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DynaPDF.SetImportFlags2

Sets optional flags to control the import of external PDF files.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
DynaPDF	4.3	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes

MBS( "DynaPDF.SetImportFlags2"; PDF; Flags ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

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

Flags The new import flags.
Can be given as names or number. 16

Parameter	Description	Example
PDF	The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New.	$pdf
Flags	The new import flags. Can be given as names or number.	16

Result

Returns OK.

Description

Sets optional flags to control the import of external PDF files.

Flags to pass:

MergeLayers	1	If set, layers with identical name are merged. If this flag is absent DynaPDF imports such layers separately so that each layer refers still to the pages where it was originally used.
Normalize	2	Replace LZW compression with Flate, apply limit checks, repair errors if possible
UseProxy	4	Not meaningful for PDF files which are loaded from a memory buffer. If set, all streams are loaded from the file on demand but they are never hold in memory. This reduces drastically the memory usage and enables the processing of almost arbitrary large PDF files with minimal memory usage. The corresponding PDF file must not be deleted before DynaPDF.CloseFile or DynaPDF.CloseFileEx was called.
NoMetadata	8	Ignore metadata streams which are attached to fonts, pages, images, and so on.
DuplicateCheck	16	Perform a duplicate check on color spaces, fonts, images, patterns, and templates when merging PDF files.
NoResNameCheck	32	Useful in viewer applications
CopyEncryptDict	64	If set, the encryption settings of an encrypted PDF file are copied to the new PDF file. The flag does nothing if the file is not encrypted.
SkipDPartData	128	If set, DPart dictionaries are not imported.
IncrementalUpd	256	This flag also sets the flags UseProxy, CopyEncryptDict, as well as ImportAsPage and ImportAll.

See also SetImportFlags2 function in DynaPDF manual.

Examples

Activate duplicate check to reduce file size:

Set Variable [$r; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetImportFlags2"; $pdf; 16) ]

Activate normalization, duplicate check and layer merge:

Set Variable [$r; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.SetImportFlags2"; $pdf; "MergeLayers¶Normalize¶DuplicateCheck" )]

Import and Export PDF:

# Start new PDF
Set Variable [$pdf; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.New")]
# set import flags
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "DynaPDF.SetImportFlags"; $pdf; "ImportAll ImportAsPage PrepareForPDFA" )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "DynaPDF.SetImportFlags2"; $pdf; "DuplicateCheck" )]
# Import PDF from container
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer"; $pdf; MyTable::InputPDF)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile"; $pdf; 1)]
# Save back
Set Field [MyTable::OutputPDF; MBS("DynaPDF.Save"; $pdf; "Merged.pdf")]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Release"; $pdf)]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<fmxmlsnippet type="FMObjectList">
  <Step enable="True" id="89" name="# (comment)">
    <Text> Start new PDF</Text>
  </Step>
  <Step enable="True" id="141" name="Set Variable">
    <Value>
      <Calculation>MBS("DynaPDF.New")</Calculation>
    </Value>
    <Repetition>
      <Calculation>1</Calculation>
    </Repetition>
    <Name>$pdf</Name>
  </Step>
  <Step enable="True" id="89" name="# (comment)">
    <Text> set import flags</Text>
  </Step>
  <Step enable="True" id="141" name="Set Variable">
    <Value>
      <Calculation>MBS( "DynaPDF.SetImportFlags"; $pdf; "ImportAll ImportAsPage PrepareForPDFA" )</Calculation>
    </Value>
    <Repetition>
      <Calculation>1</Calculation>
    </Repetition>
    <Name>$r</Name>
  </Step>
  <Step enable="True" id="141" name="Set Variable">
    <Value>
      <Calculation>MBS( "DynaPDF.SetImportFlags2"; $pdf; "DuplicateCheck" )</Calculation>
    </Value>
    <Repetition>
      <Calculation>1</Calculation>
    </Repetition>
    <Name>$r</Name>
  </Step>
  <Step enable="True" id="89" name="# (comment)">
    <Text> Import PDF from container</Text>
  </Step>
  <Step enable="True" id="141" name="Set Variable">
    <Value>
      <Calculation>MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer"; $pdf; MyTable::InputPDF)</Calculation>
    </Value>
    <Repetition>
      <Calculation>1</Calculation>
    </Repetition>
    <Name>$r</Name>
  </Step>
  <Step enable="True" id="141" name="Set Variable">
    <Value>
      <Calculation>MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile"; $pdf; 1)</Calculation>
    </Value>
    <Repetition>
      <Calculation>1</Calculation>
    </Repetition>
    <Name>$r</Name>
  </Step>
  <Step enable="True" id="89" name="# (comment)">
    <Text> Save back</Text>
  </Step>
  <Step enable="True" id="76" name="Set Field">
    <Calculation>MBS("DynaPDF.Save"; $pdf; "Merged.pdf")</Calculation>
    <Field table="MyTable" id="99999" name="OutputPDF"/>
  </Step>
  <Step enable="True" id="141" name="Set Variable">
    <Value>
      <Calculation>MBS("DynaPDF.Release"; $pdf)</Calculation>
    </Value>
    <Repetition>
      <Calculation>1</Calculation>
    </Repetition>
    <Name>$r</Name>
  </Step>
</fmxmlsnippet>

Enable proxy:

Set Variable [$r; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetImportFlags2"; $pdf; 4) ]

Enable incremental updates:

Set Variable [$r; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetImportFlags2"; $pdf; "IncrementalUpd")]

Release notes

Version 13.4
- Added SkipDPartData option for DynaPDF.SetImportFlags2 function.

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 7th January 2026

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