How to Create or Edit a PDF with Python

Once you have installed PDF Creator Pilot on your system it is available for use from Python.

This sample demonstrates how to use PDF Creator Pilot with Python to create and edit PDF documents.

You need to import the win32com.client library to be able to work with COM.

Example

Creating and Editing a PDF Document

Python

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import sys
import win32com.client

PDF = win32com.client.Dispatch("PDFCreatorPilot.PDFDocument4")
PDF.SetLicenseData("demo", "demo")
PDF.Compression = 1
 
## you may open an existing PDF, provide password if needed
PDF.Open("first.pdf", "")

## you may change document properties
oldTitle = PDF.UnicodeTitle
print "Old title is '" + oldTitle + "'"
PDF.UnicodeTitle = u"-=[ my new title ]=-"

## you may add a new page
PDF.NewPage()
fnt = PDF.AddBuiltInFont(1, 0, 0)
PDF.UseFont(fnt, 14)
PDF.ShowTextAt(30, 30, "This page came from Python.")

## you may append an existing PDF, provide password if needed
PDF.Append("second.pdf", "")

## save and open it in default PDF viewer
PDF.SaveToFile("test.pdf", 1)

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