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PDFKit Page Selector

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PDFKit Page Selector.fmp12

Overview
Tables	1
Relationships	0
Layouts	1
Scripts	6
Value Lists	0
Custom Functions	0
Custom Menus	24

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	Script: on_FirstWindowOpen_clearTheStage
OnLastWindowClose	Off
OnWindowOpen	Off
OnWindowClose	Off
OnFileAVPlayerChange	Off
Thumbnail Settings
Generate Thumbnails	On; Temporary

Tables

Table Name	Statistics	Occurrences in Relationship Graph
PDFKit Page Select	9 fields defined, 0 record	PDFKit Page Select

Fields

Table Name: PDFKit Page Select - 9 Fields
Field Name	Type	Options	Comments	On Layouts	In Relationships	In Scripts	In Value Lists
PrimaryKey	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Context table: PDFKit Page Select Calculation: Get( UUID ) Validation: Only during data entry Not empty Unique Strict validation Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: Minimal Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: Unicode Raw	Unique identifier of each record in this table
CreationTimestamp	Normal, Timestamp	Auto-Enter: Creation timestamp Validation: Only during data entry Strict data type: 4 digit year Not empty Strict validation Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German	Date and time each record was created
CreatedBy	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Creation account name Validation: Only during data entry Not empty Strict validation Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German	Account name of the user who created each record
ModificationTimestamp	Normal, Timestamp	Auto-Enter: Modification timestamp Validation: Only during data entry Strict data type: 4 digit year Not empty Strict validation Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German	Date and time each record was last modified
ModifiedBy	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Modification account name Validation: Only during data entry Not empty Strict validation Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German	Account name of the user who last modified each record
InputPDF	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Global Repetitions: 1		PDFKit Page Select		on_FirstWindowOpen_clearTheStage trg_onModify_DeleteolaAndSplitNew do_split_PDFinPages_onMac get_somePageFromPDFand_SaveTo (pPageNum; pDestinationFieldName)
Page	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		PDFKit Page Select		do_split_PDFinPages_onMac
Number	Normal, Number	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		PDFKit Page Select		do_split_PDFinPages_onMac get_somePageFromPDFand_SaveTo (pPageNum; pDestinationFieldName)
OutputPDF	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Global Repetitions: 1		PDFKit Page Select		get_somePageFromPDFand_SaveTo (pPageNum; pDestinationFieldName)

Layout Objects: PDFKit Page Select

Regular Fields

Field Name: PDFKit Page Select::InputPDF

Layout Name:

PDFKit Page Select

OnObjectModify

Script: trg_onModify_DeleteolaAndSplitNew
Modes: Browse

Top: 4 pt
Left: 14 pt
Bottom: 129 pt
Right: 140 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

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

Field Name: PDFKit Page Select::Page

Layout Name:

PDFKit Page Select

Top: 169 pt
Left: 415 pt
Bottom: 294 pt
Right: 668 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

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

Field Name: PDFKit Page Select::OutputPDF

Layout Name:

PDFKit Page Select

Top: 9 pt
Left: 451 pt
Bottom: 134 pt
Right: 668 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

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

Field Name: PDFKit Page Select::Page

Layout Name:

PDFKit Page Select

Top: 137 pt
Left: 14 pt
Bottom: 231 pt
Right: 93 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: PDFKit Page Select::Number

Layout Name:

PDFKit Page Select

Top: 140 pt
Left: 102 pt
Bottom: 164 pt
Right: 167 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Text:

{{TotalRecordCount}} Pages

Layout Name:

PDFKit Page Select

Top: 117 pt
Left: 126 pt
Bottom: 130 pt
Right: 255 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Type:

Text: Copy

Layout Name:

PDFKit Page Select

Top: 206 pt
Left: 106 pt
Bottom: 228 pt
Right: 156 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “get_somePageFromPDFand_SaveTo (pPageNum; pDestinationFieldName)”; Parameter: PDFKit Page Select::Number ]

Scripts:

get_somePageFromPDFand_SaveTo (pPageNum; pDestinationFieldName)

Fields:

PDFKit Page Select::Number

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: to Desktop

Layout Name:

