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by lidds
Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:45 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Change default stamp path
Replies: 7
Views: 3290

Re: Change default stamp path

Thanks for your help. I have this working now

Simon
by lidds
Sun Mar 26, 2023 8:39 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: PDF Shape Recognition
Replies: 1
Views: 1938

PDF Shape Recognition

Hopefully, this does not breach the Tracker board terms and conditions. If so, please remove it. My company is seeking someone with more experience with PDFXChange API and PDF format than ours. We would like to chat with anyone in this community who would have the knowledge and expertise to use to P...
by lidds
Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:23 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Change default stamp path
Replies: 7
Views: 3290

Re: Change default stamp path

Thanks for the quick response. However, is there a way to specify a completely different path? The reason why I ask is that my application has stamps per project which are saved on a network path. When a user logs into my application it copies the stamps for the project they logged into to there loc...
by lidds
Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:31 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Change default stamp path
Replies: 7
Views: 3290

Change default stamp path

At the moment PDFXChange looks at the following directory for the stamp palettes:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Tracker Software\PDFXEditor.SDK\Stamps

Is there a way to modify the location of the directory that is used via code?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Wed Jan 18, 2023 6:39 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Auto scale stamp on placement
Replies: 1
Views: 2089

Auto scale stamp on placement

I was wondering if there is a way to automatically scale a stamp in the X and Y axis when the stamp is placed?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Thu Sep 22, 2022 11:40 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Manually change measure text
Replies: 2
Views: 532

Re: Manually change measure text

Hi, I was wondering if anyone from tracker software could help me with this question.

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Mon Sep 19, 2022 3:46 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Get Created Date of annot state
Replies: 3
Views: 539

Re: Get Created Date of annot state

Hi Stefan, Thank you for your response. The problem is that the .getProps() works on annots, but does NOT work on a state object. var p = states[k].getProps(); for ( o in p ) console.println( o + " : " + p[o] ); Gives the following error: Console:Exec:19: TypeError: states[k].getProps is n...
by lidds
Mon Sep 19, 2022 12:20 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Get Created Date of annot state
Replies: 3
Views: 539

Get Created Date of annot state

I am running the below JavaScript code to get the annotation states and return information on them. However what I would like is to get the Creation Date of the state instead of the Modified Date, is this possible? I have tried changing the modDate to creationDate and searched through the Acrobat AP...
by lidds
Mon Sep 19, 2022 10:35 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Manually change measure text
Replies: 2
Views: 532

Manually change measure text

Is there away that I can change the value/text of the distance tool via code. I have users who want to use the distance tool to show measurements on a drawing, however this drawing is not to scale. Therefore they would like to place the measure annot and then be able to change the distance shown. I ...
by lidds
Wed Jul 20, 2022 9:20 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Change color of Callout text
Replies: 4
Views: 593

Re: Change color of Callout text

Thank you Vasyl, this worked perfectly
by lidds
Tue Jul 19, 2022 10:26 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Change color of Callout text
Replies: 4
Views: 593

Re: Change color of Callout text

I was wondering if possible for someone to have a look at this as it's the last thing I need to fix before releasing my next version.

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Sun Jul 17, 2022 10:18 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Change color of Callout text
Replies: 4
Views: 593

Change color of Callout text

Hi, I am using the following code to change the text color to grey. This works fine if the user changes when placing the annot element changed the font type, color, bold etc. but not if just entering text as is. I believe this is due to the fact that when a user modified the font style, color etc. i...
by lidds
Thu Jul 14, 2022 10:14 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Import comments file to signed document
Replies: 1
Views: 456

Import comments file to signed document

I have an application that allows users to create annotations on a document and then these annots are exported to fdf files, therefore no annots are saved to the document. This allows users to turn on and off various annots from different departments. This all works fine. The problem I am facing is ...
by lidds
Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:28 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Add text under image
Replies: 9
Views: 1116

Re: Add text under image

Thank you so much this worked perfectly.

Simon
by lidds
Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:08 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Add text under image
Replies: 9
Views: 1116

Re: Add text under image

Hi zarkogatic & Tracker support, I have had a look at the Core API demo project that zarko kindly pointed me towards, thank you for your help. I am however still facing an issue with placing the text, the below gives no error, but however does not write any text to the PDF. Obviously doing somet...
by lidds
Wed Apr 06, 2022 5:29 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Add text under image
Replies: 9
Views: 1116

Re: Add text under image

Hi žarko, Could you please give me the link to the core demo, I have the fulldemo, and using the below link it does not seem to contain a CoreDemo project: https://github.com/tracker-software/PDFEditorSDKExamples/tree/master/CSharp Also, if possible could you point me to the code section (once you g...
by lidds
Wed Apr 06, 2022 3:33 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Add text under image
Replies: 9
Views: 1116

Re: Add text under image

I was wondering if anyway could help on this?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Mon Apr 04, 2022 3:14 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Add text under image
Replies: 9
Views: 1116

