VB.NET Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+

Put a Letterhead Behind the First Page of a PDF

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Demonstrates the pdfPage type, which places a page of another PDF as the watermark. It is the way to use a letterhead, a cover overlay or a vector logo that was saved as a PDF, and unlike an image it stays sharp at any size because it is drawn, not resampled. "zOrder" set to back puts it behind the existing content, where a letterhead belongs, and "pages" set to first restricts it to page one. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

'  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

'  The PDF used in this example is available at two_page_memo.pdf

'  The PDF used in this example is available at letterhead.pdf

Dim pdf As New Chilkat.Pdf
success = pdf.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/two_page_memo.pdf")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(pdf.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("type","pdfPage")
json.UpdateString("pdf.path","qa_data/pdf/letterhead.pdf")

'  The page of the source PDF to use (1 by default).  "match" instead of a number places source
'  page n on target page n, which suits a set of per-page backgrounds.
json.UpdateInt("pdf.page",1)

'  Behind the memo's own text, on page one, scaled to the page.
json.UpdateString("zOrder","back")
json.UpdateString("pages","first")
json.UpdateString("scale.fit","page")
json.UpdateString("id","letterhead")

Dim jsonOut As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = pdf.Watermark("add",json,jsonOut)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(pdf.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.WriteLine("id: " & jsonOut.StringOf("id") & " pages: " & jsonOut.StringOf("pages"))

success = pdf.WriteFile("qa_output/memo_letterhead.pdf")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(pdf.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Sample output:

'  id: letterhead pages: 1