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DynaPDF.GetField
Returns the most important properties of a field.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | FileMaker iOS SDK |
| DynaPDF | 4.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
(old name: DynaPDF.GetFieldEx)
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. | ||
| Field | The field index or field name. Zero based and up to DynaPDF.GetFieldCount-1. |
"FirstName" |
| Selector | What value to query. Can be Deleted, BBox, FieldType, GroupType, Handle, BackColor, BackColorSP, BorderColor, BorderColorSP, BorderStyle, BorderWidth, CharSpacing, Checked, CheckBoxChar, DefState, DefValue, EditFont, ExpValueCount, BorderColor, FieldFlags, FieldFont, FontSize, FieldName, HighlightMode, IsCalcField, MapName, MaxLen, KidCount, PageNum, Rotate, TextAlign, TextColor, TextColorSP, TextScaling, ToolTip, UniqueName, Value, WordSpacing, Parent or Kids. Added ModDate, CaptionPos, DownCaption, DownImage, RollCaption, RollImage, UpCaption, UpImage, Action and ActionType for version 9.0. |
"Name" |
Result
Returns field handle or error.
Description
Returns the most important properties of a field.Field handles are simple array indexes into the field array of the global AcroForm object. To enumerate all fields of a document execute the function in a loop from 0 though DynaPDF.GetFieldCount-1.
See GetFieldEx function in DynaPDF help file for details.
See also GetFieldEx function in DynaPDF manual.
Examples
Query bounding box of field:
MBS( "DynaPDF.GetField"; $pdf; "FirstName"; "BBox" )
See also
- DynaPDF.DeleteField
- DynaPDF.GetFieldAsJSON
- DynaPDF.GetFieldChoiceValue
- DynaPDF.GetFieldCount
- DynaPDF.GetFieldExpValCount
- DynaPDF.GetFieldExpValue
- DynaPDF.GetFieldExpValueEx
- DynaPDF.GetFieldName
- DynaPDF.New
- DynaPDF.SetFieldExpValue
Example Databases
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- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 8.6pr3
- PDF Forms with MBS Plugin
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 7.5pr3
- MBS Filemaker Plugin, version 4.4pr3
Release notes
- Version 10.5
- Added DynaPDF.GetAnnotationAsJSON, DynaPDF.GetColorSpaceAsJSON, DynaPDF.GetEmbeddedFileAsJSON, DynaPDF.GetFieldAsJSON and DynaPDF.GetFontAsJSON functions.
- Added DynaPDF.GetAnnotationsAsJSON, DynaPDF.GetBookmarksAsJSON, DynaPDF.GetColorSpacesAsJSON, DynaPDF.GetDocInfoAsJSON, DynaPDF.GetEmbeddedFilesAsJSON, DynaPDF.GetFieldsAsJSON, DynaPDF.GetFontsAsJSON, DynaPDF.GetImportDocInfoAsJSON and DynaPDF.SysFontInfoAsJSON functions.
- Version 9.0
- Added more selectors or DynaPDF.GetField to query more fields.
- Version 7.5
- Fixed DynaPDF.GetField for 64-bit Windows.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 28th May 2019
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