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DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer

Opens a PDF for importing from a container.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example value
PDF	The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New.	$pdf
containerValue	The container value to use. Should contain a PDF file.	$PDF
PasswordType	Optional The password type and flags. Flag kann be 1 for owner password and 0 for open password. You can combine this with 2 to force repair.	0
Password	Optional The password to decrypt the file.	$password

Result

Returns number or error message.

Description

Examples

Opens PDF:

$r = MBS( "DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer"; $PDF; $PDFFile )
$error = MBS( "DynaPDF.GetLastErrorMessage"; $PDF )

Load PDF and extract text of page 2:

# initialize DynaPDF before running this:
Set Variable [$pdf; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.New")]
# load PDF from container
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer";$pdf; Test::data)]
# import all pages
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile";$pdf)]
# extra text of page 2
Set Field [Test::PageText; MBS("DynaPDF.ExtractPageText"; $pdf; 2)]
#Cleanup
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Release"; $pdf)]

Import a single page:

Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.SetImportFlags"; $pdf; "ImportAll ImportAsPage")]
Set Variable [$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)]

See also

• DynaPDF.PageStatistics
• DynaPDF.Print
• DynaPDF.Print.SetDevMode
• DynaPDF.Release
• DynaPDF.RenderPage
• DynaPDF.ReplaceImage
• DynaPDF.RotateTemplate
• DynaPDF.Save
• DynaPDF.SetImportFlags
• DynaPDF.SetImportFlags2
• DynaPDF.SetMetadata
• DynaPDF.SetOrientationEx
• DynaPDF.SetUseGlobalImpFiles
• DynaPDF.WebLink
• DynaPDF.WriteFTextEx

Example Databases

• DynaPDF/Print PDF with options
• DynaPDF/DynaPDF Test
• DynaPDF/Apply Letter Paper to PDF
• DynaPDF/Extract Text
• DynaPDF/Optimize PDF
• DynaPDF/Merge PDFs
• DynaPDF/Generate Previews
• DynaPDF/Split PDF
• DynaPDF/PDF Differences
• DynaPDF/ZUGFeRD/ZUGFeRD Extract XML

Blog Entries

• Creating PDF/A in FileMaker with ZUGFeRD standard
• Normalize PDF orientation with MBS Plugins and DynaPDF
• Creating PDF/A in FileMaker with ZUGFeRD standard
• Custom function to optimize PDF in FileMaker via DynaPDF
• Optimize PDF Script
• MBS Filemaker Plugin, version 4.1pr1
• Introducing DynaPDF to MBS Filemaker Plugin

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 12nd September 2016

DynaPDF.OpenOutputFileEncrypted   -   DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromFile

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