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DynaPDF.ReadImageFormat

The function retrieves the most important properties of an image file.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
DynaPDF	3.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "DynaPDF.ReadImageFormat"; PDF; Container { ; Index } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

PDF The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. $pdf

Container The image container value. Pass the container field or a variable with the container content. $image

Index The index of the image for multi image files. 1 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
PDF	The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New.	$pdf
Container	The image container value. Pass the container field or a variable with the container content.	$image
Index	The index of the image for multi image files.	1	Optional

Result

Returns image format or error message.

Description

The function retrieves the most important properties of an image file.
The function reads only the image header to improve processing speed. If the parameter BitsPerPixel is 32 the image is a CMYK image. Note that TIFF images support color depths up to 64 bits per pixel. The parameter Index specifies the array index of a multi-page image that should be read in; numbering starts at 1. The parameter is ignored for non-multi-page image formats.
Image format is returned as a text with width, height and bits per pixel separated by newline.

Examples

Place an image centered on the page with border:

Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.AppendPage"; $pdf) ]
# put a background in
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFillColor"; $pdf; ,8; ,8; ,8) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.Rectangle"; $pdf; 0; 0; MBS( "DynaPDF.GetPageWidth"; $PDF ); MBS( "DynaPDF.GetPageHeight"; $PDF ); "fill") ]
# options for saving image
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetSaveNewImageFormat"; $pdf; 0) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetResolution"; $pdf; 300) ]
# read size of image
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.ReadImageFormat"; $pdf; Merge PDFs::InputImage) ]
Set Variable [ $ImageWidth ; Value: GetAsNumber (LeftValues ( $r ; 1 )) ]
Set Variable [ $imageHeight ; Value: GetAsNumber (MiddleValues ( $r ; 2; 1 )) ]
# The destination area where to put PDF
Set Variable [ $TargetX ; Value: 50 ]
Set Variable [ $TargetY ; Value: 50 ]
Set Variable [ $TargetWidth ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.GetPageWidth"; $PDF ) - 100 ]
Set Variable [ $TargetHeight ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.GetPageHeight"; $PDF ) - 100 ]
# calculate scale factor
Set Variable [ $factor ; Value: Min( $TargetHeight / $ImageHeight; $TargetWidth / $ImageWidth) ]
# calculate output size
Set Variable [ $DestWidth ; Value: $ImageWidth * $factor ]
Set Variable [ $DestHeight ; Value: $ImageHeight * $factor ]
# Center in target area
Set Variable [ $DestX ; Value: $TargetX + ($TargetWidth-$DestWidth) / 2 ]
Set Variable [ $DestY ; Value: $TargetY + ($TargetHeight-$DestHeight) / 2 ]
# insert the image
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.InsertImage"; $pdf; Merge PDFs::InputImage; $DestX; $DestY; $DestWidth; $DestHeight) ]
# close page and move to next record
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.EndPage"; $pdf) ]

Example Databases

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 2nd December 2019

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