PDFPAGE_CreateControl

This method creates a button control in a PDF document.

Syntax

LONG PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Button (
BSTR buttonName,
LONG left,
LONG top,
LONG right,
LONG bottom
)

Parameters

buttonName

Name of the control

left

X coordinate of the ltop-left corner of the bounding rectangle

top

Y coordinate of the ltop-left corner of the bounding rectangle

right

X coordinate of the bottom-right corner of the bounding rectangle

bottom

Y coordinate of the bottom-right corner of the bounding rectangle

Return value

Index of the button

Remarks

This method creates a button control with name buttonName on the current PDF page in an area bounded by the coordinates given.

The return value is an annotation/control identifier in document's annotations collection and can be used in AddControlToAction, CurrentAnnotationIndex.

Equivalent in new interface: IPDFDocument4::AddButton.

Example

Creating a Button

Delphi

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{ PDF object is supposed to be created }
PDF.BeginDoc;
PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Button('btn1', 10, 10, 110, 23);
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Caption := 'Caption';
PDF.EndDoc;

C/C++

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// PDF object is supposed to be created
PDF->BeginDoc();
PDF->PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Button("btn1", 10, 10, 110, 23);
PDF->PDFANNOTATION_Caption = "Caption";
PDF->EndDoc();

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// PDF object is supposed to be created
PDF.BeginDoc();
PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Button("btn1", 10, 10, 110, 23);
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Caption = "Caption";
PDF.EndDoc();

Visual Basic

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' PDF object is supposed to be created
PDF.BeginDoc
PDF.PDFPAGE_CreateControl_Button "btn1", 10, 10, 110, 23
PDF.PDFANNOTATION_Caption = "Caption"
PDF.EndDoc

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