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PDFKit.AppendPages

Copies pages from one PDF to append other PDF.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
PDFKit	3.1	Yes	No	No	Yes, macOS only	Yes

MBS( "PDFKit.AppendPages"; PDFRef; OtherPDFs ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

PDFRef The PDF Reference where pages are added. $ref

OtherPDFs Several PDF references. A container value with the PDF content from a media field. Or a text with an URL. Or a PDF reference from PDFKit.Open. $PDF

Parameter	Description	Example
PDFRef	The PDF Reference where pages are added.	$ref
OtherPDFs	Several PDF references. A container value with the PDF content from a media field. Or a text with an URL. Or a PDF reference from PDFKit.Open.	$PDF

Result

Returns OK on success or error on failure.

Description

Copies pages from one PDF to append other PDF.

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

Merge two PDFs:

Set Variable [ $pdf ; Value: MBS("PDFKit.OpenContainer"; MyTable::InputPDF) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "PDFKit.AppendPages"; $pdf; MyTable::OtherPDF ) ]
Set Field [ MyTable::OutputPDF ; MBS( "PDFKit.GetPDFDocument"; $PDF) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "PDFKit.Release"; $pdf) ]

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 30th November 2017

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