GdPictureImaging.TwainPdfStart Method (String, Boolean, String, String, String, String, String)

Creates an empty PDF file in order to transfer multiple page using the TwainAddGdPictureImageToPdf() until the TwainPdfStop() function is called.

public int TwainPdfStart(
    String FilePath, 
    Boolean PDFA, 
    String Title, 
    String Author, 
    String Subject, 
    String Keywords, 
    String Creator
);

Visual Basic

Public Function TwainPdfStart(
    ByVal FilePath As String, 
    ByVal PDFA As Boolean, 
    ByVal Title As String, 
    ByVal Author As String, 
    ByVal Subject As String, 
    ByVal Keywords As String, 
    ByVal Creator As String
) As Integer

Parameters

Parameters	Description
FilePath	The path of the PDF to create.
PDFA	True to generate PDF in PDF/A format else False.
Title	The title of the PDF.
Author	The PDF Author.
Subject	The PDF Subject.
Keywords	The PDF Keywords.
Creator	The name of the application which creates the PDF.

Returns

0: The PDF could not created. Use the GetStat() function to determine the reason this function failed.

Non-zero: A PDF Identifier.

Example

How to scan pages of a document feeder to a multipage PDF/A file.

Copy Code

Dim oGdPictureImaging As New GdPictureImaging
Dim ImageID As Integer
Dim bContinue As Boolean = True
Dim PdfID As Integer
 
oGdPictureImaging.SetLicenseNumber("XXX") 'Replace XXX by a demo or commercial license key
 
 
oGdPictureImaging.TwainOpenDefaultSource(Me.Handle)
oGdPictureImaging.TwainSetAutoFeed(True)
oGdPictureImaging.TwainSetAutoScan(True)
 
PdfID = oGdPictureImaging.TwainPdfStart("output.pdf", True, "", "", "", "", "")
If PdfID <> 0 Then
   While bContinue
         ImageID = oGdPictureImaging.TwainAcquireToGdPictureImage(Me.Handle)
         oGdPictureImaging.TwainAddGdPictureImageToPdf(PdfID, ImageID)
         oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(ImageID)
         bContinue = (oGdPictureImaging.TwainGetState > TwainStatus.TWAIN_SOURCE_ENABLED)
   End While
   oGdPictureImaging.TwainPdfStop(PdfID)
End If
oGdPictureImaging.TwainCloseSource()