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Create New PDF Document - VBScript and VB6

PDF SDK sample in VBScript and VB6 demonstrating ‘Create New PDF Document’

CreateDocument.vbs
' This example demonstrates how to create a document and save it to file.

' 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)

' Add sample content
Set timesFont = comHelpers.CreateStandardFont(comHelpers.STANDARDFONTS_TIMES, 24)
Set blackBrush = comHelpers.CreateSolidBrush(comHelpers.CreateColorGray(0))
page1.Canvas.DrawString "Hello world!", (timesFont), (blackBrush), 20, 20

' 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

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