Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: DynaPDF.SetPDFVersion

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DynaPDF.SetPDFVersion

Sets the PDF version.

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

MBS( "DynaPDF.SetPDFVersion"; PDF; version ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

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

version The version number. Can be 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, PDF/X-1a:2001, PDF/X-1a:2003, PDF/X-3:2002, PDF/X-3:2003, PDF/A-1b and other values. "1.3"

Parameter	Description	Example
PDF	The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New.	$pdf
version	The version number. Can be 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, PDF/X-1a:2001, PDF/X-1a:2003, PDF/X-3:2002, PDF/X-3:2003, PDF/A-1b and other values.	"1.3"

Result

Returns OK or error message.

Description

Sets the PDF version.
The function changes the output PDF file version. The default output version is PDF 1.4. If a PDF 1.5 or higher file will be opened for import, the output version will be changed if necessary to the version that the file requires.
Possible values in plugin version 4.4: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.0, PDF/X-1a:2001, PDF/X-1a:2002, PDF/X-3:2002, PDF/X-3:2003, PDF/A-1b 2005, PDF/X-4, PDF/A 1a 2005, PDF/A 2a, PDF/A 2b, PDF/A 2u, PDF/A 3a, PDF/A 3b or PDF/A 3u.
DynaPDF Version 4.0 also supports ZUGFeRD Basic, ZUGFeRD Comfort and ZUGFeRD Extended.

DynaPDF Version 4.0.28.81 defines new formats: FacturX Minimum, FacturX Basic, FacturX Basic WL, FacturX Comfort, FacturX Extended, FacturX XRechnung, ZUGFeRD2 Minimum, ZUGFeRD2 Basic, ZUGFeRD2 Basic WL, ZUGFeRD2 Comfort and ZUGFeRD2 Extended. Factur constants can be used for ZUGFeRD 2.1, too.

Requires DynaPDF Lite license for PDF/A and PDF/X versions.

See also SetPDFVersion function in DynaPDF manual.

Examples

Set PDF Version 1.3:

Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.SetPDFVersion"; $pdf; "1.3")]

Set basic ZUGFeRD version:

Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.SetPDFVersion"; $pdf; "ZUGFeRD Basic")]
# with PDF/A 3b

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Release notes

Version 9.3
- Added options to DynaPDF.SetPDFVersion function to create ZUGFerd 2.0 and Factur-X files.

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 11st November 2020

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