Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: RichText.WritePDF

Topics All MacOS (Only) Windows (Only) Linux (Only, Not) iOS (Only, Not)
Components Crossplatform Mac & Win Server Client Old Deprecated Guides Examples Videos
New in version: 9.3 9.4 9.5 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Statistic FMM Blog

RichText.WritePDF

Write the current rich text document to a PDF file.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
RichText	5.1	Yes	No	No	Yes, macOS only	No

MBS( "RichText.WritePDF"; Path ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

Path A valid native file path. "/Users/test/Desktop/test.pdf"

Parameter	Description	Example
Path	A valid native file path.	"/Users/test/Desktop/test.pdf"

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Write the current rich text document to a PDF file.

Warning: The plugin can only read/write the styles/formats which Apple supports for their cocoa framework.

Examples

Convert doc/docx/rtf file in container to PDF:

Set Variable [$temppath; Value:MBS( "Path.AddPathComponent"; MBS( "Folders.UserTemporary" ); "temp.pdf")]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "RichText.ReadContainer"; test::MyContainerDoc )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "RichText.WritePDF"; $temppath )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "RichText.Release" )]
Set Field [test::MyContainerPDF; MBS("Files.ReadFile"; $temppath; "PDF"; "test.pdf")]

Blog Entries

MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 5.1pr1

Created 14th March 2015, last changed 14th August 2017

RichText.WriteFile - RichText.WriteRTF