DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer

Opens a PDF for importing from a container.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
PDF	The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New.	$pdf
containerValue	The container value to use. Should contain a PDF file.	$PDF
PasswordType	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	Optional
Password	The password to decrypt the file.	$password	Optional

Result

Returns number or error message.

Description

See also OpenPDFFromContainer function in DynaPDF manual.

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)]

Query width and height of first page in PDF:

# Initialize DynaPDF if needed
If [ MBS("DynaPDF.IsInitialized") ≠ 1 ]
    Perform Script [ Specified: From list ; “Initialize DynaPDF” ; Parameter: ]
End If
# Clear current PDF document
Set Variable [ $pdf ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.New") ]
#
# Load PDF from container
#
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer"; $pdf; Test::PDF artwork) ]
#
# Query page size for the first page:
#
Set Variable [ $PageSize ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.GetImportPageBounds"; $pdf; 1; "MediaBox") ]
#
# split numbers, may need special handling with Math.TextToNumber to make sure it works if you use comma as decimal separator:
#
Set Variable [ $left ; Value: MBS( "Math.TextToNumber"; GetValue($PageSize; 1)) ]
Set Variable [ $top ; Value: MBS( "Math.TextToNumber"; GetValue($PageSize; 2)) ]
Set Variable [ $right ; Value: MBS( "Math.TextToNumber"; GetValue($PageSize; 3)) ]
Set Variable [ $bottom ; Value: MBS( "Math.TextToNumber"; GetValue($PageSize; 4)) ]
#
Set Variable [ $Width ; Value: Abs($right - $left) ]
Set Variable [ $height ; Value: Abs($top- $bottom) ]
#
# Calculate in centimeters
#
Set Field [ Test::Job dimension horizontal ; Round($Width * 2.54 / 72; 2) ]
Set Field [ Test::Job dimension vertical ; Round($Height * 2.54 / 72; 2) ]
#
# Cleanup
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.Release"; $pdf) ]

See also

• DynaPDF.Release
• DynaPDF.RenderPDFFile
• DynaPDF.ReplaceImage
• DynaPDF.Save
• DynaPDF.SaveAndSignFileExt
• DynaPDF.SetImportFlags
• DynaPDF.SetUseGlobalImpFiles
• DynaPDF.WebLink
• DynaPDF.WriteFTextEx
• Math.TextToNumber

Example Databases

• Containers/Create Container Preview
• DynaPDF/Apply Letter Paper to PDF
• DynaPDF/Change Separation Colorant
• DynaPDF/Extract Images
• DynaPDF/Fill Form Fields
• DynaPDF/Highlight Text
• DynaPDF/PDF JSON
• DynaPDF/PDF Library
• DynaPDF/Replace Image
• DynaPDF/Watermark pages

Blog Entries

• Merge documents with DynaPDF
• Add page links for FileMaker
• Things you can do with DynaPDF
• Render pictures from PDF
• Adding cutting lines for PDF in FileMaker
• Swiss QR-Codes for invoices as vector graphics
• Example Script for DynaPDF.FindText and DynaPDF.WebLink
• Merge PDF with table of contents
• Create two page PDF document in FileMaker
• FileMaker with ZUGFeRD 2.0 and Factur-X

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 28th May 2021

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