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Component: PDFKit
PDF functions for macOS and iOS.
| Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| 2.1 / 10.5 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ 89%, on macOS | 🔶 74% |
| Item | Details | Server |
|---|---|---|
| PDFKit.AddEmptyPage Adds an empty page to the given PDF document. | Mac/iOS 5.0 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.AddImageFilePage Adds a new page to PDF document with given image file. | Mac/iOS 7.2 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.AddImagePage Adds a new page to PDF document with given image. | Mac/iOS 5.0 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.AppendPages Copies pages from one PDF to append other PDF. | Mac/iOS 3.1 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.Combine Creates a new PDF file with all the given PDF files/references. | Mac/iOS 2.3 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.CombineRef Creates a new PDF document with all the given PDF files/references and returns the new PDF reference. | Mac/iOS 2.3 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GeneratePreview Adds preview to an existing PDF container. | Mac/iOS 7.5 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetCurrentFilter Queries name of current selected filter. | Mac only 4.3 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetIgnoreCombineErrors Returns status of Combine Error handling. | Mac/iOS 2.4 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFAttribute Queries a PDF attribute. | Mac/iOS 2.3 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFDocument Creates a new PDF Document with the given PDF document. | Mac/iOS 2.2 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFPageCount Queries the number of the pages in the PDF document. | Mac/iOS 2.1 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFPageDisplayAnnotation Gets whether annotations are drawn. | Mac/iOS 6.0 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFPageFormattedText Queries the styled text of a page in a PDF document. | Mac/iOS 2.7 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFPageImage Renders an image of a page in a PDF document. | Mac/iOS 2.1 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFPagePDF Creates a new PDF Document with the given PDF page. | Mac/iOS 2.2 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFPagePDFRef Creates a new PDF Document with the given PDF page. | Mac/iOS 2.3 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFPageRotation Returns the page rotation angle in degrees. | Mac/iOS 2.9 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFPageText Queries the text of a page in a PDF document. | Mac/iOS 2.1 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFPageValue Queries a page property. | Mac/iOS 5.0 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFPagesPDF Creates a new PDF Document with the given PDF pages. | Mac/iOS 2.2 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFPagesPDFRef Creates a new PDF Document with the given PDF pages. | Mac/iOS 2.3 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPDFText Queries the text of the PDF document. | Mac/iOS 2.1 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPrintLastSettings Queries current print settings. | Mac only 9.2 |
❌ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPrintOption Queries a custom option. | Mac only 9.2 |
❌ Server |
| PDFKit.GetPrintSetting Queries print settings for printing PDF. | Mac only 4.0 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.NewPDFDocument Creates a new empty PDF and returns a PDF Reference value. | Mac/iOS 5.0 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.Open Opens a PDF and returns a PDF Reference value. | Mac/iOS 2.2 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.OpenContainer Opens a PDF from container value and returns a PDF Reference value. | Mac/iOS 2.3 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.OpenPath Opens a PDF from a file path and returns a PDF Reference value. | Mac/iOS 2.3 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.OpenURL Opens a PDF from an URL and returns a PDF Reference value. | Mac/iOS 2.3 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.PageBounds Returns the bounds for the specified PDF display box. | Mac/iOS 2.9 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.Print Prints a PDF without dialogs. | Mac only 4.0 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.Release Releases a PDF reference. | Mac/iOS 2.1 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.ReleaseAll Release all PDFKit documents. | Mac/iOS 10.5 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.ResetPrintSettings Resets print settings to default settings. | Mac only 4.0 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.RestorePrintSettings Restores print settings. | Mac only 4.0 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.SavePrintSettings Saves current print settings. | Mac only 4.0 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.SetCurrentFilter Sets the current filter. | Mac only 4.3 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.SetIgnoreCombineErrors Sets whether Combine operation should report error if you did not pass PDF files or references. | Mac/iOS 2.4 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.SetPDFAttribute Sets a PDF attribute. | Mac/iOS 2.3 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.SetPDFPageDisplayAnnotation Sets whether annotations are drawn. | Mac/iOS 6.0 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.SetPDFPageRotation Sets the rotation angle for the page in degrees. | Mac/iOS 2.9 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.SetPrintOption Sets custom print options. | Mac only 9.2 |
❌ Server |
| PDFKit.SetPrintSetting Sets print settings for printing PDF. | Mac only 4.0 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.Watermark Adds a watermark to a page. | Mac/iOS 2.7 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.WriteToPath Writes the PDF to the given file path. | Mac/iOS 3.1 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.allowsCopying Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the document allows copying of content to the Pasteboard. | Mac/iOS 2.9 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.allowsPrinting Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the document allows printing. | Mac/iOS 2.9 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.isEncrypted Returns a Boolean value specifying whether the document is encrypted. | Mac/iOS 2.9 |
✅ Server |
| PDFKit.isLocked Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the document is locked. | Mac/iOS 2.9 |
✅ Server |
| QuartzFilterManager.Filters Queries list of all filters. | Mac only 4.3 |
❌ Server |
| QuartzFilterManager.HidePanel Hides the panel for the Quartz Filter Manager. | Mac only 4.3 |
❌ Server |
| QuartzFilterManager.ShowPanel Shows the panel for the Quartz Filter Manager. | Mac only 4.3 |
❌ Server |
54 functions shown.
