Save Function    

Saves the document as PDF.

 

    

Syntax		  

[C#]
virtual void Save(string path)
virtual void Save(Stream stream)

[Visual Basic]
Sub Save(ByVal path As String)
Sub Save(ByRef stream As Stream)

Throws Exceptions may throw Exception()

 

    

Params		  
Name Description
path

The destination file path.
stream The destination stream.

 

    

Notes		  

Use this method to export the current document as PDF. The supplied path is used as the destination. Any existing file will be overwritten.

ABCpdf operates an intelligent just-in-time object loading scheme which ensures that only those objects that are required are loaded into memory. This means that if you are modifying large documents then server load will be kept to a minimum. The original PDF document must be available for as long as the Document object is being used.

As a result you cannot read, modify and overwrite a PDF file. You will need to save your PDF to another location and then swap the two files round.

If you need to obtain a PDF as raw data you can use the GetData function.

Versions. ABCpdf automatically determines the version depending on the features you use. If you use features from only the 1.1 specification it will write a 1.1 PDF. If you use 1.3 features it will write a 1.3 PDF. If you use 1.4 features it will write a 1.4 PDF. Ditto 1.5 and 1.6.

If you're using a PDF template or drawing from another PDF the final output will be the minimum version used in these templates. In many real world applications this will be the factor which determines the version in the final output produced by ABCpdf.

There is no advantage in producing a 1.6 document if you're not using features from the 1.6 feature set. To do this will simply stop users of older versions of Acrobat from accessing a document which should be available to them.

 

    

Example		  

The following code illustrates how one might add text to a PDF and then save it out.

[C#]
Doc theDoc = new Doc();
theDoc.FontSize = 96;
theDoc.AddText("Hello World");
theDoc.Save(Server.MapPath("docsave.pdf"));
theDoc.Clear();

[Visual Basic]
Dim theDoc As Doc = New Doc()
theDoc.FontSize = 96
theDoc.AddText("Hello World")
theDoc.Save(Server.MapPath("docsave.pdf"))
theDoc.Clear()


docsave.pdf