Create PDF tutorial for Javascript – CreatePDF.js – Javascript Tutorial PDF

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Create PDF tutorial for Javascript – CreatePDF.js – Javascript Tutorial PDF

Create PDF tutorial for Javascript shows how to generate PDF from Java Script using CreatePDF.js (Bytescout PDF Generator SDK for JS).

CreatePDF.js

function CreatePDF(IsInternetExplorer8OrLower) {

   // create BytescoutPDF object instance
   var pdf = new BytescoutPDF();
   // set document properties: Title, subject, keywords, author name and creator name
   pdf.propertiesSet("Sample document title", "Sample subject", "keyword1, keyword 2, keyword3", "Document Author Name", "Document Creator Name");
   
   // add 1st page
   pdf.pageAdd();
   // add page header with anchor
   pdf.textAdd(10, 20, '<a name="#page1"/><font face="Courier" size="15" color="#00ff00"><b><i>Page 1</i></b></font>', 0);
   // add link to page 2 by anchor
   pdf.textAdd(10, 50,'<u><font face="Helvetica" size="12" color="#0000ff"><a href="#page2">link to page #2 by anchor</a></font></u>', 0);
   // add link to page 3 by page number and offset ("#3#10")
   pdf.textAdd(10, 70,'<u><font face="Helvetica" size="12" color="#0000ff"><a href="#3#10">link to page #3 by page number and offset</a></font></u>', 0);
   
   // add 2nd page
   pdf.pageAdd();
   // add page header with anchor
   pdf.textAdd(10, 20, '<a name="#page2"/><font face="Courier" size="15" color="#00ff00"><b><i>Page 2</i></b></font>', 0);
   // add link to page 1 by anchor
   pdf.textAdd(10, 50,'<u><font face="Helvetica" size="12" color="#0000ff"><a href="#page1">link to page #1 by anchor</a></font></u>', 0);
   // add link to page 3 by page number and offset
   pdf.textAdd(10, 70,'<u><font face="Helvetica" size="12" color="#0000ff"><a href="#3#0">link to page #3 by page number and offset</a></font></u>', 0);
   
   // add 3nd page
   pdf.pageAdd();
   // add page header
   pdf.textAdd(10, 20, '<font face="Courier" size="15" color="#00ff00"><b><i>Page 3</i></b></font>', 0);
   // add link to page 1 by anchor
   pdf.textAdd(10, 50,'<u><font face="Helvetica" size="12" color="#0000ff"><a href="#page1">link to page #1 by anchor</a></font></u>', 0);
   // add link to page 2 by page number and offset
   pdf.textAdd(10, 70,'<u><font face="Helvetica" size="12" color="#0000ff"><a href="#2#0">link to page #2 by page number and offset</a></font></u>', 0);
   
   // add an external link
   pdf.pageSetIndex(1); // return back to the first page
   pdf.textAdd(100, 300, "link to google.com");
pdf.addLink(100, 280, 200, 30, 'http://www.google.com');

   // return BytescoutPDF object instance
   return pdf;
}

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