PDFLib7MBS.A0height as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Height of a DIN A 0 page.
Example:

dim p as PDFLibMBS

p=new PDFLibMBS
MsgBox str(p.a0_height)

Notes:
Value is 3368.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A0height as double.

PDFLib7MBS.A0width as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Width of a DIN A 0 page.
Notes:
Value is 2380.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A0width as double.

PDFLib7MBS.A1height as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Height of a DIN A 1 page.
Notes:
Value is 2380.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A1height as double.

PDFLib7MBS.A1width as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Width of a DIN A 1 page.
Notes:
Value is 1684.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A1width as double.

PDFLib7MBS.A2height as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Height of a DIN A 2 page.
Notes:
Value is 1684.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A2height as double.

PDFLib7MBS.A2width as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Width of a DIN A 2 page.
Notes:
Value is 1190.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A2width as double.

PDFLib7MBS.A3height as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Height of a DIN A 3 page.
Notes:
Value is 1190.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A3height as double.

PDFLib7MBS.A3width as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Width of a DIN A 3 page.
Notes:
Value is 842.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A3width as double.

PDFLib7MBS.A4height as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Height of a DIN A 4 page.
Notes:
Value is 842.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A4height as double.

PDFLib7MBS.A4width as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Width of a DIN A 4 page.
Notes:
Value is 595.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A4width as double.

PDFLib7MBS.A5height as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Height of a DIN A 5 page.
Notes:
Value is 595.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A5height as double.

PDFLib7MBS.A5width as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Width of a DIN A 5 page.
Notes:
Value is 421.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A5width as double.

PDFLib7MBS.A6height as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Height of a DIN A 6 page.
Notes:
Value is 421.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A6height as double.

PDFLib7MBS.A6width as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Width of a DIN A 6 page.
Notes:
Value is 297.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_A6width as double.

PDFLib7MBS.ActivateItem(id as integer)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Activate a previously created structure element or other content item.
Notes:
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.
Requires pdflib version 6.

PDFLib7MBS.AddBookmark(text as string, parent as integer, open as integer) as integer
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Adds a bookmark.
Notes:
Deprecated in pdflib 6. Use CreateBookmark.

This function returns the ID of the bookmark which can be used on new bookmarks for the parent parameter of this function.
If parent is 0, the bookmark is a new top-level bookmark.
If open is 1, the child bookmarks are showed. (folder opened)
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.AddLaunchLink(llx as double, lly as double, urx as double, ury as double, filename as string)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Attaches a launch link.
Notes:
Deprecated in pdflib 6. Use CreateAction and CreateAnnotation.

See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.AddLocalLink(llx as double, lly as double, urx as double, ury as double, page as integer, dest as string)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Adds a local link.
Notes:
Deprecated in pdflib 6. Use CreateAction and CreateAnnotation.

See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.AddNamedDest(Name as string, OptList as string)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.2, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Create a named destination on an arbitrary page in the current document.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.AddNote(llx as double, lly as double, urx as double, ury as double, contents as string, title as string, icon as string, open as integer)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Attaches a note.
Notes:
Deprecated in pdflib 6. Use CreateAnnotation.

See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.AddPDFLink(llx as double, lly as double, urx as double, ury as double, filename as string, page as integer, dest as string)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Attaches a PDF link.
Notes:
Deprecated in pdflib 6. Use CreateAction and CreateAnnotation.

See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.AddTableCell(table as integer, column as integer, row as integer, text as string, optlist as string) as integer
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Add a cell to a new or existing table.
Notes:
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.
The text parameter is internally converted to UTF16 encoding.
Returns: A table handle which can be used in subsequent table-related calls.

PDFLib7MBS.AddTextflow(textflow as integer, text as string, optlist as string) as integer
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Create a Textflow object, or add text and explicit options to an existing Textflow.
Notes:
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.
The text parameter is internally converted to UTF16 encoding.
Returns: A Textflow handle, or -1 on error.

PDFLib7MBS.AddThumbNail(image as integer)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Adds a thumbnail image.
Notes:
Pass a valid Image ID from LoadImage.
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.AddWebLink(llx as double, lly as double, urx as double, ury as double, url as string)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Attaches a web link.
Notes:
Deprecated in pdflib 6. Use CreateAction and CreateAnnotation.

See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.APIloaded as Boolean
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.2, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Whether the plugin API was loaded successfull.
Notes:
The plugin functions on Windows will crash if the pdflib dll was not loaded.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_APIloaded as Boolean.

