AddSeparationColor
Vector graphics, Colour
Description
Adds a separation colour to the document.
A separation colour has a name and an equivalent colour in the CMYK colour space. If the document is viewed the CMYK colour will be used. If the document is printed to an image setter a separation with the specified name will be generated.
The values of the colour parameters range from 0 to 1, with 0 indicating 0% and 1 indicating 100% of the colour.
Syntax
Delphi
function TPDFlib.AddSeparationColor(Const ColorName: WideString; C, M, Y, K: Double; Options: Integer): Integer;ActiveX
Function PDFlib::AddSeparationColor(ColorName As String, C As Double, M As Double, Y As Double, K As Double, Options As Long) As LongDLL
int DLAddSeparationColor(int InstanceID, wchar_t * ColorName, double C, double M, double Y, double K, int Options);Parameters
| ColorName | The name of the separation colour, for example "PANTONE 403 EC". This can be any name you want, but is usually set to the name of a specific spot colour that your printing press will know what to do with. The cyan component of the colour equivalent to the spot colour |
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| C | |
| M | The magenta component of the colour equivalent to the spot colour |
| Y | The yellow component of the colour equivalent to the spot colour |
| K | The black component of the colour equivalent to the spot colour |
| Options | This parameter is ignored and should be set to 0 |
Return values
| 0 | The separation colour could not be added. The colour name may already have been used. |
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| 1 | The separation colour was added successfully |