Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: PDFKit.AddEmptyPage

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PDFKit.AddEmptyPage

Adds an empty page to the given PDF document.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
PDFKit	5.0	Yes	No	No	Yes, macOS only	Yes

MBS( "PDFKit.AddEmptyPage"; PDF { ; Width; Height } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

PDF A PDF reference number from PDFKit.Open. $ref

Width The width for the new PDF page. 600 Optional

Height The height of the new PDF page. 800 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
PDF	A PDF reference number from PDFKit.Open.	$ref
Width	The width for the new PDF page.	600	Optional
Height	The height of the new PDF page.	800	Optional

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Adds an empty page to the given PDF document.

Your changes are only done in memory, so please remember to write modified pdf back to disk, e.g. by using PDFKit.WriteToPath. Or use PDFKit.GetPDFDocument to get a PDF for storing in a container.

Examples

Create PDF from images:

# Start new document
Set Variable [$doc; Value:MBS("PDFKit.NewPDFDocument")]
# Add image in full size as new page
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("PDFKit.AddImagePage"; $doc; test::image)]
# Add empty page in default size
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("PDFKit.AddEmptyPage"; $doc)]
# Add image in given size as new page:
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("PDFKit.AddImagePage"; $doc; test::image; 400; 300)]
# get PDF document and store in container:
Set Field [test::test; MBS("PDFKit.GetPDFDocument"; $doc)]
# release memory
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("PDFKit.Release"; $doc)]

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MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 5.0pr12

Created 16th February 2015, last changed 25th April 2016

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