SaveDocumentToPDF(Stream) Method

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Saves the document currently handled by this AnnotationManager object in PDF format to an instantiated Stream object according to what you have specified. The document is saved with full GdPicture/XMP annotation support.

Please consider using the AnnotationManager.BurnAnnotationsToPage method before saving, if you expect, that your annotations will be included in the document content, for example for printing or to disable their editing.

The AnnotationManager.SavingProgress event is raised after each successfully saved page, when processing the image-based documents, in other words if you are saving the multi-page TIFF file to PDF document.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
Delphi
JScript
Managed Extensions for C++
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function SaveDocumentToPDF( _
   ByVal Stream As Stream _
) As GdPictureStatus

public GdPictureStatus SaveDocumentToPDF( 
   Stream Stream
)

public function SaveDocumentToPDF( 
    Stream: Stream
): GdPictureStatus;

public function SaveDocumentToPDF( 
   Stream : Stream
) : GdPictureStatus;

public: GdPictureStatus SaveDocumentToPDF( 
   Stream* Stream
)

public:
GdPictureStatus SaveDocumentToPDF( 
   Stream^ Stream
)

Parameters

Stream: A System.IO.Stream object where the resulting PDF document will be saved to. This Stream object must be initialized before it can be sent into this method and it should remain open for subsequent use.

Return Value

A member of the GdPictureStatus enumeration. If the method has been successfully followed, then the return value is GdPictureStatus.OK. We strongly recommend always checking this status first.

Remarks

Just to remind you that if you want to permanently incorporate the annotations to be part of the document content, you need to use the AnnotationManager.BurnAnnotationsToPage method before saving the document.

The AnnotationManager.SavingProgress event is raised, when processing the image-based documents using this method.

The output stream should be open for writing and should be closed/disposed by the user as well.

This method requires the Annotations component to run.

Example

How to save the handled document to a PDF formatted file using a stream.

VB.NET
C#

Using annotationManager As AnnotationManager = New AnnotationManager()
    If (annotationManager.InitFromFile("test.pdf") = GdPictureStatus.OK) AndAlso
       (annotationManager.PageCount > 0) AndAlso (annotationManager.SelectPage(1) = GdPictureStatus.OK) Then
        Dim stamp As GdPicture14.Annotations.AnnotationRubberStamp = annotationManager.AddRubberStampAnnot(Color.Red, 0.5F, 0.5F, 2, 1, "APPROVED")
        If stamp IsNot Nothing Then
            stamp.Rotation = 20
            Dim oFileStream As System.IO.FileStream = New System.IO.FileStream("test_approved.pdf", System.IO.FileMode.Create)
            If (annotationManager.SaveAnnotationsToPage() = GdPictureStatus.OK) AndAlso
               (annotationManager.BurnAnnotationsToPage(True) = GdPictureStatus.OK) AndAlso
               (annotationManager.SaveDocumentToPDF(oFileStream) = GdPictureStatus.OK) Then
                MessageBox.Show("Finished successfully!", "AnnotationManager.SaveDocumentToPDF")
            Else
                MessageBox.Show("The file can't be saved. Status: " + annotationManager.GetStat().ToString(), "AnnotationManager.SaveDocumentToPDF")
            End If
            oFileStream.Dispose()
            stamp.Dispose()
        Else
            MessageBox.Show("The rubber stamp annotation can't be created. Status: " + annotationManager.GetStat().ToString(), "AnnotationManager.SaveDocumentToPDF")
        End If
        annotationManager.Close()
    Else
        MessageBox.Show("The AnnotationManager can't be properly initialized. Status: " + annotationManager.GetStat().ToString(), "AnnotationManager.SaveDocumentToPDF")
    End If
End Using

using (AnnotationManager annotationManager = new AnnotationManager())
{
    if ((annotationManager.InitFromFile("test.pdf") == GdPictureStatus.OK) &&
        (annotationManager.PageCount > 0) && (annotationManager.SelectPage(1) == GdPictureStatus.OK))
    {
        GdPicture14.Annotations.AnnotationRubberStamp stamp = annotationManager.AddRubberStampAnnot(Color.Red, 0.5f, 0.5f, 2, 1, "APPROVED");
        if (stamp != null)
        {
            stamp.Rotation = 20;
            System.IO.FileStream oFileStream = new System.IO.FileStream("test_approved.pdf", System.IO.FileMode.Create);
            if ((annotationManager.SaveAnnotationsToPage() == GdPictureStatus.OK) &&
                (annotationManager.BurnAnnotationsToPage(true) == GdPictureStatus.OK) &&
                (annotationManager.SaveDocumentToPDF(oFileStream) == GdPictureStatus.OK))
                MessageBox.Show("Finished successfully!", "AnnotationManager.SaveDocumentToPDF");
            else
                MessageBox.Show("The file can't be saved. Status: " + annotationManager.GetStat().ToString(), "AnnotationManager.SaveDocumentToPDF");
            oFileStream.Dispose();
            stamp.Dispose();
        }
        else
            MessageBox.Show("The rubber stamp annotation can't be created. Status: " + annotationManager.GetStat().ToString(), "AnnotationManager.SaveDocumentToPDF");
        annotationManager.Close();
    }
    else
        MessageBox.Show("The AnnotationManager can't be properly initialized. Status: " + annotationManager.GetStat().ToString(), "AnnotationManager.SaveDocumentToPDF");
}

Reference

AnnotationManager Class
AnnotationManager Members
Overload List
SaveDocumentToJPEG(Stream,Int32) Method
SaveDocumentToTIFF(Stream,TiffCompression) Method
SavingProgress Event
BurnAnnotationsToPage(Boolean) Method