[PDF_Read]
Casts an existing PDF document on the server as an LDML object. This object can be added to a [PDF_Doc] variable using the [PDF_Doc->InsertPage] tag, and then modified. Requires a -File parameter, which specifies the name and path to a PDF file.
- Syntax
- Parameters
[Var:'File'=(PDF_Read: -File='/folder/file.pdf')]Examples
To read in an existing PDF document:
In order to work with an existing PDF document, it must first be cast as a Lasso variable using the [PDF_Read] tag. Then, pages from the old PDF document can be added to a [PDF_Doc] variable, where data can be appended using [PDF_Doc] member tags such as [PDF_Doc->Add].
[Var:'New_PDF'=(PDF_Doc: -File='MyFile.pdf', -Format='PDF', -Size='A4')]
[Var:'Old_PDF'=(PDF_Read:-File='/documents/somepdf.pdf')]
[$New_PDF->(InsertPage: $Old_PDF, 1)]| Tag Link | [PDF_Read] | Category | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Substitution | Data Source | Any |
| Support | Preferred | Version | 7.0 |
| Output Type | PDF_Read | Security | Tag |
| Implementation | Sets | Lasso 7.0 | |
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