DynaPDFMBS.ShowDifferences(PageIndex1 as Integer, OtherPDF as DynaPDFMBS, PageIndex2 as Integer, CheckMoving as boolean, HighlightColor as UInt32 = &hFFFF, ScaleFactor as Integer = 1, ColorTolerance as Integer = 3, debug as boolean = false) as Integer

Please pass page indexes for both pages. OtherPDF can be same as the current instance you call this method on.

CheckMoving: Whether to check for moving parts, e.g. the big part of the page shifted up one line.

Returns number of annotations on success which means that highlight annotations have been added to both pages.
Or returns negative value in case of error.
You can than render a page to show differences to user.
Requires a DynaPDF Pro license. Without a license, the DynaPDF watermark will reduce the accuracy.

Scale: When comparison, scales up the pictures used for comparison. Default is 1 for 72dpi, but you can use 2 for double.
ColorTolerance: The tolerance for color comparison.
Colors where red, green or blue components are within given tolerance are considered equal. So FFFFFF and FFFFFD are equal.
Default is 3.

Debug Parameter: Whether to write debug images to temp folder.
If true, we write png files to temp folder. One image is before the check, one with all similar lines removed and one with result of comparison. Red pixels show you the raster, green equal pixels.

Some examples using this method:

• /DynaPDF/Show Differences

DynaPDFMBS.SkewCoords(alpha as Double, beta as Double, OriginX as Double, OriginY as Double) as Boolean

Please do not try to scale/skew/translate back later. use SaveGraphicState and RestoreGraphicState.

See also SkewCoords function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.SortFieldsByIndex as Boolean

See also SortFieldsByIndex function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.SortFieldsByName as Boolean

See also SortFieldsByName function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.SquareAnnot(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, LineWidth as Double, FillColor as UInt32, StrokeColor as UInt32, ColorSpace as Integer, Author as string, Subject as string, Comment as string) as Integer

If the parameters Width and Height are equal the function draws a square, a rectangle otherwise. If the annotation should bedrawn without a border, set the parameter LineWidth zo zero or StrokeColor to the special constant kNO_COLOR.
If the interior should be transparent set FillColor to the special constant kNO_COLOR.
Although the line width can be set to any positive floating point value, Adobe's Acrobat or Reader restrict the line width to 0 through 12 units. The line width should be restricted in the same way to avoid issues in Adobe viewer products.

If the function succeeds the return value is the annotation handle, a value greater or equal zero. If the function fails, the return value is a negative error code.

Some examples using this method:

• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Annotations

See also SquareAnnot function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.SquareAnnotAnsi(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, LineWidth as Double, FillColor as UInt32, StrokeColor as UInt32, ColorSpace as Integer, Author as string, Subject as string, Comment as string) as Integer   Deprecated

If the parameters Width and Height are equal the function draws a square, a rectangle otherwise. If the annotation should bedrawn without a border, set the parameter LineWidth zo zero or StrokeColor to the special constant kNO_COLOR.
If the interior should be transparent set FillColor to the special constant kNO_COLOR.
Although the line width can be set to any positive floating point value, Adobe's Acrobat or Reader restrict the line width to 0 through 12 units. The line width should be restricted in the same way to avoid issues in Adobe viewer products.

If the function succeeds the return value is the annotation handle, a value greater or equal zero. If the function fails, the return value is a negative error code.

See also SquareAnnot function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.StampAnnot(SubType as Integer, PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Author as string, Subject as string, Comment as string) as Integer

Some examples using this method:

• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Annotations

See also StampAnnot function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.StampAnnotAnsi(SubType as Integer, PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Author as string, Subject as string, Comment as string) as Integer   Deprecated

See also StampAnnot function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.StrokePath as Boolean

See also StrokePath function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.TestGlyphs(FontHandle as Integer, Text as string) as Integer

