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Set Graphics State for PDF | VBScript and VB6
GraphicsState.vbs:
VB
' This example demonstrates how to save and restore the graphics state. ' Create Bytescout.PDF.Document object Set pdfDocument = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDF.Document") pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo" pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo" ' If you wish to load an existing document uncomment the line below And comment the Add page section instead ' pdfDocument.Load("existing_document.pdf") Set comHelpers = pdfDocument.ComHelpers ' Add page Set page1 = comHelpers.CreatePage(comHelpers.PAPERFORMAT_A4) pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page1) Set canvas = page1.Canvas ' Keep current graphics state canvas.SaveGraphicsState() ' Transform coordinates and draw rectangle canvas.TranslateTransform 200, 200 canvas.RotateTransform 45 Set blueBrush = comHelpers.CreateSolidBrush(comHelpers.CreateColorRGB(0, 0, 255)) canvas.DrawRectangle_2 (blueBrush), 0, 0, 100, 100 ' Restore the state and draw the same rectangle canvas.RestoreGraphicsState() Set redBrush = comHelpers.CreateSolidBrush(comHelpers.CreateColorRGB(255, 0, 0)) canvas.DrawRectangle_2 (redBrush), 200, 200, 100, 100 ' Save document to file pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf") ' Open document in default PDF viewer app Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") shell.Run "result.pdf", 1, false