Classic ASP Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+

PDF Placeholders with Other Delimiters: [[name]]

Demonstrates the "placeholderSyntax" option. Placeholders are {{name}} by default; a template written with other delimiters, such as [[name]] or <>, says so with placeholderSyntax, written around the word "name".

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

'  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 letter_template.pdf

set pdf = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Pdf")
success = pdf.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/letter_template.pdf")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( pdf.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  The letter reads: "Dear [[name]]," ... "expires on [[expiry]]" ... "[[amount]] per year" ... "[[agent]]".
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("placeholderSyntax","[[name]]")
success = json.UpdateString("placeholders.date","October 18, 2026")
success = json.UpdateString("placeholders.name","Ms. Rivera")
success = json.UpdateString("placeholders.expiry","December 31, 2026")
success = json.UpdateString("placeholders.amount","$299.00")
success = json.UpdateString("placeholders.agent","Dana Whitfield, Account Manager")

set jsonOut = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = pdf.TextReplace("apply",json,jsonOut)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Not applied: " & jsonOut.Emit()) & "</pre>"
    If (success = 0) Then
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( pdf.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
        Response.End
    End If

End If

i = 0
count_i = jsonOut.SizeOfArray("replacements")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonOut.I = i
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "[[" & jsonOut.StringOf("replacements[i].field") & "]] replaced") & "</pre>"
    i = i + 1
Loop

success = pdf.WriteFile("qa_output/letter_rivera.pdf")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( pdf.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Sample output:

'  [[date]] replaced
'  [[name]] replaced
'  [[expiry]] replaced
'  [[amount]] replaced
'  [[agent]] replaced

%>
</body>
</html>