2-Minute PDF Designer Version 1.0 User`s Manual
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1. Set the format to which you want to convert the document to Sample shows conversion to PDF data SelectedFormat DocumentFormats PDF Set the format specific properties 2 Minute PDF Designer www rarefind com Page 5 of 8 2 Minute PDF Designer Version 1 0 User s Manual data PDFProperties PageProperties PageSize DocumentSize A4 Assign your license key data PDFProperties LicenseKey 12345 12345 12345 12345 Finally call the export method data Export Second scenario is to create documents from the scratch For that you have to install 2 Minute PDF Designer as a NET component After successful installation a new component Graphics will appear in Toolbox You can drop this component in your application and create digital documents Using the Properties window you can set all the properties of component Sample Code Note For class library reference please refer to Help Here is the classical Hello world example e Drop a Graphics component on to a form By default the name of the component is Graphics1 e Use the following code to create a PDF document with the text Hello World Select output document format You can set this at Design time also Graphics1 SelectedFormat DocumentFormats PDF Start the document creation by using the BeginDoc method Graphics1 BeginDoc Start a new page by using the BeginPage method Graphics1 BeginPage Draw Hello World str2. data Export 2 Minute PDF Designer www rarefind com Page 7 of 8 2 Minute PDF Designer Version 1 0 User s Manual 9 Using LicenseKey property On purchase of the product you receive a License key via E Mail With the license key you can unlock the evaluation version of the product into a full working product Follow the steps below to enter the license key 1 RareFind DigitalDocumentCreation Graphics class exposes a LicenseKey property Associate your License Key with this property Sample Code e Add RareFind DigitalDocumentCreation namespace in the using section Create an Object of DocumentData DocumentData data new DocumentData j Associate your License Key with the LicenseKey property data PDFProperties LicenseKey 12345 12345 12345 12345 12345 In this sample replace 12345 12345 12345 12345 12345 with your License Key 2 The product shall now operate in registered mode Pop up messages Shall stop appearing Please visit http www rarefind com for upgrades and latest information about the product 2 Minute PDF Designer www rarefind com Page 8 of 8
3. every printer in every office Electronic publishing tools are becoming available to more people than ever before People can now create digital documents quickly and easily People need ways to share information without having to print it on paper Publishing electronic documents on a network can achieve this objective However not all electronic documents can be published easily Some electronic documents need special software on the client computer to decipher the information stored inside it Installing necessary software on every client computer becomes economically unviable However Adobe s Acrobat Reader software and Web Browser software are freely available People can easily share information among client computers if the information is in PDF or HTML format Portable Document Format PDF is a universal file format that preserves all of the fonts formatting colors and graphics of any source document The Hypertext Markup Language HTML is a simple markup language used to create hypertext documents that are platform independent and can be viewed using any Web Browser Microsoft Word and Excel are very popular word processing and spreadsheet applications Sharing information in Word Format Doc allows content authoring and editing Excel Sheets XLS are useful while performing mathematical calculations The information age has seen an explosion of information People need intelligent tools to assimilate represent and share this inf
