Java 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. Java

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = 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

    CkPdf pdf = new CkPdf();
    success = pdf.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/two_page_memo.pdf");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(pdf.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    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");

    CkJsonObject jsonOut = new CkJsonObject();
    success = pdf.Watermark("add",json,jsonOut);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(pdf.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("id: " + jsonOut.stringOf("id") + " pages: " + jsonOut.stringOf("pages"));

    success = pdf.WriteFile("qa_output/memo_letterhead.pdf");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(pdf.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Sample output:

    //  id: letterhead pages: 1
  }
}