Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Combine PDFs

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Combine PDFs

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Combine PDFs.fmp12

Overview
Tables	1
Relationships	0
Layouts	1
Scripts	4
Value Lists	0
Custom Functions	0
Custom Menus	33

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

Tables

Table Name	Statistics	Comments	Occurrences in Relationship Graph
combine pdf	4 fields defined, 1 record		combine pdf

Fields

Table Name: combine pdf - 4 Fields
Field Name	Type	Options	Comments	On Layouts	In Relationships	In Scripts	In Value Lists
test1	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		combine pdf		Rotate
test2	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		combine pdf		InfoScript
result	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		combine pdf		SetTitle Rotate Clear
title	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		combine pdf		SetTitle

Layout Objects: combine pdf

Regular Fields

Field Name: combine pdf::test1

Layout Name:

combine pdf

Top: 32 pt
Left: 12 pt
Bottom: 250 pt
Right: 265 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: combine pdf::test2

Layout Name:

combine pdf

Top: 32 pt
Left: 270 pt
Bottom: 250 pt
Right: 523 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: combine pdf::result

Layout Name:

combine pdf

Top: 32 pt
Left: 528 pt
Bottom: 250 pt
Right: 781 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: combine pdf::title

Layout Name:

combine pdf

Top: 390 pt
Left: 529 pt
Bottom: 409 pt
Right: 782 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: Info for Test1

Layout Name:

combine pdf

Additional Properties:

Change to hand cursor over button

Top: 256 pt
Left: 13 pt
Bottom: 285 pt
Right: 265 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Fields:

combine pdf::test1
combine pdf::test1
combine pdf::test1
combine pdf::test1
combine pdf::test1
combine pdf::test1
combine pdf::test1
combine pdf::test1
combine pdf::test1

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Info for Test2

Layout Name:

combine pdf

Additional Properties:

Change to hand cursor over button

Top: 256 pt
Left: 270 pt
Bottom: 285 pt
Right: 522 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “InfoScript” ]

Scripts:

InfoScript

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Info for Result

Layout Name:

combine pdf

Additional Properties:

Change to hand cursor over button

Top: 256 pt
Left: 529 pt
Bottom: 285 pt
Right: 781 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Fields:

combine pdf::result
combine pdf::result
combine pdf::result
combine pdf::result
combine pdf::result
combine pdf::result
combine pdf::result
combine pdf::result
combine pdf::result

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Combine Test1 and Test2 into Result

Layout Name:

combine pdf

Additional Properties:

Change to hand cursor over button

Top: 297 pt
Left: 13 pt
Bottom: 326 pt
Right: 265 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Set Field [ combine pdf::result; MBS("PDFKit.Combine"; "test.pdf"; combine pdf::test1; combine pdf::test2) ]

Fields:

combine pdf::test1
combine pdf::test2
combine pdf::result

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Copy first page of test1 into new PDF

Layout Name:

combine pdf

Additional Properties:

Change to hand cursor over button

Top: 297 pt
Left: 270 pt
Bottom: 326 pt
Right: 522 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Set Field [ combine pdf::result; MBS("PDFKit.GetPDFPagePDF"; combine pdf::test1; 0 /* first page */; "output.pdf") ]

Fields:

combine pdf::test1
combine pdf::result

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Set Title of Result

Layout Name:

combine pdf

Additional Properties:

Change to hand cursor over button

Top: 349 pt
Left: 530 pt
Bottom: 378 pt
Right: 782 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “SetTitle” ]

Scripts:

SetTitle

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Export and open PDF

Layout Name:

combine pdf

Additional Properties:

Change to hand cursor over button

Top: 297 pt
Left: 530 pt
Bottom: 326 pt
Right: 782 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Export Field Contents [ combine pdf::result; “file:result.pdf”; Automatically open; Create folders:No ]

Fields:

combine pdf::result

Next Script: [SetTitle]

Script Name	InfoScript
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	combine pdf
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $ref; Value:MBS("PDFKit.OpenContainer"; combine pdf::test2) ] Show Custom Dialog [ Message: "Title: " & MBS("PDFKit.GetPDFAttribute"; $ref; "Title") & "¶" & "Subject: " & MBS("PDFKit.GetPDFAttribute"; $ref; "Subject") & "¶" & "Author: " & MBS("PDFKit.GetPDFAttribute"; $ref; "Author") & "¶" & "Creator: " & MBS("PDFKit.GetPDFAttribute"; $ref; "Creator") & "¶" & "Producer: " & MBS("PDFKit.GetPDFAttribute"; $ref; "Producer") & "¶" & "Keywords: " & MBS("PDFKit.GetPDFAttribute"; $ref; "Keywords") & "¶" & "CreationDate: " & MBS("PDFKit.GetPDFAttribute"; $ref; "CreationDate") & "¶" & "ModificationDate: " & MBS("PDFKit.GetPDFAttribute"; $ref; "ModificationDate") & "¶" & "Page COunt: " & MBS("PDFKit.GetPDFPageCount"; $ref) & "¶" & "Ref: " & $ref; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes”; Button 2: “Abbrechen”, Commit: “No” ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("PDFKit.Release"; $ref) ]
Fields used in this script	combine pdf::test2
Scripts used in this script
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	combine pdf
Table occurrences used by this script	combine pdf
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [InfoScript]

Next Script: [Rotate]

Script Name	SetTitle
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	combine pdf
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $ref; Value:MBS("PDFKit.OpenContainer"; combine pdf::result) ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("PDFKit.SetPDFAttribute"; $ref; "Title"; combine pdf::title) ] Set Field [ combine pdf::result; MBS("PDFKit.GetPDFDocument"; $ref; "result.pdf") ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("PDFKit.Release"; $ref) ]
Fields used in this script	combine pdf::result combine pdf::title
Scripts used in this script
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	combine pdf
Table occurrences used by this script	combine pdf
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [SetTitle]

Next Script: [Clear]

Script Name	Rotate
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $pdf; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.OpenContainer"; combine pdf::test1 ) ] #rotate first page by 90° Set Variable [ $pageCount; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.GetPDFPageCount"; $pdf) ] Set Variable [ $degree; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.GetPDFPageRotation"; $PDF; 0 ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.SetPDFPageRotation"; $PDF; 0; $degree + 90 ) ] Set Variable [ $degree; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.GetPDFPageRotation"; $PDF; 0 ) ] #save new PDF Set Variable [ $filename; Value:GetAsText ( combine pdf::test1 ) ] Set Variable [ $newPDF; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.GetPDFDocument"; $PDF; $filename) ] Set Field [ combine pdf::result; $newPDF ] #preview in the field may not show rotation! #cleanup Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.Release"; $PDF ) ]
Fields used in this script	combine pdf::test1 combine pdf::result
Scripts used in this script
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	combine pdf
Table occurrences used by this script	combine pdf
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [Rotate]

Script Name	Clear
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Field [ combine pdf::result; "" ]
Fields used in this script	combine pdf::result
Scripts used in this script
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	combine pdf
Table occurrences used by this script	combine pdf
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

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