http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:36:28 +0000 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:08:41 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.01 360 www.quickpdf.org/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1046 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/forum_images/QPDF_Forum_Title.png http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/cant-edit-existing-pdf-docs_topic1046_post4922.html#4922 Author: Ingo
Subject: 1046
Posted: 26 Mar 09 at 6:08PM

Hi Noah!

Is the original pdf encrypted (Then first unencrypt it)?
Is there a main or user password (then first unlock the file with the correct password)?
BTW: It's more clean if you#re using a new layer if you want to add text.

Cheers, Ingo

]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:08:41 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/cant-edit-existing-pdf-docs_topic1046_post4922.html#4922 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/cant-edit-existing-pdf-docs_topic1046_post4921.html#4921 Author: nwebster
Subject: 1046
Posted: 26 Mar 09 at 6:04PM

Thanks. I've tried setting the Origin to 1, and I left the standard units as is. But it won't draw on an existing pdf file. Only when I create a new pdf. When I do this:

pdfLibrary.NewDocument();
pdfLibrary.DrawText(100, 500, "sample text here");
pdfLibrary.SaveToFile("samplefile.pdf");

It works fine. But when I do this:

pdfLibrary.LoadFromFile("originalpdf.pdf");
pdfLibrary.DrawText(100, 500, "sample text here");
pdfLibrary.SaveToFile("samplefile.pdf");

It doesn't work. I can delete and add pages to the existing doc, but can't use drawtext (or draw anything for that matter) on it.
]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:04:37 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/cant-edit-existing-pdf-docs_topic1046_post4921.html#4921 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/cant-edit-existing-pdf-docs_topic1046_post4919.html#4919 Author: Ingo
Subject: 1046
Posted: 26 Mar 09 at 5:56PM

Hi Noah!

What i can tell you first is ..
What you wanna do is possible. Adding something is always a good job for QuickPDF - Removing content is for each pdf-library a hard job ;-)

Please have a look here:
http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1035
If the file is existing after the unlock-function you have to use
LoadFromFile ...
Please use the search-function from the menu above and search for "DrawText"... I'm pretty sure that you#ve written something on your samples but perhaps it's too small or out of the normal range 'cause you didn't set the starting main values like SetMeasurementUnits and SetOrigin.

Don't be afraid - It's easy with QuickPDF!

Cheers, Ingo
]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:56:28 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/cant-edit-existing-pdf-docs_topic1046_post4919.html#4919 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/cant-edit-existing-pdf-docs_topic1046_post4918.html#4918 Author: nwebster
Subject: 1046
Posted: 26 Mar 09 at 5:38PM

I've got a pdf document (that I did not create) that I need to add some text to. However, whenever I try and use DrawText on the document, nothing happens. Even if I insert a new page and try to draw on it, nothing happens. Its only new documents that I create with QuickPDF that I can write to. Is this a limitation of the software, or am I missing something here?

I'm looking for the ability to add a new page with some content in the beginning, and then add a watermark on each page. This is being done in C#. Can anyone assist me with these issues?
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