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Creating a PDF file using VB.NET
A sample application using PDFBuilderX
This example shows a simple VB.NET application to create a PDF file containing images, graphics and text.
To use this demo, you will need to download two files:
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Trial version of the ActiveX control PDFBuilderX. (870kB)
Zip file of VB.NET demo project. (28kB)
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Install PDFBuilderX, then extract the VB.NET demo files from pbxdemovbnet.zip, keeping the same directory structure. Start VB.NET, and open the project in solution file 'PBX_Demo_VBNET\PBX_Demo_VBNET.sln'.
Run the project and click the 'Generate PDF' button. You will be prompted to browse for any two image files which are then saved in a PDF file with some text and rectangular borders added.
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VB.NET cannot directly recognise indexed properties of ActiveX controls, such as the ImageHeight property of PDFBuilderX. To access such properties, prefix the name of the property with 'get_' or 'set_' as shown in Sub cmdRun_Click.
A Setup project is included with this demo. To build an installer (.msi file), select PBX_Demo_VBNET_Setup in the Solution Explorer window, then Build/Build PBX_Demo_VBNET_Setup from the menu.
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