DocumentCreate Method

Create a new PDF document.

Documents with created with this method are writable and can be modified.

Namespace: PdfTools.Toolbox.Pdf
Assembly: PdfTools.Toolbox (in PdfTools.Toolbox.dll) Version: 1.0.0+fdabb036503e9f99735634a6d4f5be875399e9f5

Syntax

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public static Document Create(
	Stream stream,
	Conformance? conformance,
	Encryption encryption
)

Parameters

stream Stream

The stream where the PDF document is stored.

Both, read and write access is required.

conformance NullableConformance

The required conformance level of the PDF document. Adding pages or content from incompatible documents or using incompatible features will lead to a conformance error.

When using , the conformance is determined automatically, based on the conformance of the input documents and the requirements of the used features.

Note that for PDF/A document it is highly recommended to set an output intent using OutputIntent.

encryption Encryption

the optional encryption parameters

Return Value

Document
the newly created document instance

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
IOException	Error writing to the stream.
ConformanceException	If the conformance level is lower than 1.7 and Unicode passwords are specified. In this context "a Unicode password" is essentially one containing characters that are not in the Windows ANSI encoding (Windows Code Page 1252).
ArgumentNullException	if stream is .

Reference

Document Class

PdfTools.Toolbox.Pdf Namespace