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Display a PDF in Visual Basic Six

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Topic: Display a PDF in Visual Basic Six

Posted By: dg6yhw11
Subject: Display a PDF in Visual Basic Six
Date Posted: 25 Jul 14 at 12:13AM

I have mastered the art of creating my PDF but I cannot display it.

My development language is Microsoft VB 6.

Trying to use the Adobe DLL crashes the system.

Do you have a function in your library that will do this?

Thank you.

Murray

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Posted By: Ingo
Date Posted: 25 Jul 14 at 6:40AM

Hi Murray,

if your pdf-creation was successfully you can check with QuickPDF.

You only have to load the pdf with LoadFromFile and the returning value tells you if it's okay ;-)

You can Show your pdf-pages using the render-functions inside QuickPDF.

Additionally there's a new pdf-viewer-sdk from Debenu based on QuickPDF.

Here you can read about all functions:
http://www.debenu.com/docs/pdf_library_reference/FunctionGroups.php" rel="nofollow - http://www.debenu.com/docs/pdf_library_reference/FunctionGroups.php
Here you can read all about the render-functions:
http://www.debenu.com/docs/pdf_library_reference/RenderingAndPrinting.php" rel="nofollow - http://www.debenu.com/docs/pdf_library_reference/RenderingAndPrinting.php

Cheers and welcome here,

Ingo

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Cheers,
Ingo

Posted By: dg6yhw11
Date Posted: 25 Jul 14 at 6:36PM

Thanks Ingo.

I do know about the functions you referenced but they don't quite fill the bill. I want to display the PDF, allow the user to interact with it and then capture the interactions. (My software completes government forms).

I am a brand-new user who purchased the library a couple of weeks ago. I don't recall any mention of an SDK. I'll try to find it on your site.

Posted By: Ingo
Date Posted: 26 Jul 14 at 4:54PM

So you wanna build a pdf-editor.

Really heavy stuff.

How long are you developing with pdf... 5 years... 10 years?

You won't get success with QuickPDF creating a real pdf-editor.

QuickPDF is worth each dollar and more of its price but it's still a low cost product and your requirements are too much for it.

Perhaps it's possible but not only with QuickPDF. A lot of own development would be necessary.

Cheers, Ingo

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Cheers,
Ingo

Posted By: AndyD
Date Posted: 28 Jul 14 at 4:27PM

Murray, when you say you want the user to interact with the pdf, how do you mean? filling fields etc or more?

Regards

Andy