RetrieveCustomDataToVariant

Document properties

Description

This function is only available in the ActiveX edition. It retrieves custom data that was previously stored with the StoreCustomData function into a variant byte array.

Syntax

ActiveX

Function PDFlib::RetrieveCustomDataToVariant(Key As String, Location As Long) As Variant

Parameters

The key that the data was stored under. If the location is the Document Catalog then the key must have a special prefix assigned to you by Adobe to avoid conflicts with other software. If the location is the Document Information Dictionary any key can be used but should be chosen with care so they make sense to the user

Key

Location

1 = Retrieve the data from the Document Information Dictionary

2 = Retrieve the data from the Document Catalog