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pdfCreateArticleThread

Create a new PDF article thread (/Threads — a legacy

C
int32_t __stdcall pdfCreateArticleThreadA(PPDF IPDF, const char* ThreadName);
int32_t __stdcall pdfCreateArticleThreadW(PPDF IPDF, const wchar_t* ThreadName);
Delphi
function pdfCreateArticleThreadA(const IPDF: PPDF; const ThreadName: PAnsiChar): Integer; stdcall;
function pdfCreateArticleThreadW(const IPDF: PPDF; const ThreadName: PWideChar): Integer; stdcall;

Purpose. Create a new PDF article thread (/Threads — a legacy reading-order navigation mechanism linking text beads across pages).

Return value. The new thread's handle; 0 if IPDF is invalid.

C# (P/Invoke)

wrappers/dotnet/LumasPdf.cs
public static extern int pdfCreateArticleThreadA(IntPtr IPDF, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string ThreadName);
public static extern int pdfCreateArticleThreadW(IntPtr IPDF, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string ThreadName);
Area
Core SDK
Category

Object Creation

Exported names

pdfCreateArticleThreadA pdfCreateArticleThreadW

String variants

The …A form takes UTF-8, …W takes UTF-16; a bare name aliases the ANSI form.

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