ExportToRTF Method

The ExportToRTF method is used to export a PDF document to RTF format. It is recommended to use this method together with the OptimizeDocument method.

Syntax

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Parameters

Option	Value	Description
acRtfExportOptionAdvancedRTF	0	Advanced RTF: using frames to position objects.
acRtfExportOptionFullRTF	1	Full RTF: Text, Graphics and images with no frames.
acRtfExportOptionRTFText	2	Formatted Text only.
acRtfExportOptionText	3	Simple text, non-formatted.

Set this parameter True to enable tabs in the document, False (or 0) to replace tabs with spaces (Effective only for non-formatted simple text).

Remarks

This method uses the PageSequence or PageSecuenceStr attributes from Document Object to determine which pages are going to be exported.

Example

Visual Basic .Net
C#
C++
VBScript

<Flags>

Public Enum OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL

NO_OPTIMIZATION = 0

LINE_OPTIMIZATION = 1

PARAGRAPH_OPTIMIZATION = 2

TABLE_OPTIMIZATION = 3

End Enum

Sub Sample()

' Constants for Activation codes

Const strLicenseTo As String = "Amyuni PDF Creator Evaluation"

Const strActivationCode As String = "07EFCDAB010001004282943F2AF19A88F332D9E781E40460727DF8A42847A1BDE06DB61C71E94E2D90424BF8762385335F9D6884E9FC"

' Initializing PDFCreativeX Object

Dim pdf As ACPDFCREACTIVEX.PDFCreactiveX = New ACPDFCREACTIVEX.PDFCreactiveX()

' Set license key

pdf.SetLicenseKey(strLicenseTo, strActivationCode)

' Open an existent PDF file

Dim fileName As String = "c:\temp\PDFdocument.pdf"

Dim password As String = ""

pdf.Open(fileName, password)

' Optimization

Dim level As Integer = OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL.LINE_OPTIMIZATION

pdf.OptimizeDocument(level)

' Exporting

Dim outFileName As String = "c:\temp\file.rtf"

Dim options As ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acRtfExportOptions = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acRtfExportOptions.acRtfExportOptionText

DIm UseTabs As Long = 1

pdf.ExportToRTF(outFileName, options, UseTabs)

End Sub

[Flags]
public enum OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL
{
    NO_OPTIMIZATION = 0,
    LINE_OPTIMIZATION = 1,
    PARAGRAPH_OPTIMIZATION = 2,
    TABLE_OPTIMIZATION = 3
}
 
static void Sample()
{
    // Constants for Activation codes
    const string strLicenseTo = "Amyuni PDF Creator Evaluation";
    const string strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB010001004282943F2AF19A88F332D9E781E40460727DF8A42847A1BDE06DB61C71E94E2D90424BF8762385335F9D6884E9FC";
 
    // Initializing PDFCreativeX Object
    ACPDFCREACTIVEX.PDFCreactiveX pdf = new ACPDFCREACTIVEX.PDFCreactiveX();
 
    // Set license key
    pdf.SetLicenseKey(strLicenseTo, strActivationCode);
 
    // Open an existent PDF file
    string fileName = @"c:\temp\PDFdocument.pdf";
    string password = "";
    pdf.Open(fileName, password);
 
    // Optimization
    int level = (int)OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL.LINE_OPTIMIZATION;
    pdf.OptimizeDocument(level);
 
    // Exporting
    string outFileName = @"c:\temp\file.rtf";
    ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acRtfExportOptions options = ACPDFCREACTIVEX.acRtfExportOptions.acRtfExportOptionText;
    long UseTabs = 1;
    pdf.ExportToRTF(outFileName, options, UseTabs);   
 
 
}

#include <iostream>
#import "c:\users\amyuni\pdfcreactivex.dll" no_namespace
 
using namespace std;
 
enum OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL
{
    NO_OPTIMIZATION = 0,
    LINE_OPTIMIZATION = 1,
    PARAGRAPH_OPTIMIZATION = 2,
    TABLE_OPTIMIZATION = 3
};
 
int main()
{
    // Constants for Activation codes
    bstr_t strLicenseTo = "Amyuni PDF Creator Evaluation";
    bstr_t strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB010001004282943F2AF19A88F332D9E781E40460727DF8A42847A1BDE06DB61C71E94E2D90424BF8762385335F9D6884E9FC";
 
    // Initialize the COM subsystem
    CoInitialize(0);
 
    // IPDFCreactiveXPtr is a smart pointer type defined in pdfcreactivex.tlh,
    // the type library header file generated by the #import instruction above
    IPDFCreactiveXPtr pdf;
 
    // Create the PDFCreactiveX instance
    pdf.CreateInstance(__uuidof(PDFCreactiveX));
 
    // set license key
    pdf->SetLicenseKey(_bstr_t(strLicenseTo), _bstr_t(strActivationCode));
 
    // Open an existent PDF file
    _bstr_t fileName = "c:\\temp\\PDFdocument.pdf";
    _bstr_t password = "";
    pdf->Open(fileName, password);
 
    // Optimization
    int level = (int)LINE_OPTIMIZATION;
    pdf->OptimizeDocument(level);
 
    // Exporting
    bstr_t outFileName = "c:\\temp\\file.rtf";
    acRtfExportOptions options = acRtfExportOptionText;
    long UseTabs = 1;
    pdf->ExportToRTF(outFileName, options,  UseTabs);    
 
    // destroy objects
    pdf = NULL;
 
    return 0;
}

' acRtfExportOptions

Const acRtfExportOptionAdvancedRTF = 0

Const acRtfExportOptionFullRTF = 1

Const acRtfExportOptionRTFText = 2

Const acRtfExportOptionText = 3

Const acRtfExportOptionTextANSI = 4

' Optimization level

Const NO_OPTIMIZATION = 0

Const LINE_OPTIMIZATION = 1

Const PARAGRAPH_OPTIMIZATION = 2

Const TABLE_OPTIMIZATION = 3

' Constants for Activation codes

Const strLicenseTo = "Amyuni PDF Creator Evaluation"

Const strActivationCode = "07EFCDAB010001004282943F2AF19A88F332D9E781E40460727DF8A42847A1BDE06DB61C71E94E2D90424BF8762385335F9D6884E9FC"

' Initializing PDFCreativeX Object

Dim pdf

Set pdf = CreateObject("PDFCreactiveX.PDFCreactiveX.6.5")

' Set license key

pdf.SetLicenseKey strLicenseTo, strActivationCode

' Open an existent PDF file

Dim fileName

fileName = "c:\temp\PDFdocument.pdf"

Dim password

password = ""

pdf.Open fileName, password

' Optimization

Dim level

level = LINE_OPTIMIZATION

pdf.OptimizeDocument level

' Exporting

Dim outFileName

outFileName = "c:\temp\file.rtf"

Dim options

options = acRtfExportOptionText

Dim UseTabs

UseTabs = 1

pdf.ExportToRTF outFileName, options, UseTabs

' destroy objects

Set pdf = Nothing