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DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromFile
Opens a PDF for importing from a file.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| DynaPDF | 3.0 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. | |||
| Path | The path to use. Should contain a PDF file. | $path | |
| PasswordType | The password type and flags. Flag kann be 1 for owner password and 0 for open password. You can combine this with 2 to force repair. |
0 | Optional |
| Password | The password to decrypt the file. | $password | Optional |
Result
Returns 0, file handle or error message.
Description
Opens a PDF for importing from a file.Use Path.FileMakerPathToNativePath to convert a FileMaker path to a native path if required.
If you have the PDF in a container, please use DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer function instead.
Requires DynaPDF Lite license.
If the function succeeds the return value is zero or the file handle if the flag UseProxy is set (a value greater or equal zero). If the function fails the return value is an error message.
After opening the file, please use DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile or DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage to import one or more pages. Or just check metadata with e.g. DynaPDF.GetImportDocInfo and check page count and sizes with DynaPDF.GetImportPageBounds and DynaPDF.GetImportPageCount.
See also OpenPDFFromFile function in DynaPDF manual.
Examples
Import selected pages from one PDF and write into a new one:
# New PDF
Set Variable [$pdf; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.New")]
# Open existing PDF file (or use DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer for container)
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromFile"; $pdf; $path )]
# Query page count
Set Variable [$pageCount; Value:MBS( "DynaPDF.GetImportPageCount"; $pdf )]
# Import the pages you need
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; 1)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; 2)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; 3)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; $pagecount - 1)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; $pagecount - 2)]
# Set output to this file path
# MBS( "DynaPDF.OpenOutputFile"; $pdf; "/Users/cs/Desktop/output.pdf" )
# Write PDF
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Save"; $pdf)]
# release memory
Set Variable [$r1; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Release"; $pdf)]
See also
- DynaPDF.GetInIsTrapped
- DynaPDF.GetInMetadata
- DynaPDF.GetInPrintSettings
- DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile
- DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage
- DynaPDF.Initialize
- DynaPDF.New
- DynaPDF.OpenOutputFile
- DynaPDF.Release
- DynaPDF.SetUseGlobalImpFiles
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- Introducing DynaPDF to MBS Filemaker Plugin
FileMaker Magazin
This function checks for a license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 2nd September 2021
