Bookmark at document start

[indalgds]

Is it possible to create a custom named bookmark pointing to the first page of a pdf document created thru the printer driver?

In my usecase, this is required because the created pdf files is to be merged with other files later.

[Chris - Tracker Supp]

Hi indalgds,

Yes please refer to the PDFX4DRV_API.pdf Help File Topic 3.2.4 Method AddBookmarkItem pg.44.

Regards,
Chris

[indalgds]

As I understood the method AddBookmarkItem it adds a rule to autodetect text formated with a given font, size and/or style as bookmarks. If that is true, it will not work here. As written in my first post, I need to add a bookmark using a provided text that is not part in the created pdf file.

Another example is an image that is printed thru the pdf-xchange driver to get the pdf file. In that case no text detection rule can ever create a bookmark because the pdf file simply does not contain any text.

[Ivan - Tracker Software]

No, I'm afraid there are no ways to create such bookmark via the driver.

[Lzcat - Tracker Supp]

One possible suggestion, if you are using Driver API SDK you have full control over printing and you have code which to do this. So it is possible to do the following - providing you also have a PDF-XChange PRO SDK or PDF-Tools SDK license - the driver alone is insufficient regarding licensed use of this function:


1. Print each part to a separate file and collect names, but do not merge them via the print driver.

2. Merge the files using the PDF-Tools SDK xcpro40 library, adding the required bookmarks.

This will require more coding, but you will have more control and possibilities. For example you may sign resulting merged PDF file, add some other content, separate pages, etc.