PDFLib7MBS.Arc(x as double, y as double,r as double,alpha as double,beta as double)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Adds an arc to the current path.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.ArcN(x as double, y as double,r as double,alpha as double,beta as double)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Adds a clockwise arc to the current path.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.AttachFile(llx as double, lly as double, urx as double, ury as double, filename as string, description as string, author as string, mimetype as string, icon as string)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Attaches a file to the PDF file.
Notes:
Deprecated in pdflib 6. Use CreateAnnotation.

See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.B5height as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Height of a B5 page.
Notes:
Value is 709.
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_B5height as double.

PDFLib7MBS.B5width as double
shared method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Width of a B5 page.
Notes:
Value is 501.
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.
Shared Methods require Realbasic 2006r4 or newer. In older REALbasic versions this function is available with the name PDFLib7MBS_B5width as double.

PDFLib7MBS.BeginDocument(file as folderitem, optlist as string) as integer
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Create a new PDF file subject to various options.
Notes:
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.
Requires pdflib version 6.

PDFLib7MBS.BeginDocument(filename as string, optlist as string) as integer
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Create a new PDF file subject to various options.
Notes:
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.
Requires pdflib version 6.

PDFLib7MBS.BeginDocumentEvents(optlist as string)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Create a new PDF file subject to various options.
Notes:
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.
Requires pdflib version 6.

PDFLib7MBS.BeginFont(fontname as string, a as double, b as double, c as double, d as double, e as double, f as double, OptList as string)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.2, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Start a type 3 font definition.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.BeginGlyph(glyphname as string, wx as double, llx as double, lly as double, urx as double, ury as double)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.2, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Start a type 3 glyph definition.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.BeginItem(tag as string, optlist as string) as integer
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Open a structure element or other content item with attributes supplied as options.
Notes:
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.
Requires pdflib version 6.

PDFLib7MBS.BeginLayer(layer as integer)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Start a layer for subsequent output on the page (requires PDF1.5).
Notes:
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.
Requires pdflib version 6.

PDFLib7MBS.BeginMC(tag as string, optlist as string)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: begin_mc?
Notes:
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.
Requires pdflib version 6.

PDFLib7MBS.BeginPage(width as double, height as double)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Starts a new page.
Notes:
Deprecated in pdflib 6. Use BeginPage with three parameters.

See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.BeginPage(width as double, height as double, optlist as string)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Add a new page to the document, and specify various options.
Notes:
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.
Requires pdflib version 6.

PDFLib7MBS.BeginPattern(width as double, height as double,xstep as double, ystep as double, painttype as integer) as integer
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Starts a new pattern.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.BeginTemplate(width as double, height as double) as integer
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Starts a new template.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.BeginTemplate(width as double, height as double, optlist as string) as integer
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Start a template definition.
Notes:
Returns: A template handle.
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.Circle(x as double, y as double,r as double)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Adds a circle to the current path.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

class PDFLib7MBS
class, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: The class for creating pdf files using the pdflib.
Notes:
This plugin was designed for pdflib version 6.0.2. (5.0.0, 5.0.2, 5.0.3 and 5.1.0 can be loaded)
Updates are applied only on request, so send an email if you need something newer.

See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLibLiteMBS is the opensource library static linked into your application
PDFLibMBS is the commercial library which you must load from a shared library.
PDFLib700MBS is the commercial library linked inside the plugin in version 7.0.0.
PDFLib603MBS is the commercial library linked inside the plugin in version 6.0.3.

Work with the correct encoding, look to RB- and the pdflib- documentation for correct settings.

Why use the MBS pdflib plugin instead of the original one?
Some advantages of the MBS pdflib plugin:
+ console safe
+ works with multiple versions (5.x and 6.x)
+ has all APIs including the one with callbacks.
+ includes Linux and MachO support
+ One plugin for all platforms and all versions
+ Includes PDFLibLite which is free for personal use.

PDFLib7MBS.clip
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Use the current path as the cliping path.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.Close
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Closes the current file.
Notes:
Deprecated in pdflib 6. Use EndDocument.

See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.
(This function was named CloseFile in older plugin versions.)

PDFLib7MBS.closeImage(image as integer)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Closes an image.
Notes:
Pass in a valid image ID returned by LoadImage.
See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.closePath
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Closes the current path.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.closePathFillStroke
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Closes the current path and fills it.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.closePathStroke
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Closes the current path and strokes it.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.closePDI(doc as integer)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 3.0, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Closes an input pdf.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.

PDFLib7MBS.ClosePDIDocument(doc as integer)
method, PDF Lib, MBS PDFlib Plugin (PDFLib7), class PDFLib7MBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Works, Linux x86: Works, Feedback.

Function: Close all open PDI page handles, and close the input PDF document.
Notes: See the PDFlib-manual.pdf file for more details.