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DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage

Imports a page from the import PDF and appends it to the current working PDF.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
DynaPDF 3.0 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; PDF { ; PageIndex; ScaleX; ScaleY } )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags
PDF The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. $pdf
PageIndex The source page number from 1 to DynaPDF.GetImportPageCount. 1 Optional
ScaleX Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 13.0 or newer.
The scale factor for x coordinate.
Default is 1.0.
1.0 Optional
ScaleY Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 13.0 or newer.
The scale factor for y coordinate.
Default is 1.0.
1.0 Optional

Result

Returns OK or error message.

Description

Imports a page from the import PDF and appends it to the current working PDF.
To open the import PDF, please use DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromFile or DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer.

Requires DynaPDF Pro license.
To import all pages, please use DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile function instead.

Use DynaPDF.SetImportFlags including AllPageObjects option to preserve links.

See also ImportPDFPage function in DynaPDF manual.

Examples

Import a single page:

Set Variable [$r; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.SetImportFlags"; $pdf; "ImportAll¶ImportAsPage¶AllPageObjects" )]
Set Variable [$r; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer"; $pdf; Invoice::PDF Template)]
Set Variable [$r; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; 1)]

Import selected pages from one PDF and write into a new one:

# New PDF
Set Variable [$pdf; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.New")]

# Open existing PDF file (or use DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer for container)
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromFile"; $pdf; $path )]

# Query page count
Set Variable [$pageCount; Value:MBS( "DynaPDF.GetImportPageCount"; $pdf )]

# Import the pages you need
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; 1)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; 2)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; 3)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; $pagecount - 1)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; $pagecount - 2)]

# Set output to this file path
# MBS( "DynaPDF.OpenOutputFile"; $pdf; "/Users/cs/Desktop/output.pdf" )

# Write PDF
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Save"; $pdf)]

# release memory
Set Variable [$r1; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Release"; $pdf)]

Split first page from a PDF:

# New PDF
Set Variable [$pdf; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.New")]

# Open existing PDF file (or use DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer for container)
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromFile"; $pdf; $path )]

# Import one page
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; 1)]

# Write PDF
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Save"; $pdf)]

# release memory
Set Variable [$r1; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Release"; $pdf)]

See also

Release notes

Example Databases

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 24th August 2023


DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile - DynaPDF.ImportPageAsTemplate