// create dummy PDF with one page
dim d as new myDynaPDFMBS

call d.CreateNewPDF
call d.Append

// check this text
dim x as string = "您好" // Hello in Chinese

// load 2 fonts to check
dim FontHandle1 as Integer = d.SetFont("Times", 12)
dim FontHandle2 as Integer = d.SetFont("Arial Unicode MS", 12)

dim r1 as Integer = d.TestGlyphs(FontHandle1, x)

if r1 = -1 then
  MsgBox "Times supports chinese characters"
else
  MsgBox "Times does not support chinese characters"
end if

dim r2 as Integer = d.TestGlyphs(FontHandle2, x)

if r2 = -1 then
  MsgBox "Arial Unicode MS supports chinese characters"
else
  MsgBox "Arial Unicode MS does not support chinese characters"
end if

The return value is the position of the first missing glyph, or -1 if all glyphs are available.
If the font uses a mixed 8/16 bit CJK code page that requires a conversion to Unicode (a code page that ends with "_Uni"), then the return value corresponds to the converted Unicode string and not to the CJK input string.

Some examples using this method:

• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Arabic and Ligatures
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Glyphs
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with text styles

See also TestGlyphs function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.TestGlyphsAnsi(FontHandle as Integer, Text as string) as Integer   Deprecated

The return value is the position of the first missing glyph, or -1 if all glyphs are available.
If the font uses a mixed 8/16 bit CJK code page that requires a conversion to Unicode (a code page that ends with "_Uni"), then the return value corresponds to the converted Unicode string and not to the CJK input string.
The text parameter is converted to ANSI.

See also TestGlyphs function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.TextAnnot(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Author as string, Text as string, Icon as Integer, Open as boolean) as Integer

The text and the author parameters are converted to unicode.

Some examples using this method:

• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Annotations

See also TextAnnot function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.TextAnnotAnsi(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Author as string, Text as string, Icon as Integer, Open as boolean) as Integer   Deprecated

The text and the author parameters are converted to ANSI.

See also TextAnnot function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.TranslateCoords(OriginX as Double, OriginY as Double) as Boolean

Some examples using this method:

• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with object2d
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with vertical text

See also TranslateCoords function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.Triangle(x1 as Double, y1 as Double, x2 as Double, y2 as Double, x3 as Double, y3 as Double, FillMode as Integer) as Boolean

Some examples using this method:

• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with gradients, overprint and device N colorspace
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with LAB color
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with paths
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with transparency
• /DynaPDF/Font Test
• /DynaPDF/Million pages test/DynaPDF Database Invoice Example with 1000000 pages

See also Triangle function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.UnLockLayer(layer as UInt32) as boolean

See also UnLockLayer function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WatermarkAnnot(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double) as Integer

// create watermark annotation
Dim AnnotHandle As Integer = pdf.WatermarkAnnot(100, 100, 300, 200)

// it's empty initially

// so we create an annotation appearance stream
Dim x As Integer = pdf.CreateAnnotAP(AnnotHandle)

// set a color and draw rectangle
Call pdf.SetFillColor(&cFF7777)
Call pdf.Rectangle 0, 0, 300, 200, pdf.kfmFill

Call pdf.SetStrokeColor(&c000000)
Call pdf.SetFillColor(&c000000)
Call pdf.SetFont("Helvetica", pdf.kfsBold, 30)
Call pdf.WriteText(20, 20, "Hello World")

// close template
Call pdf.EndTemplate

Watermark annotations have no interactive elements like other annotation types. This property is useful in many cases because it is usually not possible to select or change the contents of a watermark annotation in viewer applications.
The annotation has no appearance after it was created. Call CreateAnnotAP to create an appearance template for the annotation. After the appearance template was created you can draw text, images or vector graphics into it. The template must be closed with EndTemplate when finished. It is also possible to import an external page or EMF contents into the template.
Watermark annotations can be shared on multiple pages. To place the annotation on other pages call AddAnnotToPage.

If the function succeeds the return value is the annotation handle, a value greater or equal zero. If the function fails the return value is a negative error code.

Some examples using this method:

• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with WatermarkAnnot

See also WatermarkAnnot function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WebLink(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, aText as string) as Integer

The text parameter is converted to unicode.

