Page size and margins

[g.politi]

Hi,

I wonder if it's possible to get for each page the size (e.g. A4 or 297x210) and the margins.
The margins are useful to avoid to print data outside the printer margins

Thanks for the help

G

[John - Tracker Supp]

Hi,

there is no way consistent way to extract the page margins I am afraid - technically it could be possible to do so if the file contained this in the 'ArtBox' property - but it is rarely used and will not be in 99% of the files you will have.

With regards the page dimensions - these can be obtained by use of the MediaBox. If the CropBox is set too - get it and intersect with the MediaBox.

See the function : PXCp_PageGetBox etc and also there is an example in the examples folder which should help you get started ..

HTH

[g.politi]

Hi!

thanks for the tip .... I tried using:

iPage := 0;
hr := PXCp_PageGetBox( hDocument, iPage, PB_MediaBox, @rect);

but the value returned in rect doesn't match the document size reported by acrobat read. E.g. the PDF is 8,27 x 11,69 in (standard A4) and the rect return 595 x 841,89.

I guess there's something should be translated from pixel to inch ?

Regards

G

[Lzcat - Tracker Supp]

Hi.

If you want to deal with PDF files in any depth - you will find it extremely beneficial to review the PDF specification (PDFReference), where you can find a lot of helpful information, including an answer to your question

In short - standard unit for PDF dimensions and coordinates is point (pt), which is 1/72 of inch.

The PDF reference is freely available from Adobe's site for all to download and review - as of today's date - this is the correct and current link;

http://www.adobe-direct.com/devnet/pdf/ ... chive.html

HTH.

[g.politi]

Thanks for the useful informations!

best regards

G

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Our Pleasure G!

Cheers,
Stefan