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PDFKit.OpenContainer
Opens a PDF from container value and returns a PDF Reference value.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| PDFKit | 2.3 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes, on macOS | ✅ Yes |
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Container | A media value containing PDF data. |
Result
Returns a number for the PDF.
Description
Opens a PDF from container value and returns a PDF Reference value.This value can be used in other PDFKit calls to work on the same PDF.
See also PDFKit.OpenPath and PDFKit.OpenURL.
PDF Document reference numbers are starting at 30000 and counting up for each new document.
Use PDFKit.Release later to free the memory.
Examples
Open the PDF in the container:
MBS("PDFKit.OpenContainer"; myTable::myMediaField)
Rotate page and set title:
# open PDF from container
Set Variable [$ref; Value:MBS("PDFKit.OpenContainer"; combine pdf::result)]
# Set title for PDF
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS("PDFKit.SetPDFAttribute"; $ref; "Title"; combine pdf::title)]
# Rotate first page by 90°
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS("PDFKit.SetPDFPageRotation"; $ref; 0; 90)]
# save document to container
Set Field [combine pdf::result; MBS("PDFKit.GetPDFDocument"; $ref; "result.pdf")]
# free memory
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS("PDFKit.Release"; $ref)]
See also
- PDFKit.allowsCopying
- PDFKit.allowsPrinting
- PDFKit.AppendPages
- PDFKit.GetPDFDocument
- PDFKit.isEncrypted
- PDFKit.Open
- PDFKit.OpenPath
- PDFKit.Release
- PDFKit.SetPDFAttribute
- PDFKit.SetPDFPageRotation
Example Databases
- Barcode/Barcodes from Invoices
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Combine PDFs
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Encrypt PDF
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Merge PDF
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/PDFKit Print Documents
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/PDFKit Print
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Watermark PDF Page
Blog Entries
FileMaker Magazin
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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 29th September 2017
