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SetLayoutOptionString

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Mar 22, 2022
novaPDF 11.x
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The SetLayoutOptionString method sets an option of string type for a layout object
HRESULT SetLayoutOptionString(
[ in, string ] LPCWSTR p_pwsObjectId,
[ in, string ] LPCWSTR p_pwsLayoutId,
[ in ] LONG p_nOption,
[ in ] LPCWSTR p_wsValue
);

Parameters:

p_pwsObjectId
[in] object id (watermark text, watermark image, overlay, signature or content)
p_pwsLayoutId
[in] layout id (obtained with GetLayout )
p_wsOption
[in] option constant
p_wsValue
[in] the value of the option to set.

Return values:

S_OK on success or COM error code
NV_NOT_INITIALIZED - Initialize was not called
NV_UNKNOWN_PROFILE - no profile loaded
NV_INVALID_OPTION - wrong option constant
NV_PROFILE_ERROR - cannot find option in profile
NV_WRONG_OPTION_TYPE - option is not of type long

Remarks:

You can find the complete list of option names in the Profile option strings chapter. In the Include folder of novaPDF SDK installation folder you can find the definitions for all options in the next files: novaOptions.h, novaOptions.pas, Globals.bas.

For layout options, see Working with Layout objects.