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Open adode pdf and edit a page by adding a text box

I'm quite new to vba coding with adobe and can't get any code to work. I first need to open a pdf located in my documents (with adobe acrobat) and then edit the 5th page by adding a textbox/or a number of text boxes. I was wondering if this was possible and if there was code to do this. I have Adobe Acrobat XI Standard, which allows me to edit pdfs manually and create text boxes where needed. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Solution

  • After trawling through adobes documentation on OLE automation and API references, I found that you can actually code very well in VBA with acrobat. Enjoy and adapt to your needs. Here is a link to adobe's API reference: http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/iac_api_reference.pdf 

    Sub RMS_pdf()

 Application.DisplayAlerts = False
 Application.CutCopyMode = False


Set wb1 = Workbooks.Open(Filename:="\\ldnfortunenet\fortunenetdocuments\William Hadman\Suitability\RMS\RMS Product Governance Reports\" & LongNewDate & "\RMS Product Governance Report.xlsm", UpdateLinks:=True)

Set ws1 = wb1.Sheets("Performance & Volatility")
    Set ws2 = wb1.Sheets("Asset Allocation")
    Set ws3 = wb1.Sheets("Detailed Contribution")


OpenPath = "\\ldnfortunenet\fortunenetdocuments\William Hadman\Aushir Shah\RMS Product Governance Reports\RMS Product Governance Report - 2016-10-31 -  CDF Direct Diversified Income.pdf"
SavePath = "\\ldnfortunenet\fortunenetdocuments\William Hadman\Aushir Shah\RMS Product Governance Reports\RMS Product Governance Report - 2016-10-31 -  CDF Direct Diversified Income v2.pdf"
'initialize the Acrobat interface
Set AcroApp = CreateObject("AcroExch.App")
Set gpdDoc = CreateObject("AcroExch.PDDoc")
'open the file
If gpdDoc.Open(OpenPath) Then
Set jso = gpdDoc.GetJSObject
End If
'get at the jso
If Not jso Is Nothing Then
If gpdDoc.Open(dest) Then
Set jso = gpdDoc.GetJSObject
End If

LastPage = gpdDoc.GetNumPages - 1

Set Box1 = jso.AddField("Performance Comment - " & StrategyName(4), "text",            LastPage, Array(583.8, 706.32, 224.7, 583.2))
Box1.TextFont = "Helvetica"
Box1.TextSize = 8

Else
End If
If gpdDoc.Save(PDSaveFull, SavePath) = False Then
MsgBox "Unable to save image"
Else
End If