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PDF Differences

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PDF Differences.fmp12

Overview
Tables	1
Relationships	0
Layouts	1
Scripts	3
Value Lists	0
Custom Functions	0
Custom Menus	33

File Options
Default custom menu set	[Standard FileMaker Menus]
When opening file
Minimum allowed version	12.0
Login using	Account Name; Account= Admin
Allow user to save password	Off
Require iOS passcode	Off
Switch to layout	Off
Hide all toolbars	Off
Script triggers
OnFirstWindowOpen	Off
OnLastWindowClose	Off
OnWindowOpen	Off
OnWindowClose	Off
OnFileAVPlayerChange	Off
Thumbnail Settings
Generate Thumbnails	On; Temporary

Tables

Table Name	Statistics	Occurrences in Relationship Graph
PDF Differences	11 fields defined, 1 record	PDF Differences

Fields

Table Name: PDF Differences - 11 Fields
Field Name	Type	Options	Comments	On Layouts	In Relationships	In Scripts	In Value Lists
Input1	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		PDF Differences		Compare
Input2	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		PDF Differences		Compare
PDF1 Name	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Context table: PDF Differences Calculation: GetAsText ( PDF Differences::PDF1 ) Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		PDF Differences
PDF2 Name	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Context table: PDF Differences Calculation: GetAsText ( PDF Differences::PDF2 ) Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		PDF Differences
Output Container	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		PDF Differences		Compare
PageIndex1	Normal, Number	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		PDF Differences		Compare NextPage
PageIndex2	Normal, Number	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		PDF Differences		Compare NextPage
PDF1	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		PDF Differences		Compare
PDF2	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		PDF Differences		Compare
PageCount	Normal, Number	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		PDF Differences		Compare NextPage
PDF Output	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		PDF Differences		Compare

Layout Objects: PDF Differences

Regular Fields

Field Name: PDF Differences::Input1

Layout Name:

PDF Differences

Top: 36 pt
Left: 6 pt
Bottom: 433 pt
Right: 289 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: PDF Differences::Input2

Layout Name:

PDF Differences

Top: 438 pt
Left: 6 pt
Bottom: 835 pt
Right: 289 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: PDF Differences::PDF1 Name

Layout Name:

PDF Differences

Top: 168 pt
Left: 870 pt
Bottom: 182 pt
Right: 1123 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: PDF Differences::PDF2 Name

Layout Name:

PDF Differences

Top: 318 pt
Left: 870 pt
Bottom: 332 pt
Right: 1123 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: PDF Differences::Output Container

Layout Name:

PDF Differences

Top: 36 pt
Left: 294 pt
Bottom: 836 pt
Right: 861 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: PDF Differences::PageIndex1

Layout Name:

PDF Differences

Top: 336 pt
Left: 942 pt
Bottom: 350 pt
Right: 1021 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: PDF Differences::PageIndex2

Layout Name:

PDF Differences

Top: 354 pt
Left: 942 pt
Bottom: 368 pt
Right: 1021 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: PDF Differences::PDF1

Layout Name:

PDF Differences

Top: 36 pt
Left: 870 pt
Bottom: 161 pt
Right: 1123 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: PDF Differences::PDF2

Layout Name:

PDF Differences

Top: 186 pt
Left: 870 pt
Bottom: 311 pt
Right: 1123 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: PDF Differences::PageCount

Layout Name:

PDF Differences

Top: 372 pt
Left: 942 pt
Bottom: 386 pt
Right: 1021 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: PDF Differences::PDF Output

Layout Name:

PDF Differences

Top: 708 pt
Left: 864 pt
Bottom: 833 pt
Right: 1117 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Type:

Text: Compare PDF Pages

Layout Name:

PDF Differences

Additional Properties:

Change to hand cursor over button
Rectangular

Top: 408 pt
Left: 870 pt
Bottom: 439 pt
Right: 1015 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Compare” ]

Scripts:

Compare

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Next Page

Layout Name:

PDF Differences

Additional Properties:

Change to hand cursor over button
Rectangular

Top: 444 pt
Left: 870 pt
Bottom: 475 pt
Right: 1015 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “NextPage” ]

Scripts:

Script Hierarchy

Compare

InitDynaPDF

Next Script: [NextPage]