Add text under image

I am adding a PDF document as an image and what I want to do is add the date and time under the image, and I was hoping you could advise how to do this. Below is the following code that I am using to add the image: Dim nID As Integer = MISData.Instance.frmMain.docPreview.Inst.Str2ID("op.documen...
by lidds
Thu Jul 01, 2021 3:10 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Crop tool not remove every outside of box
Replies: 7
Views: 2596

Re: Crop tool not remove every outside of box

Thanks for the update Alex, however I would imagine it will be weeks for an update, which is understandable. As I said previously is there a way using current API features that I could remove elements outside the crop region as a temporary fix. Even if it means looping through pdf elements and compa...
by lidds
Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:24 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Crop tool not remove every outside of box
Replies: 7
Views: 2596

Re: Crop tool not remove every outside of box

Hi Alex, Glad that you can reproduce the error as that is normally half the battle when developing products, as we all know. This is quite urgent from my side as the crop tool is used a lot in my product, so if your developer has some code as a work around until incorporated into your next release t...
by lidds
Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:40 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Crop tool not remove every outside of box
Replies: 7
Views: 2596

Re: Crop tool not remove every outside of box

Hi, I think the reason why it is working for you is that you are not cropping an actual PDF with graphical data on it, but a blank document with annots. I can confirm that the surplus elements that remain are not annots, but actually original PDF graphical elements. I have emailed to your support em...
by lidds
Tue Jun 29, 2021 5:38 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: MaskEx and FlagEx
Replies: 1
Views: 1096

MaskEx and FlagEx

Could someone explain in stupid term what the difference is between MaskEx, FlagEx against normal Flag etc. Does the Ex add a new property to the current annot properties?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Mon Jun 28, 2021 2:46 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Crop tool not remove every outside of box
Replies: 7
Views: 2596

Crop tool not remove every outside of box

I am using the croppage tool to crop a page and my code below. This code works, but since upgrading to 354 it crops the area, but does not remove every element on the page outside of the cropbox region (see images below, showing this in the FullDemo project). Any help would really appreciated, even ...
by lidds
Sun Jun 27, 2021 11:59 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Export a specific annot
Replies: 29
Views: 4676

Re: Export a specific annot

I am trying to export a list of annots, however I am getting the following error: System.AccessViolationException HResult=0x80004003 Message=Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt. Source=<Cannot evaluate the exception source> StackTrace...
by lidds
Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:15 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Export comments of visible layers
Replies: 10
Views: 5438

Re: Export comments of visible layers

Is this able to be done in version 354 using the API?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Sun Jun 13, 2021 2:30 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: zorder of annots
Replies: 2
Views: 829

Re: zorder of annots

Can anyone help with this?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Sun Jun 13, 2021 2:30 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Export individual annots
Replies: 3
Views: 1417

Re: Export individual annots

Can anyone help with this?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:09 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Export individual annots
Replies: 3
Views: 1417

Export individual annots

I know this was on the road map, so I was wondering if it is possible to export individual annots in the new SDK version?

If so is there any chance you could share some code on how this would be achieved?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:02 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: zorder of annots
Replies: 2
Views: 829

zorder of annots

I have an annot (text) in one fdf layer and another annot (rectangle with background) in another fdf file, when the rectangle is drawn over the text it initially hides the text. Then when loading the annot fdf files the text maybe on top of the rectangle instead of hidden beneath it. Even if I send ...
by lidds
Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:19 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Query on build 353
Replies: 1
Views: 595

Query on build 353

I was wondering if the layer feature was able to be included in the 353 SDK release?

If so is is possible to provide some code on how to create layers, add annots to that layer and turn on and off the layer visibility?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:17 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Export a specific annot
Replies: 29
Views: 4676

Re: Export a specific annot

I notice build 353 SDK has been released.

Is it possible to give an example code of how to export individual annots?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:58 pm
Forum: Editor Videos
Topic: Presenting Build 353
Replies: 11
Views: 8899

Re: Presenting Build 353

This looks good especially the docusign interface, will this be available in the SDK release?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:00 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Given the sad news about the end of SDKs ... some peek into the near future please
Replies: 7
Views: 1725

Re: Given the sad news about the end of SDKs ... some peek into the near future please

Alex,

Could I also jump on this thread for the next release.

One thing that I feel would be really beneficial is for the Layer features that were added in the last Xchange Editor Pro End User tool to be exposed to the API.