Release notes
- Version 11.3
- Fixed an issue with PDFKit.Combine called with multiple containers.
- Version 11.2
- Improved memory usage of Container.ReadImage, PDFKit.GeneratePreview and PDFKit.GetPDFPageImage functions, especially for server.
- Version 11.1
- Added PageSize setting for PDFKit.SetPrintSetting and PDFKit.GetPrintSetting functions.
- Version 10.5
- Added AVExport.ReleaseAll, AVRecorder.ReleaseAll, CoreML.ReleaseAll, DNSLookup.ReleaseAll, Dictionary.ReleaseAll, FM.SQL.ReleaseAll, JS.ReleaseAll, JavaScript.ReleaseAll, LDAP.ReleaseAll, PDFKit.ReleaseAll, PKCS12.ReleaseAll, PKCS7.ReleaseAll, PKey.ReleaseAll, SSH.ReleaseAll, WinSendMail.ReleaseAll, WindowsML.ReleaseAll, WordFile.ReleaseAll, and X509.ReleaseAll.
- Version 10.1
- Fixed tray setting for PDFKit.SetPrintSetting function.
- Rewrote PDFKit.GetPrintLastSettings, PageSetupDialog.GetLastSettings and PrintDialog.GetLastSettings to return result as JSON.
- Version 9.5
- Fixed problem with returning NSImages. Now passing pixel size to FileMaker, so images with DPI > 72 show correctly in container. e.g. for PDFKit.GetPDFPageImage function.
- Version 9.2
- Added new optional type parameter to PrintDialog.SetOption and PDFKit.SetPrintOption to set data type.
- Added PDFKit.GetPrintLastSettings function.
- Added PDFKit.GetPrintOption and PDFKit.SetPrintOption functions to set custom options.
- Version 8.5
- Changed PDFKit.Print to automatically disable print dialogs when printing on FileMaker Server.
- Version 8.3
- Fixed PDFKit.Watermark to work better with watermarks on several pages.
Blog Entries
- Combined Components with MBS FileMaker Plugin
- Markup for FileMaker on iOS
- FileMaker Server Version and OS statistics
- Document Camera Scan functions for FileMaker iOS SDK
- Neues MBS FileMaker Plugin 9.2
- Combine MBS functions to automate processes in FileMaker
- MBS FileMaker Plugin 8.0 - More than 5000 Functions In One Plugin
- PDFKit on iOS for MBS FileMaker Plugin
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 7.5pr9
- MBS FileMaker Plugin 6.0 for OS X/Windows
FileMaker Magazin
- Ausgabe 6/2020, Seite 25, PDF
- Ausgabe 6/2017, Seite 26, PDF
- Ausgabe 5/2014, Seite 24, PDF
- Ausgabe 5/2014, Seite 23, PDF
Example Databases
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Combine PDFs
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Compress PDF
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Encrypt PDF
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Extract PDF Pages
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Merge PDF
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/PDFKit Print
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Pictures to PDF
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Print PDF
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Split
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Watermark PDF Page
Videos
- Presentation from June 2020
- MBS Plugin Präsentation von der FileMaker Konferenz 2019
- FileMaker Developer Conference 2019 Presentation
- FileMaker Developer Conference 2018 Presentation
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