PDFKit Page Select

Top: 206 pt
Left: 167 pt
Bottom: 228 pt
Right: 246 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “get_somePageFromPDFand_SaveTo (pPageNum; pDestinationFieldName)”; Parameter: List ( PDFKit Page Select::Number; "Desktop" ) ]

Scripts:

get_somePageFromPDFand_SaveTo (pPageNum; pDestinationFieldName)

Fields:

PDFKit Page Select::Number

Popover Buttons

Popover Button Properties		Coordinates
Type: Text: Layout Name: PDFKit Page Select		Top: 95 pt Left: 156 pt Bottom: 117 pt Right: 178 pt Anchoring: Left, Top
Popover Properties		Coordinates
Show Title Bar: Yes Title: "Instructions" Position: Bottom		Top: 128 pt Left: 56 pt Bottom: 497 pt Right: 278 pt Anchoring: Left, Top
Popover Content
Tab Controls	Slide Controls	Fields	Buttons	Portals	Web Viewer Controls	Charts

Table:

PDFKit Page Select

Layout Name:

PDFKit Page Select

Top: 136 pt
Left: 4 pt
Bottom: 744 pt
Right: 275 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Objects

PDFKit Page Select::Page at (137, 14, 231, 93)
PDFKit Page Select::Number at (140, 102, 164, 167)

Sort records: Off
Filter calculation: None
Initial Row: 1
Number of Rows: 6
Show vertical scroll bar
Allow deletion of portal records

Script Hierarchy

on_FirstWindowOpen_clearTheStage

do_Show_PDFPageSelector (pTop; pLeft)

trg_onModify_DeleteolaAndSplitNew

do_split_PDFinPages_onMac

get_somePageFromPDFand_SaveTo (pPageNum; pDestinationFieldName)

Next Script: [do_Show_PDFPageSelector (pTop; pLeft)]

Script Name	on_FirstWindowOpen_clearTheStage
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	No
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Script Definition
Script Steps	#Script: on_FirstWindowOpen #Minimize Window to show fully show Layout without Toolbar, empty out all previous data Go to Layout [ “PDFKit Page Select” ] Show/Hide Toolbars [ Hide ] Show All Records Delete All Records [ No dialog ] Set Field [ PDFKit Page Select::InputPDF; "" ] Adjust Window [ Resize to Fit ]
Fields used in this script	PDFKit Page Select::InputPDF
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Layouts used in this script	PDFKit Page Select
Tables used in this script	PDFKit Page Select
Table occurrences used by this script	PDFKit Page Select
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Previous Script: [on_FirstWindowOpen_clearTheStage]

Next Script: [-]

Script Name	do_Show_PDFPageSelector (pTop; pLeft)
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
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Script Definition
Script Steps	#Script: do_Show_PDFPageSelector (pTop; pLeft) Set Variable [ $Params; Value:Get ( ScriptParameter ) ] Set Variable [ $pTop; Value:GetValue ( $Params ; 1 ) ] Set Variable [ $pLeft; Value:GetValue ( $Params ; 2 ) ] Move/Resize Window [ Current Window; Top: $pTop; Left: $pLeft ]
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Previous Script: [do_Show_PDFPageSelector (pTop; pLeft)]

Next Script: [trg_onModify_DeleteolaAndSplitNew]

Script Name	-
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
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Next Script: [do_split_PDFinPages_onMac]

Script Name	trg_onModify_DeleteolaAndSplitNew
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	No
Layouts that use this script
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Script Definition
Script Steps	If [ IsEmpty ( PDFKit Page Select::InputPDF ) ] Exit Script [ ] End If Show All Records Delete All Records [ No dialog ] Perform Script [ “do_split_PDFinPages_onMac” ]
Fields used in this script	PDFKit Page Select::InputPDF
Scripts used in this script	do_split_PDFinPages_onMac
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	PDFKit Page Select
Table occurrences used by this script	PDFKit Page Select
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Previous Script: [trg_onModify_DeleteolaAndSplitNew]

Next Script: [get_somePageFromPDFand_SaveTo (pPageNum; pDestinationFieldName)]