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Wed Mar 03, 2021 12:05 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Remote execution of commands
Replies: 1
Views: 578

Remote execution of commands

Hi, I am trying to develop a remote collaboration document mark-up tool, which basically means I want to allow a one user to use PDFXchange Editor SDK to draw on a document and then the same annots etc. to be displayed on the second users document. Obviously I have developed a tool to transfer messa...
by lidds
Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:45 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Export a specific annot
Replies: 29
Views: 4676

Re: Export a specific annot

Hi Alex, Is there no way that you can create a branch off your master code branch so you can incorporate this change? Sorry to put pressure, but PDFXchange SDK releases are about every 4 months which is quite sometime to wait for something that could be beneficial to quite some users. Thanks Simon
by lidds
Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:50 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Tell if an annot is being pasted
Replies: 3
Views: 681

Re: Tell if an annot is being pasted

Hi Alex, Is there any chance you could give me some guidance on this. I have created listeners before for PDFXChange Editor, but these are listening for GUI control events e.g. modifying the font size dropdown etc. I am unsure how to listen for the cmd.paste command as this could be executed by some...
by lidds
Tue Feb 16, 2021 3:18 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Tell if an annot is being pasted
Replies: 3
Views: 681

Tell if an annot is being pasted

I have a scenario where I need to change Locked flag on an annotation if it is a copy of an existing annot e.g. if the user selected an annot, copy and then pasted. Is there a way I can tell if this is the situation, so that on the op.annots.addNew I can change the lock flag to unlock the annot? Tha...
by lidds
Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:22 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Export a specific annot
Replies: 29
Views: 4676

Re: Export a specific annot

Alex,

That's great news.

Is there any chance of getting my hands on this improvement before an initial release as this would be really amzing for my tool?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:26 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Custom StateModel not honoured in Acrobat
Replies: 1
Views: 495

Custom StateModel not honoured in Acrobat

MyCustomStatus_1080.zip Within my application I have given the user to create custom annot statuses and for these to be added as a StateModel, which I believe is the correct way according to Adobe PDF format. Below is an example JS code for this: // Create the state model Collab.addStateModel({ cNa...
by lidds
Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:08 am
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Export a specific annot
Replies: 29
Views: 4676

Re: Export a specific annot

Thanks Alex, This would be really appreciated and I feel it would be a really useful feature especially with a tool like mine where there are hundreds of mark-ups and having to remove them to export an annot .fdf file does take some time for the end user and code on my part. Keep up the good work, a...
by lidds
Fri Jan 29, 2021 7:45 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Export a specific annot
Replies: 29
Views: 4676

Export a specific annot

Is there a way to export a specific annot into a .fdf file?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:26 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Intercept when esc key is pressed
Replies: 1
Views: 525

Intercept when esc key is pressed

I have a situation that if a user has selected to place an annot element e.g. Rectangle and they press ESC on the keyboard to exit the command I need to intercept that the ESC key has been pressed. I have trying the following, but with no joy: Public Sub OnEvent(pSender As PDFXEdit.IUIX_Obj, pEvent ...
by lidds
Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:07 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Export comments of visible layers
Replies: 10
Views: 5438

Re: Export comments of visible layers

Hi Alex, Thank you for the information. I have been looking around on the internet for hours and find very little on explaining OCG within PDF's. As you have stated that the new layer features are not accessible through the API at the moment, I was wonder if you would be able to explain the step tha...
by lidds
Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:07 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Export comments of visible layers
Replies: 10
Views: 5438

Re: Export comments of visible layers

Alex, Thank you for answering all my questions regarding the layer feature. Was initially really excited about this feature as it would have saved me having my current coded method of loading department annotation exported files and deleting those specific annotations if the user wishes to turn off ...
by lidds
Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:00 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Accessing layer annot collection
Replies: 1
Views: 513

Accessing layer annot collection

In v9 you can add specific annotations to a layer. I am assuming that a reference from layer to annot name (GUID) is stored somewhere? Is it possible to get the collection of annot names that are linked with a layer?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:57 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Export comments of visible layers
Replies: 10
Views: 5438

Export comments of visible layers

Is it possible to export comments of only visible layers?

I have downloaded the PDF XChange Editor v9 application and even if I hide a layer and then export the comment to a .fdf file it seems to export all annotations even if the layer is hidden.

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:54 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Default layer and adding annot
Replies: 1
Views: 492

Default layer and adding annot

I have just seen that you have released the new v9 and I have a few questions regarding the layer feature. In the PDF XChange Editor v9, I have noticed that any new annotation / comments only get added to the default layer if the Layers pane is open. Is there a way that using the API you can make it...
by lidds
Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:51 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Add annot to layer via code
Replies: 1
Views: 532

Add annot to layer via code

I have just seen that you have released the new v9 and I have a few questions regarding the layer feature.

Is it possible to add an annot to a specific layer and if so how?

Thanks

Simon
by lidds
Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:50 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Creating a new layer via code
Replies: 1
Views: 476

Creating a new layer via code

I have just seen that you have released the new v9 and I have a few questions regarding the layer feature. Are you able to create a layer via code, as I searched the forum and saw this post https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=34780&p=144500&hilit=layer#p144500 which was fr...
by lidds
Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:23 pm
Forum: PDF-XChange Editor SDK
Topic: Hide tab popup menu
Replies: 12
Views: 3336

Re: Hide tab popup menu

Hi žarko, Thank you for the response, the problem is that the OnEvent is not fired on a right mouse click when the command handler is associated with the DocViewsArea. It is almost like the command handler should not be linked to the DocViewArea, but something like DocViewForm etc. Any ideas Thanks ...