I'm sorry I couldn't dig up any sample code to share but the documentation for QuickPDF is pretty good and has a lot. There's nothing I wanted to do with PDFs that it couldn't handle. Creating/Editing/Merging/Manipulating...all very good.
I'm desperately trying to wrap things up before I take a week off here. Sorry! Eric On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 1:32 PM MB Software Solutions, LLC < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the lead, Eric. Got any sample source code to share? > > > On 8/6/2019 10:02 AM, Eric Selje wrote: > > I use (and really like) QuickPDF ( > > https://www.debenu.com/products/development/debenu-pdf-library/). > > > > Eric > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 11:39 AM Frank Cazabon <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> I've never merged or split PDFs with it but I've used it to fill in a > >> PDF form. Basically I create a script to run the pdftk command, store it > >> in a batch file and execute the batch file > >> > >> STRTOFILE(m.lcFDFFile, m.lcFolder + "source.fdf") > >> > >> m.lcCommand = [pdftk "] + m.lcBlankForm + [" fill_form "] + > >> m.lcFolder + [source.fdf" output "] + m.lcFilledForm +[" flatten > drop_xfa] > >> > >> * store the command in a batch file due to the 240 character limit > >> for run commands > >> m.lcBatchFile = m.lcFolder + "fillpdf.bat" > >> STRTOFILE(m.lcCommand, m.lcBatchFile) > >> > >> *!* maybe use shellexecute > >> RUN "&lcBatchFile" > >> > >> IF FILE(m.lcFilledForm) > >> m.lcFileName = JUSTFNAME(m.lcFilledForm) > >> IF MESSAGEBOX('The file ' + m.lcFileName + CHR(13) + 'was > >> successfully created.' + CHR(13) +; > >> 'Would you like to open it now?',36,'PDF Merge > >> Successful') = 6 > >> X8ShellExecute(m.lcFilledForm) > >> ENDIF > >> ELSE > >> MESSAGEBOX("The system encountered a problem creating the > >> PDF.",64,"Problem Encountered") > >> ENDIF > >> > >> > >> Frank. > >> > >> Frank Cazabon > >> > >> On 02/08/2019 11:40 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > >>> That looks great, Frank. Got any source code to share with me?!??? > >>> > >>> > >>> On 8/2/2019 8:32 AM, Frank Cazabon wrote: > >>>> This is the PDF Toolkit I have used: > >>>> > >>>> https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/ > >>>> > >>>> which allows you to merge and split (and more) PDFs > >>>> > >>>> Frank. > >>>> > >>>> Frank Cazabon > >>>> > >>>> On 02/08/2019 08:02 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > >>>>> Ideally, these would be the tables: > >>>>> > >>>>> MyComponents.dbf > >>>>> > >>>>> * iid int autoinc PK > >>>>> * cLabel v(50) (e.g., INVOICE, FUEL RECEIPT, BILL OF LADING, etc.) > >>>>> * tAdded t > >>>>> > >>>>> MyPDFs.dbf > >>>>> > >>>>> * iid int autoinc PK > >>>>> * cFilename v(50) > >>>>> * tAdded t > >>>>> > >>>>> MyPages.dbf > >>>>> > >>>>> * iid int autoinc PK > >>>>> * iFileID int (backlink to MyPDFs.dbf) > >>>>> * nStartPage int > >>>>> * nEndPage int > >>>>> * iLabelID (backlink to MyComponents.dbf) > >>>>> > >>>>> And then on demand, I could generate a new deliverable PDF > >>>>> containing multiple components, selectable by the user ahead of time > >>>>> to put it together. From the original post: "B, C, and E" -- all in > >>>>> one PDF file. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On 8/1/2019 4:29 PM, Frank Cazabon wrote: > >>>>>> PDF toolkit might let you split a PDF into separate PDFs. But it > >>>>>> really sounds like you should keep the original PDFs as separate > >>>>>> entities and deal with each component as you wish. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On 1 August 2019 16:19:10 GMT-04:00, "MB Software Solutions, LLC" > >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>> Customer has a single PDF ("document") with several pages in it > >>>>>>> (let's > >>>>>>> say 12 pages). The document is made up of several scanned files, > >>>>>>> each > >>>>>>> a > >>>>>>> different file type or "component." > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Customer wants to extract certain pages from this single PDF into > >>>>>>> later > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> email to other parties. They cannot mail the entire document > because > >>>>>>> some content isn't intended for recipients (like invoices) but they > >>>>>>> want > >>>>>>> to be able to send other selected "component" parts and that file > >>>>>>> attached to the email deliverable would be a SINGLE file. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Example: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> MyPDF.PDF > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Page 1: Invoice ("A") > >>>>>>> Page 2-3: Bill of lading ("B") > >>>>>>> Page 4-6: Fuel slips ("C" > >>>>>>> Page 7-10: Something else ("D") > >>>>>>> Page 11-12: Yada yada yada ("E") > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Eventually, components B, C, and E will be emailed to somebody. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Given this scenario, what do you recommend? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> tia, > >>>>>>> --Mike > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> --- > >>>>>>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus > software. > >>>>>>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/caawxvunzqkwa5egq_fp85ir1cuqo3a8meopp7xcsekc2wfx...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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