Script Name	do_split_PDFinPages_onMac
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	trg_onModify_DeleteolaAndSplitNew
Script Definition
Script Steps	#Script: do_split_PDFinPages_onMac #assumes a PDF file is placed in global container in this table (PDFKit Page Select) Loads the file into a variable, uses MBS V. 14.1 or later to count pages and then puts a small JPEG of each contained page into a new records container for ThumbNail type of display along with the page number (Numbers start from zero, for ease of displax one is added) and finally releases the occupied memory with MBS Function 'PDFKit.release' #Mac or iOS. For Windows and Linux use DynaPDF Set Variable [ $pdf; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.OpenContainer"; PDFKit Page Select::InputPDF ) ] Set Variable [ $count; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.GetPDFPageCount"; $PDF ) ] Set Variable [ $index; Value:1 ] Set Variable [ $resolution; Value:72 ] If [ $index ≤ $count ] Loop [ Flush: Always ] #your script steps here New Record/Request Set Field [ PDFKit Page Select::Number; $index ] Set Field [ PDFKit Page Select::Page; MBS( "PDFKit.GetPDFPageImage"; $PDF; $index-1; "JPEG"; "Page.jpg"; $resolution) ] Commit Records/Requests [ No dialog ] #next Set Variable [ $index; Value:$index + 1 ] Exit Loop If [ $index > $count ] End Loop End If Set Variable [ $count; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.Release"; $PDF ) ]
Fields used in this script	PDFKit Page Select::InputPDF PDFKit Page Select::Number PDFKit Page Select::Page
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Tables used in this script	PDFKit Page Select
Table occurrences used by this script	PDFKit Page Select
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Previous Script: [do_split_PDFinPages_onMac]

Script Name	get_somePageFromPDFand_SaveTo (pPageNum; pDestinationFieldName)
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	PDFKit Page Select
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	#Script: get_somePageFromPDFand_SaveTo (pPageNum; pDestinationFieldName) #assumes a PDF file is placed in global container in this table (PDFKit Page Select) Retrieves the page number (Numbers start from zero, for ease of display 1 is added) and stores the pdf in the destination field. If no Parameter with the name is given, it tries a default in this table. #Mac or iOS. For Windows and Linux use DynaPDF Set Variable [ $Params; Value:Get ( ScriptParameter ) ] Set Variable [ $pPageNum; Value:GetValue ( $Params ; 1 ) ] Set Variable [ $pDestinationFieldName; Value:GetValue ( $Params ; 2 ) ] Set Variable [ $pageSelected; Value:If ( $pPageNum; $pPageNum-1; PDFKit Page Select::Number-1 ) ] Set Variable [ $pageOutput; Value:If ( $pDestinationFieldName <> "" and $pDestinationFieldName <> "Desktop"; $pDestinationFieldName; GetFieldName ( PDFKit Page Select::OutputPDF )) ] Set Field By Name [ $pageOutput; MBS( "PDFKit.GetPDFPagePDF"; PDFKit Page Select::InputPDF; $pageSelected; "page.pdf") ] // Set Field [ PDFKit Page Select::OutputPDF; MBS( "PDFKit.GetPDFPagePDF"; PDFKit Page Select::InputPDF; $pageSelected; "page.pdf") ] Set Variable [ $Error; Value:Get ( LastError ) ] If [ not $Error ] Go to Field [ PDFKit Page Select::OutputPDF ] [ Select/perform ] If [ $pDestinationFieldName = "" ] Copy [ ] [ Select ] Else If [ $pDestinationFieldName = "Desktop" ] Set Variable [ $outFile; Value:Get ( DesktopPath ) & "Page_" & PDFKit Page Select::Number & ".pdf" ] Export Field Contents [ PDFKit Page Select::OutputPDF; “$outFile”; Automatically open; Create folders:Yes ] End If Go to Field [ ] End If Exit Script [ ]
Fields used in this script	PDFKit Page Select::Number PDFKit Page Select::OutputPDF PDFKit Page Select::InputPDF
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Tables used in this script	PDFKit Page Select
Table occurrences used by this script	PDFKit Page Select
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