Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Merge PDFs to File

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Merge PDFs to File

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Merge PDFs to File.fmp12

Overview
Tables	1
Relationships	0
Layouts	1
Scripts	4
Value Lists	0
Custom Functions	0
Custom Menus	33

File Options
Default custom menu set	[Standard FileMaker Menus]
When opening file
Minimum allowed version	12.0
Login using	Account Name; Account= Admin
Allow user to save password	Off
Require iOS passcode	Off
Switch to layout	Off
Hide all toolbars	Off
Script triggers
OnFirstWindowOpen	Off
OnLastWindowClose	Off
OnWindowOpen	Off
OnWindowClose	Off
OnFileAVPlayerChange	Off
Thumbnail Settings
Generate Thumbnails	On; Temporary

Tables

Table Name	Statistics	Occurrences in Relationship Graph
Merge PDFs	3 fields defined, 2 records	Merge PDFs

Fields

Table Name: Merge PDFs - 3 Fields
Field Name	Type	Options	Comments	On Layouts	In Relationships	In Scripts	In Value Lists
DynaPDF LicenseKey	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Global Repetitions: 1 Index Language: German		Merge PDFs
MergeStatus	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Global Repetitions: 1 Index Language: German		Merge PDFs		Merge PDFs
InputPDF	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		Merge PDFs		Merge PDFs Zip PDFs Import PDF

Layout Objects: Merge PDFs

Regular Fields

Field Name: Merge PDFs::InputPDF

Layout Name:

Merge PDFs

Top: 121 pt
Left: 134 pt
Bottom: 375 pt
Right: 387 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box
Optimized for interactive content

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: Merge PDFs::DynaPDF LicenseKey

Layout Name:

Merge PDFs

Top: 6 pt
Left: 134 pt
Bottom: 25 pt
Right: 387 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: Merge PDFs::MergeStatus

Layout Name:

Merge PDFs

Top: 29 pt
Left: 134 pt
Bottom: 105 pt
Right: 387 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Type:

Text: Merge PDFs

Layout Name:

Merge PDFs

Top: 72 pt
Left: 398 pt
Bottom: 105 pt
Right: 545 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Merge PDFs” ]

Scripts:

Merge PDFs

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Zip PDFs

Layout Name:

Merge PDFs

Top: 72 pt
Left: 556 pt
Bottom: 105 pt
Right: 703 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Zip PDFs” ]

Scripts:

Zip PDFs

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Import PDF...

Layout Name:

Merge PDFs

Top: 123 pt
Left: 398 pt
Bottom: 156 pt
Right: 545 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Import PDF” ]

Scripts:

Import PDF

Next Script: [Merge PDFs]

Script Name	InitDynaPDF
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script	Merge PDFs
Script Definition
Script Steps	#Locate DynaPDF library #you can have libraries in container and export at runtime to folder of your choice. #Or install library somewhere and pass path. #If library is in same folder as plugin, you can only pass only file name. If [ MBS("IsServer") ] #Put the path you use for your server here: If [ Get(SystemPlatform) = -2 ] #Server on Windows Set Variable [ $path; Value:"C:\Programs\FileMaker Server\dynapdf.dll" ] Else If [ MBS("IsLinux") ] #Server on Linux for FileMaker Cloud Set Variable [ $path; Value:"/opt/FileMaker/FileMaker Server/dynapdf.linux.so" ] Else #Server on Mac Set Variable [ $path; Value: "/Library/FileMaker Server/dynapdf.dylib" ] End If Else #For desktop and our examples we look in same folder as database: Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:Get(FilePath) ] Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:MBS("Path.FilemakerPathToNativePath"; $databasePath) ] Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; ".fp7" ; ".fmp12") ] Set Variable [ $databaseName; Value:Get(FileName) & ".fmp12" ] If [ Get(SystemPlatform) = -2 ] Set Variable [ $path; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; $databaseName ; "dynapdf.dll" ) ] #plugin will look for dynapdf.dll and if not found also for dynapdf.dll (64-bit) and dynapdf32.dll (32-bit). Else Set Variable [ $path; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; $databaseName ; "dynapdf.dylib" ) ] #Mac dylib is usually 32 and 64 bit together. End If End If #You can test for free. #If you like to get a dynapdf license, please follow links on our pricing page: #https://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/pricing.shtml Set Variable [ $LicenseKey; Value:"" // put your key here or leave empty for demo. // Use e.g. "Lite", "Pro" or "Starter" to use demo mode for just that mode. ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "DynaPDF.Initialize"; $path; $LicenseKey) ] If [ $r ≠ "OK" ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Error"; Message: $r; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “No”; Button 2: “Cancel”, Commit: “No” ] Halt Script End If
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Previous Script: [InitDynaPDF]

