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PDFKit.WriteToPath

Writes the PDF to the given file path.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server FileMaker iOS SDK
PDFKit 3.1 Yes No No Yes, macOS only Yes
MBS( "PDFKit.WriteToPath"; PDF; Path )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
PDF A container value with the PDF content from a media field. Or a text with an URL. Or a PDF reference from PDFKit.Open.
Path A valid native file path. "/Users/test/Desktop/test.pdf"

Result

Returns OK or error message.

Description

Writes the PDF to the given file path.

This function requires a native path. Use Path.FileMakerPathToNativePath to convert a FileMaker path to a native path if required. If you like to have the user choose the path, you can use FileDialog functions.
For Server be aware that server has limited permissions and may not be able to access all files on a computer.

Examples

Load PDF, Write PDF and release it.

$h = MBS("PDFKit.OpenPath"; "/Users/cs/Desktop/test.pdf")
$r = MBS("PDFKit.WriteToPath"; $h; "/Users/cs/Desktop/output.pdf")
$r = MBS("PDFKit.Release"; $h)

See also

Example Databases

Blog Entries

Release notes

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 5th September 2014


PDFKit.Watermark   -   PDFKit.allowsCopying

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