Script Name	Compare
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	PDF Differences
Scripts that use this script	NextPage
Script Definition
Script Steps	#Initialize DynaPDF if needed If [ MBS("DynaPDF.IsInitialized") ≠ 1 ] Perform Script [ “InitDynaPDF” ] End If #Make new PDF environments Set Variable [ $pdf1; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.New") ] Set Variable [ $pdf2; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.New") ] #Load PDF from container Set Variable [ $r1; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer"; $pdf1; PDF Differences::PDF1) ] Set Variable [ $r2; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer"; $pdf2; PDF Differences::PDF2) ] Set Field [ PDF Differences::PageCount; MBS( "DynaPDF.GetImportPageCount"; $pdf1) ] #import just the one page we want Set Variable [ $r1; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf1; PDF Differences::PageIndex1) ] Set Variable [ $r2; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf2; PDF Differences::PageIndex2) ] #now render pages Set Variable [ $r1; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.SetJPEGQuality"; $pdf1; 100) ] Set Variable [ $r2; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.SetJPEGQuality"; $pdf2; 100) ] Set Field [ PDF Differences::Input1; MBS( "DynaPDF.RenderPage"; $pdf1; 1) ] Set Field [ PDF Differences::Input2; MBS( "DynaPDF.RenderPage"; $pdf2; 1) ] #now render pages Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ShowDifferences"; $pdf1; 1; $pdf2; 1; 1) ] // Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ShowDifferences"; $pdf1; 1; $pdf2; 1; 1; 255) ] If [ MBS("IsError") ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Error"; Message: Middle($r; 6; Length($r)); Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes”; Button 2: “Cancel”, Commit: “No” ] End If Set Field [ PDF Differences::Output Container; MBS( "DynaPDF.RenderPage"; $pdf1; 1) ] Set Field [ PDF Differences::PDF Output; MBS( "DynaPDF.Save"; $pdf1 ) ] #cleanup memory Set Variable [ $r1; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Release"; $pdf1) ] Set Variable [ $r2; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Release"; $pdf2) ]
Fields used in this script	PDF Differences::PDF1 PDF Differences::PDF2 PDF Differences::PageCount PDF Differences::PageIndex1 PDF Differences::PageIndex2 PDF Differences::Input1 PDF Differences::Input2 PDF Differences::Output Container PDF Differences::PDF Output
Scripts used in this script	InitDynaPDF
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	PDF Differences
Table occurrences used by this script	PDF Differences
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [Compare]

Next Script: [InitDynaPDF]

Script Name	NextPage
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	PDF Differences
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	If [ IsEmpty(PDF Differences::PageCount) ] Perform Script [ “Compare” ] Else If [ PDF Differences::PageIndex1 < PDF Differences::PageCount ] Set Field [ PDF Differences::PageIndex1; 1 + PDF Differences::PageIndex1 ] Set Field [ PDF Differences::PageIndex2; 1 + PDF Differences::PageIndex2 ] Perform Script [ “Compare” ] Else Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Done"; Message: "End of document."; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes”; Button 2: “Cancel”, Commit: “No” ] End If
Fields used in this script	PDF Differences::PageCount PDF Differences::PageIndex1 PDF Differences::PageIndex2
Scripts used in this script	Compare
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	PDF Differences
Table occurrences used by this script	PDF Differences
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [NextPage]

Script Name	InitDynaPDF
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script	Compare
Script Definition
Script Steps	#Locate DynaPDF library #you can have libraries in container and export at runtime to folder of your choice. #Or install library somewhere and pass path. #If library is in same folder as plugin, you can only pass only file name. If [ MBS("IsServer") ] #Put the path you use for your server here: If [ Get(SystemPlatform) = -2 ] #Server on Windows Set Variable [ $path; Value:"C:\Programs\FileMaker Server\dynapdf.dll" ] Else If [ MBS("IsLinux") ] #Server on Linux for FileMaker Cloud Set Variable [ $path; Value:"/opt/FileMaker/FileMaker Server/dynapdf.linux.so" ] Else #Server on Mac Set Variable [ $path; Value: "/Library/FileMaker Server/dynapdf.dylib" ] End If Else #For desktop and our examples we look in same folder as database: Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:Get(FilePath) ] Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:MBS("Path.FilemakerPathToNativePath"; $databasePath) ] Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; ".fp7" ; ".fmp12") ] Set Variable [ $databaseName; Value:Get(FileName) & ".fmp12" ] If [ Get(SystemPlatform) = -2 ] Set Variable [ $path; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; $databaseName ; "dynapdf.dll" ) ] #plugin will look for dynapdf.dll and if not found also for dynapdf.dll (64-bit) and dynapdf32.dll (32-bit). Else Set Variable [ $path; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; $databaseName ; "dynapdf.dylib" ) ] #Mac dylib is usually 32 and 64 bit together. End If End If #You can test for free. #If you like to get a dynapdf license, please follow links on our pricing page: #https://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/pricing.shtml Set Variable [ $LicenseKey; Value:"" // put your key here or leave empty for demo. // Use e.g. "Lite", "Pro" or "Starter" to use demo mode for just that mode. ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "DynaPDF.Initialize"; $path; $LicenseKey) ] If [ $r ≠ "OK" ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Error"; Message: $r; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “No”; Button 2: “Cancel”, Commit: “No” ] Halt Script End If
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