VB.NET Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+

Page Numbers, Dates and the File Name in a PDF Watermark

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Demonstrates the placeholders a text watermark understands, each replaced per page as the watermark is added: {page} is the page number, {pages} the page count, {date:FORMAT} the current local date and time, and {filename} the name of the file that was loaded. Two braces give a literal brace. pageNumber.start sets what {page} is on the first page, which is how a numbering that ignores a cover is produced, and pageNumber.style formats both {page} and {pages} as decimal, romanUpper, romanLower, letterUpper or letterLower. 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 four_pages.pdf

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


Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("type","text")
json.UpdateString("text","Page {page} of {pages}  -  printed {date:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}  -  {filename}")
json.UpdateString("id","pagefoot")
json.UpdateString("position.align","bottom")
json.UpdateNumber("position.margin","24")
json.UpdateNumber("font.size","9")
json.UpdateString("color","#505050")

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("footer pages: " & jsonOut.StringOf("pages"))

'  Roman numerals that start at i on page 2, so that a cover page is not numbered.
Dim pdf2 As New Chilkat.Pdf
success = pdf2.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/four_pages.pdf")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(pdf2.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim json2 As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json2.UpdateString("type","text")
json2.UpdateString("text","- {page} -")
json2.UpdateString("id","roman")
json2.UpdateString("pages","2-")
json2.UpdateInt("pageNumber.start",1)
json2.UpdateString("pageNumber.style","romanLower")
json2.UpdateString("position.align","bottom")
json2.UpdateNumber("font.size","10")
success = pdf2.Watermark("add",json2,jsonOut)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(pdf2.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

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

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


'  Sample output:

'  footer pages: 1-4
'  roman pages: 2-4