftron.Filters;
using pdftron.SDF;
using pdftron.PDF;
namespace AnnotationTestCS
{
/// <summary>
/// This sample illustrates how to create, extract, and manipulate
PDF Portfolios
/// (a.k.a. PDF Packages) using PDFNet SDK.
/// </summary>
class Class1
{
// Relative path to the folder containing test files.
const string input_path = "../../../../TestFiles/";
const string output_path = "../../../../TestFiles/Output/";
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
PDFNet.Initialize();
// Create a PDF Package.
try
{
PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc();
AddPackage(doc, input_path + "numbered.pdf", "My File 1");
AddPackage(doc, input_path + "newsletter.pdf", "My
Newsletter...");
AddPackage(doc, input_path + "peppers.jpg", "An image");
AddCovePage(doc);
doc.Save(output_path + "package.pdf",
SDFDoc.SaveOptions.e_linearized);
doc.Close();
}
catch (PDFNetException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
// Extract parts from a PDF Package.
{
PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc(output_path + "package.pdf");
doc.InitSecurityHandler();
pdftron.SDF.NameTree files = NameTree.Find(doc, "EmbeddedFiles");
if(files.IsValid())
{
// Traverse the list of embedded files.
NameTreeIterator i = files.GetIterator();
for (int counter = 0; i.HasNext(); i.Next(), ++counter)
{
string entry_name = i.Key().GetAsPDFText();
Console.WriteLine("Part: {0}", entry_name);
FileSpec file_spec = new FileSpec(i.Value());
Filter stm = file_spec.GetFileData();
if (stm!=null)
{
FilterReader reader = new FilterReader(stm);
string fname = output_path + "extract_" + counter.ToString();
StdFile f = new StdFile(fname, StdFile.OpenMode.e_write_mode);
FilterWriter writer = new FilterWriter(f);
writer.WriteFilter(reader);
writer.Flush();
f.Close();
}
}
}
}
}
static void AddPackage(PDFDoc doc, string file, string desc)
{
NameTree files = NameTree.Create(doc, "EmbeddedFiles");
FileSpec fs = FileSpec.Create(doc, file, true);
byte[] file1_name = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(file);
files.Put(file1_name, fs.GetSDFObj());
fs.GetSDFObj().PutText("Desc", desc);
Obj collection = doc.GetRoot().FindObj("Collection");
if (collection == null) collection = doc.GetRoot().PutDict
("Collection");
// You could here manipulate any entry in the Collection
dictionary.
// For example, the following line sets the tile mode for initial
view mode
// Please refer to section '2.3.5 Collections' in PDF Reference for
details.
collection.PutName("View", "T");
}
static void AddCovePage(PDFDoc doc)
{
// Here we dynamically generate cover page (please see
ElementBuilder
// sample for more extensive coverage of PDF creation API).
Page page = doc.PageCreate(new Rect(0, 0, 200, 200));
ElementBuilder b = new ElementBuilder();
ElementWriter w = new ElementWriter();
w.Begin(page);
Font font = Font.CreateTrueTypeFont(doc.GetSDFDoc(), new
System.Drawing.Font("Comic Sans MS", 12), true, false);
w.WriteElement(b.CreateTextBegin(font, 12));
Element e = b.CreateTextRun("My PDF Collection");
e.SetTextMatrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 50, 96);
e.GetGState().SetFillColorSpace(ColorSpace.CreateDeviceRGB());
e.GetGState().SetFillColor(new ColorPt(1, 0, 0));
w.WriteElement(e);
w.WriteElement(b.CreateTextEnd());
w.End();
doc.PagePushBack(page);
b.Dispose();
w.Dispose();
// Alternatively we could import a PDF page from a template PDF
document
// (for an example please see PDFPage sample project).
// ...
}
}
}