Watermark

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I am trying to get a watermark printed behind a pdf document created with PDF CREATOR.

I started the PDF CREATOR printer to create a PDF. After that I opened  in the form.

I added the watermark text in the watermark text box in  

Proceeding I got an error message

On the forum I found the instruction to add VB code.

As a newbee with pdf creator I have no idea how and whare to add  the VB code in the pdf creator application.

WshShell.Run PathToPdftk & " """ & fname & """ background " & WatermarkPDF & " output """ & tfname & """",0,true

I am looking for a video instruction or an instruction how to proceed.

I am using the latest version 1.2.0 of PDF CREATOR.
Remark: I use the Dutch language, the labels above are translated back into English

 

Added the errorcodes in the error popup:

Errornumber 53 (nofile found gsdll32.dll)

Modul modGsApi

Procedure callGS

Line 50200

 

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The instructions for using Pdftk are old, at least for adding watermarks.

Here is the script I use to add a PDF watermark to the first page of my print job:

` Option Explicit
`

`' Path to watermark pdf file
Const Watermark = "C:\\watermark.pdf"

Dim objArgs, fname, tfname, fso, pdf

Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments

fname = objArgs(0)

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

tfname = fso.GetTempName

Set pdf = WScript.CreateObject("pdfforge.pdf.pdf")

pdf.StampPDFFileWithPDFFile fname, tfname, Watermark, 1, 1, false, 1, 10

If fso.FileExists(tfname) Then
 fso.DeleteFile(fname)
 fso.MoveFile tfname, fname
Else
 MsgBox "There was an error adding the Watermark!", vbCritical, AppTitle
End If

Set pdf = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing
Set objArgs = Nothing`

Amend and save the script (using Notepad) to your C drive and then set the "Action after saving" options in PDFCreator to run that saved script.