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The pdfPage type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of a page from a PDF document loaded in memory. The characteristics of this page can be defined and changed using different WLanguage properties.
Remark: For more details on the declaration of this type of variable and the use of WLanguage properties, see Declaring a variable.
Example
MyPDF is pdfDocument = "test.pdf"
FOR EACH DocumentPage OF MyPDF.Page
Trace(DocumentPage.Height)
END
PDFSave(MyPDF, "passwordtest.pdf")
// It is also possible to use prefix syntax
// MyPDF.Save("passwordtest.pdf")
MyPDFDoc is pdfDocument = PDFOpen("C:\temp\Myguide.pdf")
Trace(MyPDFDoc.PDFVersion)
Trace(MyPDFDoc.Author)
Trace(MyPDFDoc.Page.Count)
Trace(MyPDFDoc.Page[1].Width)
Trace(MyPDFDoc.Page[36].Height)
FOR EACH ATextElement OF MyPDFDoc.Page[2].TextElement
Trace(ATextElement.Text + " X = " +
ATextElement.X + " Y = " + ATextElement.Y + " L = " +
ATextElement.Width + " H = " + ATextElement.Height)
END
MyPDFDoc2 is pdfDocument = "C:\temp\plan.pdf"
// Add pages
Add(MyPDFDoc2.Page, MyPDFDoc.Page[5])
// Insert pages
Insert(MyPDFDoc2.Page, 1, MyPDFDoc.Page[32])
// Save modified PDF
PDFSave(MyPDFDoc2, "MyPDFDoc2.pdf")
ShellExecute("MyPDFDoc2.pdf")
Remarks

Properties specific to pdfPage variables

The following properties can be used to handle a page of a PDF document:
Property nameType usedEffect
HeightRealPage height in millimeters.
If this height is changed, the page is automatically resized and the elements are repositioned.
iPhone/iPad This property is read-only.
OrientationString constantAllows you to find out and modify the orientation of the page:
  • Orient0: Default orientation.
  • Orient90: Page oriented at 90°.
  • Orient180: Page oriented at 180°.
  • Orient270: Page oriented at 270°.
TextElementArray of pdfTextElementInformation about the text in the page.
WidthRealPage width in millimeters.
If this width is changed, the page is automatically resized and the elements are repositioned.
iPhone/iPad This property is read-only.
Minimum version required
  • Version 25
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Last update: 05/02/2023

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