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PDFKit.OpenPath

Opens a PDF from a file path and returns a PDF Reference value.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
PDFKit 2.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes, on macOS ✅ Yes
MBS( "PDFKit.OpenPath"; Path )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
Path A text with a file path.

Result

Returns a number for the PDF.

Description

Opens a PDF from a file path and returns a PDF Reference value.
This value can be used in other PDFKit calls to work on the same PDF.
See also PDFKit.OpenContainer 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 with the given path:

MBS("PDFKit.OpenPath"; "/data/test.pdf")

See also

Example Databases

This function checks for a license.

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 31st August 2023


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