4. 2 Minute PDF Designer Version 1 0 User s Manual 2 Minute PDF Designer Version 1 0 User s Manual rare Find The User s Manual is Copyright 2009 RAREFIND ENGINEERING INNOVATIONS All Rights Reserved 2 Minute PDF Designer www rarefind com Page of 8 2 Minute PDF Designer Version 1 0 User s Manual Table of Contents ls OVERVIEW sneen ENEE E E tuccesealeviaueesd N E AOR 3 2i TOCPOAUCUHIOM Yass ane cves ss itaiseetereactusieas slates sactinc TE EAEE EE AEA EEEE EEEE EEEE EER 3 De Instalati oMr ren e RE EEEE EEO ETE 4 A Up Installation voici sienna stan eirin nE EEEE ANAE EEEE E ANEETA E EEA 4 6 Installing 2 Minute PDF Designer as NET component eessssseereeesesrsrrrrrrrrrerserrerrere 5 7 How to use 2 Minute PDF Designer as a component esssesseeseessssrrrerrrerrsssssrserrerrere 5 6 How to use 2 Minute PDF Designer as a library seneseessererrreresrersrrrrrrrreererrrerers 6 Ve Savet SEIM e ie ae ARE EENE EAEE E EEA RE T 2 Minute PDF Designer www rarefind com Page 2 of 8 2 Minute PDF Designer Version 1 0 User s Manual 1 Overview Digital document business is interestingly evolving as companies are forced to re examine output business processes exposing inefficiencies from outdated thinking and products Every organization and every individual realize the high cost of printers huge volumes of wasted paper and recurring cost of printing ink Yet we see mounting stacks of wasted paper around
5. indicates the folder where you have installed this product 5 Click OK to successfully install the product as a NET component The Graphics component then appears in the Toolbox window selected 7 How to use 2 Minute PDF Designer as a component 2 Minute PDF Designer component can be used in two ways to create digital documents You can use it to create documents from the template designed using the designer and saved as an xml file or you can create documents from the scratch programmatically To explain the first scenario create a template using the designer save it as an xml file And then use that xml file to generate documents Sample Code Note For class library reference please refer to Help Here is the classical Hello world example Sample Code Note For class library reference please refer to Help Here is the classical Hello world example Create an Object of DocumentData DocumentData data new DocumentData j Load the saved xml file by giving its path data Load C Test xml File path is for demonstration only Access the details of the pages in the document by providing their name PageData page data GetPage Pagel Access individual widget details in a page by providing their name TextData text TextData page GetWidget Text1 Change the values of different properties by setting new values text Text Hello World text FontName Arial
6. ing or to restrict access to confidential documents PDF files can be magnified without losing visual accuracy using controls provided by Adobe Acrobat Reader This feature can be especially useful for zooming in on images or diagrams containing intricate details 2 Minute PDF Designer www rarefind com Page 3 of 8 2 Minute PDF Designer Version 1 0 User s Manual Extensible Markup Language XML is a markup language that describes data preserving all the formatting colors and graphics of the data You can retrieve the data from the XML file and create digital documents in any of the supported formats The Hypertext Markup Language HTML is a markup language file format that preserves all the formatting colors and graphics of any source document regardless of the application used to create it HTML files can be shared viewed navigated by anyone with a Web Browser 3 Installation IMPORTANT before you proceed with this installation 1 Download the latest version of 2 Minute PDF Designer from www rarefind com 2 Un Install any previous version of 2 Minute PDF Designer 3 Close all development tools before installing 2 Minute PDF Designer After you have downloaded the executable file Setup program Invoke the Setup program The Setup program automatically installs 2 Minute PDF Designer on your system 4 Un Installation Follow the steps below to Un install 2 Minute PDF Designer from your System 1 Close all Applicatio
7. ing on to the page Graphics1 DrawString Hello World new Font Arial 12 new SolidBrush Color Black 100 100 Specify the end of a Page by using the EndPage method Graphics1 EndPage Specify the end of the Document by using the EndDoc method Graphics1 EndDoc 6 How to use 2 Minute PDF Designer as a library You can create digital documents using 2 Minute PDF Designer as a library without installing it as a component in the IDE In this case you have to set all the properties programmatically Use the code below to create digital documents using 2 Minute PDF Designer Sample Code Note For class library reference please refer to Help Here is the classical Hello world example e Add RareFind PDFDocumentCreation namespace in the using section e Use the following code to create a PDF document with the text Hello World Create a RareFind PDFDocumentCreation Graphics object Specify the Document Format and document File name Graphics Graphicsl new Graphics DocumentFormats PDF C My Documents Sample pd Set all the properties of Graphicsl here You can also set the properties using the Properties Dialog Start the document creation by using the BeginDoc method Graphics1 BeginDoc Start a new page by using the BeginPage method 2 Minute PDF Designer www rarefind com Page 6 of 8 2 Minute PDF Designer Version 1 0 User s Manual Graphics1 BeginPage D
