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CGPDFDocumentMBS class

dim f as FolderItem
dim input as CGPDFDocumentMBS
dim output as CGContextMBS
dim r,c as CGRectMBS

f=SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.pdf")
input=f.OpenAsCGPDFDocumentMBS

r=CGMakeRectMBS(0,0,200,200) // 200 by 200 Pixel page

f=SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("output.pdf")
output=f.NewCGPDFDocumentMBS(r,"SomeTitle","SomeAuthor","SomeCreator")

// Create a new page
output.BeginPage r

// get size of input page one
c=input.CropBox(1)

// clip to a part of the new page leaving a border
r=CGMakeRectMBS(20,20,160,160)
output.ClipToRect r

// draw old pdf on a different position
c.top=-100
c.left=-100

// do the drawing of page one of input at new new output
output.DrawCGPDFDocument(input,c,1)

// cleanup
output.EndPage
output.Flush

• 8 properties
  • property AllowsCopying as Boolean
  • property AllowsPrinting as Boolean
  • property handle as Integer
  • property IsEncrypted as Boolean
  • property IsUnlocked as Boolean
  • property MajorVersion as Integer
  • property MinorVersion as Integer
  • property PageCount as Integer
• 15 methods
  • method ArtBox(page as Integer) as CGRectMBS
  • method BleedBox(page as Integer) as CGRectMBS
  • method Catalog as CGPDFDictionaryMBS
  • method Constructor(dataProvider as CGDataProviderMBS)
  • method Constructor(file as folderitem)
  • method Constructor(Handle as Integer)
  • method Constructor(url as string)
  • method CropBox(page as Integer) as CGRectMBS
  • method GetID as CGPDFArrayMBS
  • method GetInfo as CGPDFDictionaryMBS
  • method MediaBox(page as Integer) as CGRectMBS
  • method Page(index as Integer) as CGPDFPageMBS
  • method RotationAngle(page as Integer) as Integer
  • method TrimBox(page as Integer) as CGRectMBS
  • method UnlockWithPassword(name as string) as boolean
• 5 shared methods
  • shared method CreateWithData(data as Memoryblock) as CGPDFDocumentMBS
  • shared method CreateWithData(data as string) as CGPDFDocumentMBS
  • shared method CreateWithFile(file as folderitem) as CGPDFDocumentMBS
  • shared method CreateWithProvider(dataProvider as CGDataProviderMBS) as CGPDFDocumentMBS
  • shared method CreateWithURL(url as string) as CGPDFDocumentMBS

This class has no sub classes.

Some useful global functions for this class:

• CGOpenPDFDocumentMBS(dataprovider as CGDataProviderMBS) as CGPDFDocumentMBS
• CGOpenPDFDocumentMBS(file as folderitem) as CGPDFDocumentMBS

Some methods using this class:

• FolderItem.OpenAsCGPDFDocumentMBS as CGPDFDocumentMBS
• Graphics.DrawCGPDFDocumentMBS(pdf as CGPDFDocumentMBS, r as CGRectMBS, page as Integer)
• graphics.DrawCGPDFDocumentMBS(pdf as CGPDFDocumentMBS, r as CGRectMBS, page as Integer, InterpolationQuality as Integer, Antialias as boolean, FontSmoothing as Boolean)

Some properties using for this class:

• CGPDFArrayMBS.Document as CGPDFDocumentMBS
• CGPDFDictionaryListMBS.Document as CGPDFDocumentMBS
• CGPDFDictionaryMBS.Document as CGPDFDocumentMBS
• CGPDFObjectMBS.Document as CGPDFDocumentMBS
• CGPDFPageMBS.Document as CGPDFDocumentMBS
• CGPDFStreamMBS.Document as CGPDFDocumentMBS
• CGPDFStringMBS.Document as CGPDFDocumentMBS

Some examples using this class:

• /DynaPDF/Create and print PDF
• /DynaPDF/PDF Viewer Example with links
• /DynaPDF/Raster/PDF Benchmark
• /DynaPDF/Raster/PDF Diff
• /MacCG/Carbon Print Manager/Carbon Print Hello
• /MacCG/Carbon Print Manager/sample
• /MacCG/CoreGraphics PDF/Getpicture PDF
• /MacCG/CoreGraphics PDF/PDF Viewer White on Black
• /MacCG/Print PDF with CoreGraphics/Print PDF with CoreGraphics
• /MacCG/Rotate PDF Page

Blog Entries

• Several ways for picture to PDF in MBS Plugins
• MBS Xojo Plugins, version 17.3pr7
• MBS Real Studio Plugins, version 12.5pr1
• MBS Real Studio Plugins, version 11.2pr7

Xojo Developer Magazine

• 8.5, pages 20 to 21: Printing PDFs, Easy PDF printing on Mac and Windows
• 6.4, page 30: Creating PDF Files, How to create PDFs using the MBS Plugins by Christian Schmitz

Release notes

• Version 17.3
  • Added check to CGPDFDocumentMBS to raise out of memory exception in low memory conditions to avoid crashes later.

The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS MacCG Plugin.

CGPDFDictionaryMBS   -   CGPDFObjectMBS