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SQL.GetFieldAsPDF
Returns field's value as PDF value.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| SQL | 4.3 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
MBS( "SQL.GetFieldAsPDF"; Command; Field { ; DontRenderPreview } ) More
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Command | The command reference number gained with SQL.NewCommand. | $Command | |
| Field | The name or one based index of the field. | $Field | |
| DontRenderPreview | Pass 1 to not create a JPEG with preview of first page as part of the container. | 0 | Optional |
Result
Returns container value or error message.
Description
Returns field's value as PDF value.Field must be a BLOB field. The plugin does not verify if the BLOB contains a valid PDF document.
See also SQL.GetFieldAsJPEG and SQL.GetFieldAsPNG.
For PDF content: If you have a DynaPDF Pro license and DynaPDF functions initialized, this function can add previews for the PDF file on Windows and Linux. For MacOS, we make them with PDFKit.
Examples
Read field value of field "PDFData" into variable:
$firstname = MBS("SQL.GetFieldAsPDF"; $command; "PDFData")
See also
- SQL.GetFieldAsDate
- SQL.GetFieldAsFloat
- SQL.GetFieldAsJPEG
- SQL.GetFieldAsPNG
- SQL.GetFieldAsText
- SQL.GetFieldAsTime
- SQL.GetFieldsAsJSON
- SQL.GetFieldValue
- SQL.GetParamAsPDF
- SQL.NewCommand
Blog Entries
This function is free to use.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 17th August 2018
