Distill Method

Visual Basic
C#
Objective-C
Java
C++

public void Distill( 
   PDFDistillerOptions distillerOptions,
   string destinationFileName
)

'Declaration
 
Public Sub Distill( _
   ByVal distillerOptions As PDFDistillerOptions, _
   ByVal destinationFileName As String _
)

'Usage
 
Dim instance As PDFFile
Dim distillerOptions As PDFDistillerOptions
Dim destinationFileName As String
 
instance.Distill(distillerOptions, destinationFileName)

public:
void Distill( 
   PDFDistillerOptions^ distillerOptions,
   String^ destinationFileName
)

Parameters

distillerOptions: The options to use when creating the PDF file. Cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).
destinationFileName: Name of the destination PDF file to be created. Cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

To use this method, associate this PDFFile object with a valid Postscript file. You can achieve this by either using the PDFFile(string fileName) constructurs or set the file name and directly into the FileName property. Since the file is Postscript, you must not call Load before using this method.

This method will use the following properties of this PDFFile object to create the destination PDF file:

DocumentProperties. If the value of this property is null (Nothing in Visual Basic), then default properties will be used
SecurityOptions. If the value of this property is not null (Nothing in Visual Basic), then the destination file will be encrypted using the properties of this property. If the value of this property is null (Nothing in Visual Basic), the result file will not be encrypted
CompatibilityLevel. The version of the generated PDF file

Visual Basic
C#
WinRT C#
WinRT JavaScript
Silverlight C#
Silverlight VB

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Imports Leadtools
Imports Leadtools.Codecs
Imports Leadtools.Pdf
Imports Leadtools.WinForms

Public Sub PDFFileDistillExample()
   Dim sourceFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "LEAD.ps")
   Dim destinationFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "LEAD_ps.pdf")

   ' Set the source PS file
   Dim file As New PDFFile(sourceFileName)

   ' Setup the distill options, eBook optimized
   Dim options As New PDFDistillerOptions()
   options.AutoRotatePageMode = PDFDistillerAutoRotatePageMode.PageByPage
   options.OutputMode = PDFDistillerOutputMode.EBookOptimized
   file.Distill(options, destinationFileName)
End Sub

Public NotInheritable Class LEAD_VARS
Public Const ImagesDir As String = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images"
End Class

using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Codecs;
using Leadtools.Pdf;
using Leadtools.WinForms;

public void PDFFileDistillExample()
{
   string sourceFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"LEAD.ps");
   string destinationFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"LEAD_ps.pdf");

   // Set the source PS file
   PDFFile file = new PDFFile(sourceFileName);

   // Setup the distill options, eBook optimized
   PDFDistillerOptions options = new PDFDistillerOptions();
   options.AutoRotatePageMode = PDFDistillerAutoRotatePageMode.PageByPage;
   options.OutputMode = PDFDistillerOutputMode.EBookOptimized;
   file.Distill(options, destinationFileName);
}

static class LEAD_VARS
{
public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images";
}

Target Platforms

Reference

PDFFile Class
PDFFile Members