Optional Print Sections

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   Hi,

I'm trying to add either a line or text (just an indicator, like an asterisk) to a PDF, but I'm trying to make them optionally printable (up to the user, armed only with the PDF file).  In Adobe Reader, when printing, the user has the option to print: Document, Document and Markup, Document and Stamps.  Are there any QuickPDF functions which I can use in the Markup or Stamps category that would fit this criteria?  I tried AddTextMarkupAnnotation, thinking 'Markup' might work, but it didn't work as expected.

Thanks!

-John

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jt234 Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 06 Sep 11 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote jt234 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Optional Print Sections Posted: 06 Sep 11 at 11:23PM
	Hi, I'm trying to add either a line or text (just an indicator, like an asterisk) to a PDF, but I'm trying to make them optionally printable (up to the user, armed only with the PDF file). In Adobe Reader, when printing, the user has the option to print: Document, Document and Markup, Document and Stamps. Are there any QuickPDF functions which I can use in the Markup or Stamps category that would fit this criteria? I tried AddTextMarkupAnnotation, thinking 'Markup' might work, but it didn't work as expected. Thanks! -John

AndrewC Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 08 Dec 10 Location: Geelong, Aust Status: Offline Points: 841	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Sep 11 at 1:09PM
	You should try Optional Content Groups. These are like layers and can be made Optional for printing and viewing. The layers show up in the left hand side panel in Acrobat next to the Outlines/Bookmarks, Thumbnails and Signatures toolbar panel. GetOptionalContentGroupPrintable SetOptionalContentGroupPrintable GetOptionalContentGroupVisible SetOptionalContentGroupVisible You can also make form field printing optional with GetFormFieldPrintable SetFormFieldPrintable Here is some 7.26 code that shows creation of a document with Optional Content Groups private void button7_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Create three new optional content groups int CapturedPageID; double PageHeight; double PageWidth; int fileA, fileB; int OCG_Back = 0; int layer; // True = create a background OCG layer. False = Create a fixed background. bool useBackgroundOCG = true; QP.NewDocument(); QP.SetOrigin(1); // Save file to disk with new layers PageHeight = QP.PageHeight(); PageWidth = QP.PageWidth(); // QP.SaveToFile("layers.pdf"); fileA = QP.SelectedDocument(); // You can only use the DrawCapturedPage function if the captured page is in the same // document, so first we'll need to merge the two pages that we wish to overlay together // into one document. //QP.LoadFromFile("debenu final tm.pdf"); QP.LoadFromFile("JavaScript.pdf"); fileB = QP.SelectedDocument(); // After merging FileB is automatically deleted, leaving only FileB which is now a combination of FileA and FileB QP.SelectDocument(fileA); QP.MergeDocument(fileB); QP.SaveToFile("combined.pdf"); // Capture the second page in the merged document CapturedPageID = QP.CapturePage(2); QP.SelectDocument(fileA); QP.SelectPage(1); // Create a background OCG if useBackgroundOCG = true if (useBackgroundOCG) OCG_Back = QP.NewOptionalContentGroup("Background"); QP.DrawText(100, 100, "Background"); // Draw the captured page onto the currently selected OCG int ret = QP.DrawCapturedPage(CapturedPageID, 0, 0, PageWidth, PageHeight); if (useBackgroundOCG) { QP.SetLayerOptional(OCG_Back); QP.SetOptionalContentGroupVisible(OCG_Back, 1); } // Now add the two OCG's with some text. int OCG1 = QP.NewOptionalContentGroup("Layer 1"); int OCG2 = QP.NewOptionalContentGroup("Layer 2"); // Select the page that you want the layers to be associated with. QP.SelectPage(1); // Add OCG 1 layer = QP.NewLayer(); QP.SelectLayer(layer); QP.DrawText(180, 100, "Layer 1"); QP.SetLayerOptional(OCG1); QP.SetOptionalContentGroupVisible(OCG1, 1); // Add OCG 2 layer = QP.NewLayer(); QP.SelectLayer(layer); QP.DrawText(260, 100, "Layer 2"); QP.SetLayerOptional(OCG2); QP.SetOptionalContentGroupVisible(OCG2, 1); // Save the stitched file to disk QP.SaveToFile("ocg.pdf"); System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"ocg.pdf"); }