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Delphi Sample - Hello World Delphi

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Mar 28, 2022
novaPDF 11.x
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Hello World Delphi sample is a simple Windows console application that prints one page with the "Hello World from Delphi!" text to the novaPDF SDK.
It demonstrates the basic use of the INovaPDFOptions interface. The printing job is made with calls to the global Printer object defined by Delphi. Text is printed using Canvas.TextOut method.
It generates a "Hello World.pdf" file in the working folder.

Notice

If you print an existing document using "ShellExecute()" function or you want to handle printing events, you should check the VCL Converter sample instead.

Source code

program HelloWorld;

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  ActiveX,
  Printers,
  Windows,
  novaOptions in '..\..\..\include\novaOptions.pas',
  novapiLIB80_TLB in '..\..\..\include\novapiLIB11_TLB.pas',
  Nova in 'Nova.pas';

const

  //name of novaPDF Printer
  PRINTER_NAME    = 'novaPDF SDK 11';

  //text to be written in the PDF file
  PDF_TEXT        = 'Hello world from Delphi!';

  //PDF file name
  PDF_FILE_NAME   = 'HelloWorld_Delphi';

  //Print profile name
  PROFILE_NAME    = 'HelloWorld Delphi Profile';
  PROFILE_IS_PUBLIC = 0;

var
  hr : HRESULT;
  pNova : INovaPdfOptions11;
  strOldActiveProfileID : WideString;
  strNewProfileID : WideString;
  //decomment next code if you use workaround for printer index (see below)
  //Device, Driver, Port: array[0..80] of Char;
  //DevMode: THandle;
begin

  //initialize COM
  hr := ActiveX.CoInitialize(nil);
  if (FAILED (hr)) then begin
    System.Writeln('Failed to initialize COM');
    exit;
  end;

  //create one NovaPdfOptions instance
  pNova := nil;
  hr := ActiveX.CoCreateInstance(CLASS_NovaPdfOptions11, //CLSID_CNovaPdfSource,
                                 nil,
                                 CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                                 IID_INovaPdfOptions11,
                                 pNova);
  if (FAILED(hr))   then begin
    System.Writeln('Failed to create novaPDF COM object');
    exit;
  end;

    // initialize the NovaPdfOptions object to use with a printer licensed for SDK
  pNova.Initialize2( PRINTER_NAME, '');

  pNova.SetDefaultPrinter();

  // now the default printer is novaPDF printer but the Printer object is not updated
  // here is a workaround to update the Printer object with the default printer
  // you only need this code if you check later on the Printer.PrinterIndex to find out the default printer
  //Printer.GetPrinter(Device, Driver, Port, DevMode);
  //Printer.SetPrinter(PRINTER_NAME, Driver, Port, 0);

  //create a new profile with default settings
  pNova.AddProfile2(PROFILE_NAME, PROFILE_IS_PUBLIC, strNewProfileID);

  //load the newly created profile
  if SUCCEEDED(hr) and (Length(strNewProfileID) > 0) then begin
    pNova.LoadProfile2(strNewProfileID);
  end else begin
    System.Writeln('Failed to create profile');
    exit;
  end;

  // set novaPDF options
  // uncomment the function calls for the options you wish to set and change the options in nova.cpp unit
  //AddProfileOptions(pNova);
  //AddDocumentInformation(pNova);
  //AddViewerOptions(pNova);
  //AddLinksOptions(pNova);
  //AddAdvancedOptions(pNova);
  //AddGraphicsOptions(pNova);
  //AddEmbedFontsOptions(pNova);
  //AddBookmarksDefinitions(pNova);
  //AddSecurity(pNova);
  //AddSaveOptions(pNova);
  //AddAfterSaveActions(pNova);
  //AddEmailOptions(pNova);
  //AddWatermarkImage(pNova);
  //AddWatermarkText(pNova);
  //AddPageContentOptions(pNova);
  //AddOverlayOptions(pNova);
  //AddSignatureOptions(pNova);

  //save profile changes
  pNova.SaveProfile();

  //get current default profile id
  pNova.GetActiveProfile2(strOldActiveProfileID);
  //set as active profile for printer
  pNova.SetActiveProfile2(strNewProfileID);

  //start print job
  Printer.Title := PDF_FILE_NAME;
  Printer.BeginDoc();
  Printer.Canvas.Font.Size := 24;
  Printer.Canvas.TextOut( 100, 80, PDF_TEXT);
  Printer.endDoc();
  System.Writeln('Print job finished');

  //restore default profile
  pNova.SetActiveProfile2(strOldActiveProfileID);
  pNova.DeleteProfile2(strNewProfileID);
  //resore default printer
  pNova.RestoreDefaultPrinter();

  //release NovaPdfOptions
  //  pNova._Release();

  ActiveX.CoUninitialize();

end.