8. ns using 2 Minute PDF Designer 2 Double click the setup file and select Remove2 Minute PDF Designer 3 This shall completely remove 2 Minute PDF Designer from your system OR 1 Close all Applications using 2 Minute PDF Designer 2 Go to Control Panel from the Start menu 3 Open Add Remove Programs 4 Select 2 Minute PDF Designer and click Remove 5 This shall completely remove 2 Minute PDF Designer from your system 5 How to use 2 Minute PDF Designer 1 Go to the lt 2 Minute PDF Designer gt Bin folder where lt 2 Minute PDF Designer gt indicates the folder where you have installed this product Click on the 2 Minute PDF Designer exe Use the designer with a rich collection of tools to create a template of a document 4 Save the document as a xml file WN 2 Minute PDF Designer www rarefind com Page 4 of 8 2 Minute PDF Designer Version 1 0 User s Manual 6 Installing 2 Minute PDF Designer as NET component Use the steps below to install 2 MINUTE PDF DESIGNER as a component in VisualStudio NET 1 Open the ToolBox window by selecting View Toolbox 2 Right Click in the Toolbox window and select Customize Toolbox to show the Customize Toolbox Window 3 In the Customize Toolbox Window select NET Framework components tab 4 Click on the Browse button and select RareFind PDFDocumentCreation dll from lt 2 Minute PDF Designer gt Bin folder where lt 2 Minute PDF Designer gt
9. ormation and to move one step closer to a paperless world 2 Introduction 2 Minute PDF Designer is a tool to design templates of digital documents from the scratch It also incudes a NET library to convert such templates to virtually any document in Adobe Portable Document Format PDF Extensible Markup Language XML Hypertext Markup Language HTML BMP JPEG PNG GIF TIFF EMF WMF or Exif complete with fonts and graphics Other users can view your work on Microsoft Windows Mac OS LINUX and UNIX platforms 2 Minute PDF Designer does not require any additional software other than the NET runtime 2 Minute PDF Designer follows the GDI model thus reducing the learning time and increasing productivity 2 Minute PDF Designer can be used both from WinForms and WebForms ASP NET applications without any restrictions Adobe Portable Document Format PDF is a universal file format that preserves all the text fonts formatting colors and graphics of any source document regardless of the computer system and application used to create it PDF files are compact and can be shared viewed and printed exactly as the author intended PDF files can be opened with free Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF documents can contain multiple languages such as Chinese and English on the same page PDF documents can be printed predictably with proper margins and page breaks PDF files can be secured with passwords to lock against undesired changes or print
10. raw Hello World string on to the page Graphics1 DrawString Hello World new Font Arial 12 new SolidBrush Color Black 100 100 Specify the end of a Page by using the EndPage method Graphics1 EndPage Specify the end of the Document by using the EndDoc method Graphics1 EndDoc 7 Save to Stream Create digital documents using 2 Minute PDF Designer and stream the output into a Stream Use the code below when you need to export reports programmatically and get the output in a Stream object Sample Code Note For class library reference please refer to Help Here is the classical Hello world example e Add RareFind PDFDocumentCreation namespace in the using section e Use the following code to create a PDF document with the text Hello World and Stream it to MemoryStream Create a MemoryStream object to store the PDF document System IO MemoryStream stream new System IO MemoryStream Create a RareFind PDFDocumentCreation PDFDom DocumentData object DocumentData data new DocumentData Load the xml file data Load C Test xml File path is for demonstration only Select the output document format data SelectedFormat DocumentFormats PDF Set OutputToStream property to true to stream output to UserStream data OutputToStream true Specify the user stream data UserStream stream Start the document creation by using the Export method
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