Can you DrawText on PDF opened with DAOpenFile

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   Hello All,

I have the following code and it does not display the text on the saved pdf. My question is can you use the Draw methods with files that are opened with the DAOpenFile?

m_fh = m_qp.DAOpenFile("C:\Temp\MyPDFFile.pdf", "")

Call m_qp.SetOrigin(1)
Call m_qp.SetTextSize(10)
Call m_qp.SetTextAlign(1)
Call m_qp.DrawText(m_qp.PageWidth() / 2, m_qp.PageHeight / 2 + (m_qp.GetTextSize() / 2), "This it my centred text")

Call m_qp.DASaveAsFile(m_fh, "C:\temp\test.pdf")

Thanks in advance.

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bmcdonald Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 19 Sep 11 Location: Mason, OH Status: Offline Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote bmcdonald Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Can you DrawText on PDF opened with DAOpenFile Posted: 23 Sep 11 at 8:40PM
	Hello All, I have the following code and it does not display the text on the saved pdf. My question is can you use the Draw methods with files that are opened with the DAOpenFile? m_fh = m_qp.DAOpenFile("C:\Temp\MyPDFFile.pdf", "") Call m_qp.SetOrigin(1) Call m_qp.SetTextSize(10) Call m_qp.SetTextAlign(1) Call m_qp.DrawText(m_qp.PageWidth() / 2, m_qp.PageHeight / 2 + (m_qp.GetTextSize() / 2), "This it my centred text") Call m_qp.DASaveAsFile(m_fh, "C:\temp\test.pdf") Thanks in advance.

Wheeley Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 30 Oct 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 146	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wheeley Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Sep 11 at 9:16PM
	The short answer is no. You can only use the direct access functions when you open a function using the direct access method (DAOpenFile). So to do drawing, you need to open the whole file to memory using the other open file methods. Wheeley

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3530	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Sep 11 at 5:36PM
	So if you need both functionalities... a bit from DA... and a bit from NON-DA... you should do it in two steps: First the DA-functionalities and after Free a new Load and the NON-DA-functions. Cheers, Ingo