Next Script: [Zip PDFs]

Script Name	Merge PDFs
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	Merge PDFs
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Script Definition
Script Steps	#Initialize DynaPDF if needed If [ MBS("DynaPDF.IsInitialized") ≠ 1 ] Perform Script [ “InitDynaPDF” ] End If #Clear current PDF document Set Variable [ $destPath; Value:MBS("Folders.UserDesktop") & "/test.pdf" ] Set Variable [ $pdf; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.New") ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.OpenOutputFile"; $pdf; $destPath) ] #Load PDF from container Go to Record/Request/Page [ First ] Set Variable [ $destPage; Value:1 ] Loop Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer"; $pdf; Merge PDFs::InputPDF) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile"; $pdf; $destpage) ] If [ GetAsNumber($r) >0 ] Set Variable [ $destPage; Value:$r+1 ] End If // Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.FlushPages"; $pdf; $destpage) ] Go to Record/Request/Page [ Next; Exit after last ] End Loop #to debug, you can disable compression and open PDF in text editor // Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.SetCompressionLevel"; $pdf; 0) ] If [ True ] #save normally Set Field [ Merge PDFs::MergeStatus; MBS("DynaPDF.Save"; $pdf; "Merged.pdf") ] Else If [ False ] #save and sign file with given certificate // Set Field [ Merge PDFs::MergeStatus; MBS("DynaPDF.SaveAndSignFile"; $pdf; "/Users/cs/Desktop/test_cert.pfx"; "123456"; "Hello"; "World"; "Merged.pdf") ] Else If [ False ] #save and sign file with given certificate and custom signing #manually load certificate and key Set Variable [ $pkcs12; Value:MBS( "PKCS12.ReadFromFile"; "/Users/cs/Desktop/test_cert.pfx"; "123456") ] #sign a test string to know size in advance Set Variable [ $SampleSignature; Value:MBS( "PKCS12.SignData"; $pkcs12; "hex"; "C9097E23869BC9903CE89E9562230C6FDCBC0F06"; ""; "hex"; "" ) ] Set Variable [ $estimatedSignatureSize; Value:Length($SampleSignature) / 2 + 5 ] #now save and produce hash Set Variable [ $hashToSign; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.SaveAndSignFileExt1"; $pdf; "My ContactInfo"; "My Location"; "My Reason"; "My Signer"; $estimatedSignatureSize) ] #sign the hash Set Variable [ $Signature; Value:MBS( "PKCS12.SignData"; $pkcs12; "hex"; $HashToSign; ""; "hex"; "" ) ] #and finish the PDF Set Field [ Merge PDFs::MergeStatus; MBS("DynaPDF.SaveAndSignFileExt2"; $pdf; $signature; "Merged.pdf") ] End If #or sign it on saving Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Release"; $pdf) ]
Fields used in this script	Merge PDFs::InputPDF Merge PDFs::MergeStatus
Scripts used in this script	InitDynaPDF
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Tables used in this script	Merge PDFs
Table occurrences used by this script	Merge PDFs
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Previous Script: [Merge PDFs]

Next Script: [Import PDF]

Script Name	Zip PDFs
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	Merge PDFs
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Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $path; Value:MBS( "Path.AddPathComponent"; MBS( "Folders.UserDesktop" ); "test.zip" ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "Archive.Create"; "zip"; "deflate"; $path) ] If [ MBS("IsError") ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Failed to create zip archive."; Message: $r; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes” ] Exit Script [ ] End If Go to Record/Request/Page [ First ] Set Variable [ $destPage; Value:1 ] Loop Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "Archive.AddContainer"; Merge PDFs::InputPDF) ] Go to Record/Request/Page [ Next; Exit after last ] End Loop Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "Archive.Close") ]
Fields used in this script	Merge PDFs::InputPDF
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Tables used in this script	Merge PDFs
Table occurrences used by this script	Merge PDFs
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Previous Script: [Zip PDFs]

Script Name	Import PDF
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	Merge PDFs
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Script Definition
Script Steps	If [ Get(FoundCount) = 0 ] New Record/Request End If #import PDF Go to Field [ Merge PDFs::InputPDF ] Insert PDF [ ]
Fields used in this script	Merge PDFs::InputPDF
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Tables used in this script	Merge PDFs
Table occurrences used by this script	Merge PDFs
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