public static void Example()
{
int intOpenOutputFile;
string strPath;
int intOpenInputFile;
int intCopyForm;
string memPDF;
int intMergeFile;
strPath = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
// Instantiate Object
APToolkitNET.Toolkit oTK = new APToolkitNET.Toolkit();
// Here you can place any code that will alter the output file
// Such as adding security, setting page dimensions, etc.
APToolkitNET.FieldInfo oFI = oTK.FieldInfo("name", 1);
string TKversion = oTK.ToolkitVersion;
// Create the new PDF file in memory
intOpenOutputFile = oTK.OpenOutputFile("MEMORY");
if (intOpenOutputFile != 0)
{
ErrorHandler("OpenOutputFile", intOpenOutputFile);
}
//convert pdf to byte array
byte[] bytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(strPath + "form.pdf");
oTK.InputByteArray = bytes;
// Open the template PDF
intOpenInputFile = oTK.OpenInputFile("MEMORY");
if (intOpenInputFile != 0)
{
ErrorHandler("OpenInputFile", intOpenInputFile);
}
// Here you can call any Toolkit functions that will manipulate
// the input file such as text and image stamping, form filling, etc.
short formCount = oTK.CountFormFields();
Console.WriteLine(TKversion + "Count form fields = " + formCount);
Console.ReadKey();
// Copy the template (with any changes) to the new file
// Start page and end page, 0 = all pages
intCopyForm = oTK.CopyForm(0, 0);
if (intCopyForm != 1)
{
ErrorHandler("CopyForm", intCopyForm);
}
// Close the new file to complete PDF creation
oTK.CloseOutputFile();
// Set the in memory PDF to a variable
// To retrieve the PDF as a byte array use oTK.BinaryImage
memPDF = oTK.OutputByteStream;
// Toolkit can take a PDF in memory and use it as an input file
// Here we will use the PDF we just created in memory
// Create the final PDF on disk
intOpenOutputFile = oTK.OpenOutputFile(strPath + "final.pdf");
if (intOpenOutputFile != 0)
{
ErrorHandler("OpenOutputFile", intOpenOutputFile);
}
// Prepare the in memory PDF to be used with Toolkit
// For .NET Toolkit also has InputByteArray to accept Byte Arrays
oTK.InputByteStream = memPDF;
// Now we can use 'MEMORY' as the filename with OpenInputFile or MergeFile
intMergeFile = oTK.MergeFile("MEMORY", 0, 0);
if (intMergeFile != 1)
{
ErrorHandler("MergeFile", intMergeFile);
}
// Close the final file to complete PDF creation
oTK.CloseOutputFile();
// To save a PDF in memory to a file directly call SaveMemoryToDisk
oTK.SaveMemoryToDisk(strPath + "SavedMemory.pdf");
// Release Object
oTK.Dispose();
// Process Complete
WriteResults("Done!");
}