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  • #ARCHIVELIST
  • #EMAIL
  • #FILE
  • #FILESIZE
  • #IMAGE
  • #PDF

#PDF

Create and manipulate PDF file pages.  Operations are limited to getting the number of pages in an existing PDF and assembling new PDFs from pages within existing PDFs.

Prototype

#PDF($operation, ...)

Parameters

• operation - One of the following operations, which may require subsequent parameters.  File parameters may be a filename or PDF file data.
  • New - Create and return a new PDF Object with no pages.
  • GetPageCount - Get the number of pages in the PDF file whose contents are passed as the next parameter.
    • PDF File - The filename or contents of a PDF file.
  • ImportPage - Import a page into the in-memory PDF file from a page within another PDF file based on the following parameters.
    • PDF Object - PDF Object returned by the New operation.
    • PDF File - Filename or contents of another PDF file where the page will be imported from.
    • Page Index - Optional, zero based index of the page to import from the PDF File.
  • Output - Return the contents of the resulting PDF file
    • PDF Object - PDF Object returned by the New operation and manipulated with other operations.
  • Close - Close the PDF Object and release the memory.
    • PDF Object - PDF Object returned by the New operation and manipulated with other operations.

Return

Returns a handle to the in-memory PDF, which should ultimately be Output (see Output operation).

Example

#NEW($pdf)#PDF(New)#ENDNEW
#PDF(ImportPage,$pdf,'a.pdf',0)
#PDF(ImportPage,$pdf,'b.pdf',1)
#NEW($data)#PDF(Output,$pdf)#ENDNEW
#PDF(Close,$pdf)
#OUTPUT('my.pdf',$data)

Related

#FILE can be used to determine if a file is a PDF.

#IMAGE can be used to produce thumbnails from a PDF and work with PDF pages as images.

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