PDFSave (Function)

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PDFSave (Function)

In french: PDFSauve

Saves the content of a pdfDocument variable in a".PDF" file.

Example

MyPDF is pdfDocument = "Test.pdf"

FOR EACH DocumentPage OF MyPDF.Page
Trace(DocumentPage.Height)
END

PDFSave(MyPDF, "passwordtest.pdf")

Syntax

<Result> = PDFSave(<PDF to save> , <Name and path of the PDF file> [, <Quality>] [, <Password>])

<Result>: Boolean

True if saved successfully,
False otherwise. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo.

<PDF to save>: pdfDocument variable

Name of the pdfDocument variable that corresponds to the PDF document to save.

<Name and path of the PDF file>: Character string

Name and full (or relative) path of PDF file to create.

<Quality>: Optional Integer constant

New in version 28
Configures the compression level of colors and grayscales.
iAutomaticQuality Compression level automatically calculated to generate a better-quality PDF file (especially for images).
This constant is not available.
iAverageQuality Average compression level.
This constant is not available.
iHighQuality Low compression level used to get a high quality for the generated PDF.
This constant is not available.
iLowQuality High compression level.
This constant is not available.
iMaximumQuality Minimum compression level to get a maximum quality. This constant is recommended when creating a PDF file intended to be printed.
This constant is not available.
iMinimumQuality Maximum compression level. The quality will be minimum. This constant can be used to create a PDF file intended to be viewed on the screen.
This constant is not available.

<Password>: Optional character string

New password to open the PDF file.
If this parameter corresponds to an empty string (""), the PDF document will have no password.
If this parameter is not specified, the PDF document will keep its password if it has one.
This parameter is not available.

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WINDEV): PDFDocument type

[ + ] This example shows how to use the pdfDocument WLanguage type.
This type is used to handle PDF files by programming.
You can:
- Retrieve the details of the PDF file (Created, Modified, Author, etc.)
- Retrieve the text of the PDF file (page by page and line by line)
- List / Add / Delete attachments

Business / UI classification: Business Logic

Component: wd280wdpdf.dll