PDF file functions (prefix syntax)

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PDF file functions (prefix syntax)

WLanguage includes different types of variables to handle PDF files:


pdfAttachment	The pdfAttachment type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of an attachment in a PDF document.
pdfDocument	The pdfDocument type gets all the characteristics of a PDF file: author, date created, page content, etc.
pdfPage	The pdfPage type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of a page from a PDF document loaded in memory.
pdfParameter	The pdfParameter type defines all the characteristics of the PDF file to be generated.
pdfSignature	The pdfSignature type is used to define the advanced characteristics of the signature that will be applied to a PDF file when signing an existing PDF (via <pdfDocument variable>.Sign).
pdfTextElement	The pdfTextElement type is used to find out all the characteristics of a text element in a PDF page.

The following functions are used to handle PDF files, using prefix syntax:


<pdfDocument variable>.AddWatermark	Adds a watermark to all the pages of an existing PDF file.
New in version 2024 <pdfDocument variable>.ExtractPage	Extracts a page from a PDF file in a variable of type Image.
<pdfDocument variable>.GetSignature	Gets the signature of a PDF document as a buffer.
<pdfDocument variable>.GetSignatureDate	Gets the date of one of the signatures of a PDF document.
<pdfDocument variable>.NbSignatures	Gets the number of signatures in a PDF document.
<pdfDocument variable>.Save	Saves the content of a pdfDocument variable in a ".PDF" file.
New in version 2024 <pdfDocument variable>.Sign	Applies an approval signature to an existing PDF.
New in version 2024 <pdfDocument variable>.ToText	Extracts text from a PDF document.
<pdfPage variable>.AddImage	Adds an image to a page in an existing PDF file.
<pdfPage variable>.AddWatermark	Adds a watermark to a page of an existing PDF file.