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Tag Link	[PDF_Read]	Category	PDF
Type	Substitution	Source Available	Yes
Support	Preferred	Version	7.0
Change	Unchanged	Data Source	Any
Output Type	PDF_Read	Security	Tag
Implementation	LJAPI	Sets	Lasso 8.5, Lasso 8.0, Lasso 7.0

▼ Description

Casts an existing PDF document on the server as an 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. Optional -Password parameter specifies the owner password to use to open an encrypted file.

▼ Syntax

[Var:'File'=(PDF_Read: -File='/folder/file.pdf')]

▼ Parameters

Required Parameters
-File	Specifies the name and path to a PDF file to read on the server.
Optional Parameters
-Password	The owner password to use to open encrypted PDF files.

▼ Change Notes

The -Password parameter was added in Lasso Professional 8.1,

▼ 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)]

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