Some examples using this method:

• /DynaPDF/acroform/acroform
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Layers
• /DynaPDF/personalize/personalize
• /DynaPDF/Show Annotations
• /DynaPDF/Show Links
• /DynaPDF/Web Edition/Cards Web
• /DynaPDF/Web Edition/Create PDF Web
• /DynaPDF/Web Edition/WebPDF Web

See also WebLink function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WebLinkAnsi(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, aText as string) as Integer   Deprecated

The text parameter is converted to ANSI.

See also WebLink function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteAngleText(aText as string, Angle as Double, PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Radius as Double, YOrigin as Double) as Boolean

The text parameter is converted to unicode.

See also:

• WriteAngleText(glyphs() as Integer, Angle as Double, PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Radius as Double, YOrigin as Double) as Boolean

Some examples using this method:

• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Angle Rectangles
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Angle Text
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Circle Text

See also WriteAngleText function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteAngleText(glyphs() as Integer, Angle as Double, PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Radius as Double, YOrigin as Double) as Boolean

This version takes an array of integers. So if you are using the kcpUnicode on SetFont, please pass an array of unicode codepoints. If you use kcpGlyphIndexes, please pass an array of glyph values.

See also:

• WriteAngleText(aText as string, Angle as Double, PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Radius as Double, YOrigin as Double) as Boolean

See also WriteAngleText function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteAngleTextAnsi(aText as string, Angle as Double, PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Radius as Double, YOrigin as Double) as Boolean   Deprecated

The text parameter is converted to ANSI, so use only with SetFont with kcp1252.

See also WriteAngleText function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteAngleTextDirect(aText as string, Angle as Double, PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Radius as Double, YOrigin as Double) as Boolean

The text parameter is not converted, so pass a string in the right encoding.

See also:

• WriteAngleTextDirect(glyphs() as Integer, Angle as Double, PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Radius as Double, YOrigin as Double) as Boolean

DynaPDFMBS.WriteAngleTextDirect(glyphs() as Integer, Angle as Double, PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Radius as Double, YOrigin as Double) as Boolean

This version takes an array of integers. So pass in values in the encoding you are using. This can be glyph values or bytes in any encoding you selected in the SetFont method.

See also:

• WriteAngleTextDirect(aText as string, Angle as Double, PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Radius as Double, YOrigin as Double) as Boolean

DynaPDFMBS.WriteFText(Align as Integer, aText as string) as Boolean

The text parameter is converted to unicode.

The PageBreak event is called when needed by the plugin.

See also:

• WriteFText(Align as Integer, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

Some examples using this method:

• /ChartDirector/simplePie with DynaPDF
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF and sign
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with restrictions web
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with text block fonts
• /DynaPDF/Letter/Letter with writeftext
• /DynaPDF/Letter/Letter with writeftext and two pages template
• /DynaPDF/PDF Viewer Example
• /DynaPDF/Tables/older examples/TablePDF multiple page
• /DynaPDF/ZUGFeRD 2.0/Create PDF with invoice
• /DynaPDF/ZUGFeRD/Create PDF with invoice

See also WriteFText function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteFText(Align as Integer, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

This version takes an array of integers. So if you are using the kcpUnicode on SetFont, please pass an array of unicode codepoints. If you use kcpGlyphIndexes, please pass an array of glyph values.


The PageBreak event is called when needed by the plugin.

See also:

• WriteFText(Align as Integer, aText as string) as Boolean

See also WriteFText function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteFTextAnsi(Align as Integer, aText as string) as Boolean   Deprecated

The text parameter is converted to ANSI, so use only with SetFont with kcp1252.

The PageBreak event is called when needed by the plugin.

See also WriteFText function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteFTextDirect(Align as Integer, aText as string) as Boolean

The text parameter is not converted, so pass a string in the right encoding.

The PageBreak event is called when needed by the plugin.

