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  • Technical Overview
  • File Formats
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  • Evaluating HOOPS Publish

Programming Guide

  • Fundamentals
  • Basic Operations
    • Initializing HOOPS Publish
    • Model Creation
  • Authoring
    • Overview
    • Creating a PDF from scratch
    • Document Functionalities
    • Page Layout
    • Populating Fields
    • Defining 3D
  • Enriching
    • Interactivity
    • Animation API
    • Using Object Data Tables
    • Data Model
    • Using JavaScript
    • Getting Unique Identifiers
    • Using Tetra 4D Enrich Templates
  • Exporting to Web Format
    • Exporting a model to web format
    • Exporting a PDF to the web format
    • Customize a PDF web export

API References

  • Exchange Modules
    • HOOPS Publish Modules
    • Driver selection with A3DPOSTERDRV
    • HOOPS Exchange API
    • Field to indicate the options for filtering 3D views.
    • Draw Module
    • Simplify modelfile curves and surfaces as analytic
    • Bit Field for Behavior on Graphics
    • Display Style
    • Value for undefined active sheet
    • Bit field flag Defining how Linked files are managed, for Revit files.
    • Graphics
    • Mesh Repair
    • Textures
    • Fundamental Type Definitions
    • A3d_drawing_filledarea
  • All C Structures
  • All C Functions
  • All Files
    • A3DCommonReadWrite.h
    • A3DDoxPublish.h
    • A3DDoxPublish_HEStubs.h
    • A3DPDFAdvancedPublishSDK.h
    • A3DPDFDeprecated.h
    • A3DPDFEnums.h
    • A3DPDFInitializeFunctions.h
    • A3DPDFPublishSDK.h
    • A3DPDFReadWrite.h
    • A3DSDK.h
    • A3DSDKBase.h
    • A3DSDKDeprecated.h
    • A3DSDKEnums.h
    • A3DSDKErrorCodes.h
    • A3DSDKGeometry.h
    • A3DSDKGeometryCrv.h
    • A3DSDKGeometrySrf.h
    • A3DSDKGlobalData.h
    • A3DSDKGraphics.h
    • A3DSDKInitializeFunctions.h
    • A3DSDKLicense.h
    • A3DSDKMarkup.h
    • A3DSDKMarkupDefinition.h
    • A3DSDKMarkupDimension.h
    • A3DSDKMarkupLeaderDefinition.h
    • A3DSDKMarkupSymbol.h
    • A3DSDKMarkupText.h
    • A3DSDKMarkupTolerance.h
    • A3DSDKMarkupWelding.h
    • A3DSDKMath.h
    • A3DSDKMisc.h
    • A3DSDKRepItems.h
    • A3DSDKRootEntities.h
    • A3DSDKStructure.h
    • A3DSDKTessellation.h
    • A3DSDKTexture.h
    • A3DSDKTopology.h
    • A3DSDKTypes.h

Additional Resources

  • Release Notes
    • HOOPS Publish 2025.4.0
    • HOOPS Publish 2025.3.0
    • HOOPS Publish 2025.2.0
    • HOOPS Publish 2025.1.0
    • HOOPS Publish 2024.8.0
    • HOOPS Publish 2024.7.0
    • HOOPS Publish 2024.6.0
    • HOOPS Publish 2024.5.0
    • HOOPS Publish 2024.4.0
    • HOOPS Publish 2024.3.0
    • HOOPS Publish 2024.2.0
    • HOOPS Publish 2024.1.0
    • HOOPS Publish 2024
    • HOOPS Publish 2023 SP2 U2
    • HOOPS Publish 2023 SP2 U1
    • HOOPS Publish 2023 SP2
    • HOOPS Publish 2023 SP1 U1
    • HOOPS Publish 2023 SP1
    • HOOPS Publish 2023 U1
    • HOOPS Publish 2023
    • HOOPS Publish 2022 SP2 U2
    • HOOPS Publish 2022 SP2 U1
    • HOOPS Publish 2022 SP2
    • HOOPS Publish 2022 SP1 U1
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    • HOOPS Publish 2022 U2
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    • HOOPS Publish 2021 SP2 U2
    • HOOPS Publish 2021 SP2 U1
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    • HOOPS Publish 2020 SP2 U2
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    • HOOPS Publish 2018 SP2 U2
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    • HOOPS Publish 2018 U3
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    • HOOPS Publish 2016 SP2 U2
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    • HOOPS Publish 2016 SP1 Update 3
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    • HOOPS Publish 2016
    • HOOPS Publish 2015 Service Pack 2
    • HOOPS Publish 2015 Service Pack 1
    • HOOPS Publish 2015 Update 1
    • HOOPS Publish 2015
    • HOOPS Publish - v7.20 Changes
    • HOOPS Publish - v7.10 Changes
    • HOOPS Publish - v7.00 Changes
    • HOOPS Publish - v6.10 Changes
    • HOOPS Publish - v6.00 Changes
    • HOOPS Publish - V5.30 Changes
    • Fixed Bugs List
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Drop down List Module

Types

A3DPDFDropDownListData

Functions

A3DStatus A3DPDFDropDownListCreate
A3DStatus A3DPDFPageInsertDropDownList

Detailed Description

group a3d_pdffield_dropdownlist

(HOOPS Publish Advanced) Module to access and define Drop down List field

This module describes the functions and structures that allow you to define a Drop down List. A Drop down List is an Acrobat Field.

Function Documentation

A3DStatus A3DPDFDropDownListCreate(A3DPDFDocument *pDoc, const A3DPDFDropDownListData *pDropDownListData, A3DPDFDropDownList **ppDropDownList)

Function to create a DropDownList (combo box)

The DropDownList is primarily created with this function, and it should be positioned on the page with the function A3DPDFPageInsertDropDownList. List items can be added using the function A3DPDFPageFieldListAddItem, after the call to A3DPDFPageInsertDropDownList.

Version
8.0

Parameters:
  • pDoc – [inout] The Document object to work with.
  • pDropDownListData – [in] The DropDownList parameters. The name is mandatory.
  • ppDropDownList – [out] The DropDownList created.
Return values:

A3D_SUCCESS –

Returns:

A3D_SUCCESS in case of success or an error code

A3DStatus A3DPDFPageInsertDropDownList(A3DPDFPage *pPage, A3DPDFDropDownList *pDropDownList, const A3DPDFRectData *pRectData)

Function to insert a DropDownList (combo box) in a page.

Version
8.0

Parameters:
  • pPage – [inout] The Page object to work with.
  • pDropDownList – [in] The DropDownList object to insert on the page.
  • pRectData – [in] The rectangle to specify the position on the page.
Return values:

A3D_SUCCESS –

Returns:

A3D_SUCCESS in case of success or an error code

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