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Creates a new PDF file with all the given PDF files/references.
Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
PDFKit | 2.3 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes, on macOS | ✅ Yes |
Parameter | Description | Example |
---|---|---|
Name | A text with the file name to include with the PDF. | "test.pdf" |
PDFs... | Several PDF references. A container value with the PDF content from a media field. Or a text with an URL. Or a PDF reference from PDFKit.Open. The function will fail if one of those is an image file. |
Returns the PDF container value.
Combine two PDF files form two media fields into a new PDF
MBS("PDFKit.Combine"; "test.pdf"; mytable::test1; mytable::test2)
Merge PDFs:
#Start with blank list
Set Variable [$list; Value:""]
#Load PDF from container
Go to Record/Request/Page [First]
Set Variable [$destPage; Value:1]
Loop
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("PDFKit.OpenContainer"; Merge PDFs::InputPDF)]
If [MBS("IsError") = 0]
Set Variable [$list; Value:$list & $r & ¶]
End If
Go to Record/Request/Page [Next; Exit after last]
End Loop
Set Field [Merge PDFs::FinalPDF; MBS("PDFKit.Combine"; "merge.pdf"; $list)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("PDFKit.Release"; $list)]
Merge PDFs with various paths:
# native path to PDF
Set Variable [ $path1 ; Value: "/Users/cs/Desktop/test/file1.pdf" ]
# or file URL is fine
Set Variable [ $path2 ; Value: "file:///Users/cs/Desktop/test/file2.pdf" ]
# FileMaker style path needs conversion
Set Variable [ $path3 ; Value: "/Macintosh HD/Users/cs/Desktop/test/file3.pdf" ]
Set Variable [ $path3 ; Value: MBS("Path.FileMakerPathToNativePath"; $path3) ]
# merge them to one PDF
Set Variable [ $NewPDF ; Value: MBS( "PDFKit.Combine"; "output.pdf"; $path1; $path2; $path3 ) ]
# write it to disk
Set Variable [ $OutputPpath ; Value: "/Users/cs/Desktop/test/output.pdf" ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("Container.WriteFile"; $NewPDF; $OutputPpath) ]
# and open it!
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("Files.LaunchFile"; $OutputPpath) ]
This function is free to use.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 1st May 2022