DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage

Imports a page from the import PDF and appends it to the current working PDF.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
PDF	The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New.	$pdf
PageIndex	The source page number from 1 to DynaPDF.GetImportPageCount.	1	Optional
ScaleX	Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 13.0 or newer. The scale factor for x coordinate. Default is 1.0.	1.0	Optional
ScaleY	Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 13.0 or newer. The scale factor for y coordinate. Default is 1.0.	1.0	Optional

Result

Returns OK or error message.

Description

See also ImportPDFPage function in DynaPDF manual.

Examples

Import a single page:

Set Variable [$r; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.SetImportFlags"; $pdf; "ImportAll¶ImportAsPage¶AllPageObjects" )]
Set Variable [$r; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer"; $pdf; Invoice::PDF Template)]
Set Variable [$r; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; 1)]

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)]

Split first page from a PDF:

# 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 )]

# Import one page
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage"; $pdf; 1)]

# Write PDF
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Save"; $pdf)]

# release memory
Set Variable [$r1; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Release"; $pdf)]

See also

• DynaPDF.GetImportPageCount
• DynaPDF.GetOCG
• DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile
• DynaPDF.Initialize
• DynaPDF.OpenOutputFile
• DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer
• DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromFile
• DynaPDF.Print
• DynaPDF.Release
• DynaPDF.Save

Release notes

• Version 9.2
  • Improved error handling for DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage function.

Example Databases

• Containers/Create Container Preview
• DynaPDF/Apply Letter Paper to PDF
• DynaPDF/Batch Preview
• DynaPDF/Click Points
• DynaPDF/DynaPDF Test
• DynaPDF/Generate Previews
• DynaPDF/Highlight Text
• DynaPDF/Invoice/Invoice
• DynaPDF/PDF Differences
• DynaPDF/PDF Library

Blog Entries

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• Normalize PDF orientation with MBS Plugins and DynaPDF
• Introducing DynaPDF to MBS Filemaker Plugin

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 24th August 2023

DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile - DynaPDF.ImportPageAsTemplate