See also:

• WriteFTextDirect(Align as Integer, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

DynaPDFMBS.WriteFTextDirect(Align as Integer, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

This version takes an array of integers. So pass in values in the encoding you are using. This can be glyph values or bytes in any encoding you selected in the SetFont method.


The PageBreak event is called when needed by the plugin.

See also:

• WriteFTextDirect(Align as Integer, aText as string) as Boolean

DynaPDFMBS.WriteFTextEx(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Align as Integer, aText as string) as Boolean

The text parameter is converted to unicode.

The PageBreak event is called when needed by the plugin.

See also:

• WriteFTextEx(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Align as Integer, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

Some examples using this method:

• /DynaPDF/ComplexText/Alternate Fonts
• /DynaPDF/ComplexText/Complex Text
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Arabic
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Bookmarks
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Layers Languages
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with rotated text
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with Signature on Windows
• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with subscript and superscript
• /DynaPDF/DynaPDF Database Invoice Example
• /DynaPDF/signature appearance/signature appearance

See also WriteFTextEx function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteFTextEx(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Align as Integer, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

This version takes an array of integers. So if you are using the kcpUnicode on SetFont, please pass an array of unicode codepoints. If you use kcpGlyphIndexes, please pass an array of glyph values.


The PageBreak event is called when needed by the plugin.

See also:

• WriteFTextEx(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Align as Integer, aText as string) as Boolean

See also WriteFTextEx function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteFTextExAnsi(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Align as Integer, aText as string) as Boolean   Deprecated

The text parameter is converted to ANSI, so use only with SetFont with kcp1252.

The PageBreak event is called when needed by the plugin.

See also WriteFTextEx function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteFTextExDirect(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Align as Integer, aText as string) as Boolean

The text parameter is not converted, so pass a string in the right encoding.

The PageBreak event is called when needed by the plugin.

See also:

• WriteFTextExDirect(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Align as Integer, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

DynaPDFMBS.WriteFTextExDirect(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Align as Integer, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

This version takes an array of integers. So pass in values in the encoding you are using. This can be glyph values or bytes in any encoding you selected in the SetFont method.


The PageBreak event is called when needed by the plugin.

See also:

• WriteFTextExDirect(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Align as Integer, aText as string) as Boolean

DynaPDFMBS.WriteStyledText(Align as Integer, StyledText as StyledText, LeadingFactor as double = -1) as Boolean

Same as WriteFText, but calls ConvertStyledText for you to convert the styled text to formatting commands.

LeadingFactor: Added in v21.0. If you pass a value > 0, the plugin will add \LD[] commands to styled text to set leading relative to font size. This way you define the spacing beteween lines. e.g. 1.2.

If you have a problem with the conversion, you can always use ConvertStyledText function directly and inspect what it generates. And you can of course modify it and e.g. convert "* " on a beginning of a line to a list.

See also:

• WriteStyledText(Align as Integer, TextArea as TextArea, LeadingFactor as double = -1) as Boolean

See also WriteStyledText function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteStyledText(Align as Integer, TextArea as TextArea, LeadingFactor as double = -1) as Boolean

Same as WriteFText, but calls ConvertStyledText for you to convert the styled text to formatting commands.

LeadingFactor: Added in v21.0. If you pass a value > 0, the plugin will add \LD[] commands to styled text to set leading relative to font size. This way you define the spacing beteween lines. e.g. 1.2.

If you have a problem with the conversion, you can always use ConvertStyledText function directly and inspect what it generates. And you can of course modify it and e.g. convert "* " on a beginning of a line to a list.

See also:

• WriteStyledText(Align as Integer, StyledText as StyledText, LeadingFactor as double = -1) as Boolean

See also WriteStyledText function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteStyledTextEx(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Align as Integer, StyledText as StyledText, LeadingFactor as double = -1) as Boolean

Same as WriteFTextEx, but calls ConvertStyledText for you to convert the styled text to formatting commands.

LeadingFactor: Added in v21.0. If you pass a value > 0, the plugin will add \LD[] commands to styled text to set leading relative to font size. This way you define the spacing beteween lines. e.g. 1.2.

If you have a problem with the conversion, you can always use ConvertStyledText function directly and inspect what it generates. And you can of course modify it and e.g. convert "* " on a beginning of a line to a list.

See also:

• WriteStyledTextEx(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Align as Integer, TextArea as TextArea, LeadingFactor as double = -1) as Boolean

Some examples using this method:

• /DynaPDF/DynaPDF Graphics/DynaPDF Graphics

See also WriteStyledTextEx function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteStyledTextEx(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Align as Integer, TextArea as TextArea, LeadingFactor as double = -1) as Boolean

Same as WriteFTextEx, but calls ConvertStyledText for you to convert the styled text to formatting commands.

LeadingFactor: Added in v21.0. If you pass a value > 0, the plugin will add \LD[] commands to styled text to set leading relative to font size. This way you define the spacing beteween lines. e.g. 1.2.

If you have a problem with the conversion, you can always use ConvertStyledText function directly and inspect what it generates. And you can of course modify it and e.g. convert "* " on a beginning of a line to a list.

See also:

• WriteStyledTextEx(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, Width as Double, Height as Double, Align as Integer, StyledText as StyledText, LeadingFactor as double = -1) as Boolean

See also WriteStyledTextEx function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteText(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, aText as string) as Boolean

The text parameter is converted to unicode.

See also:

• WriteText(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

See also WriteText function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteText(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

This version takes an array of integers. So if you are using the kcpUnicode on SetFont, please pass an array of unicode codepoints. If you use kcpGlyphIndexes, please pass an array of glyph values.

See also:

• WriteText(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, aText as string) as Boolean

See also WriteText function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteTextAnsi(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, aText as string) as Boolean   Deprecated

The text parameter is converted to ANSI, so use only with SetFont with kcp1252.

See also WriteText function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteTextDirect(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, aText as string) as Boolean

The text parameter is not converted, so pass a string in the right encoding.

See also:

• WriteTextDirect(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

DynaPDFMBS.WriteTextDirect(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

This version takes an array of integers. So pass in values in the encoding you are using. This can be glyph values or bytes in any encoding you selected in the SetFont method.

See also:

• WriteTextDirect(PosX as Double, PosY as Double, aText as string) as Boolean

DynaPDFMBS.WriteTextMatrix(Matrix as DynaPDFMatrixMBS, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

This version takes an array of integers. So if you are using the kcpUnicode on SetFont, please pass an array of unicode codepoints. If you use kcpGlyphIndexes, please pass an array of glyph values.

See also:

• WriteTextMatrix(Matrix as DynaPDFMatrixMBS, Text as string) as Boolean

Some examples using this method:

• /DynaPDF/Create PDF with demo string

See also WriteTextMatrix function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteTextMatrix(Matrix as DynaPDFMatrixMBS, Text as string) as Boolean

The text parameter is converted to unicode.

See also:

• WriteTextMatrix(Matrix as DynaPDFMatrixMBS, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

See also WriteTextMatrix function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteTextMatrixAnsi(Matrix as DynaPDFMatrixMBS, Text as string) as Boolean   Deprecated

The text parameter is converted to ANSI, so use only with SetFont with kcp1252.

See also WriteTextMatrix function in DynaPDF manual.

DynaPDFMBS.WriteTextMatrixDirect(Matrix as DynaPDFMatrixMBS, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean

This version takes an array of integers. So pass in values in the encoding you are using. This can be glyph values or bytes in any encoding you selected in the SetFont method.

See also:

• WriteTextMatrixDirect(Matrix as DynaPDFMatrixMBS, Text as string) as Boolean

DynaPDFMBS.WriteTextMatrixDirect(Matrix as DynaPDFMatrixMBS, Text as string) as Boolean

The text parameter is not converted, so pass a string in the right encoding.

See also:

• WriteTextMatrixDirect(Matrix as DynaPDFMatrixMBS, glyphs() as Integer) as Boolean