<cfpdf>
Manipulates existing PDF documents.
The following list describes some of the tasks you can perform with the cfpdf tag:
- Merge several PDF documents into one PDF document.
- Delete pages from a PDF document.
- Merge pages from one or more PDF documents and generate a new PDF document.
- Linearize PDF documents for faster web display.
- Remove interactivity from forms created in Acrobat(c) to generate flat PDF documents.
- Encrypt and add password protection to PDF documents.
- Generate thumbnail images from PDF documents or pages. (not implemented yet)
- Add or remove watermarks from PDF documents or pages.
- Retrieve information associated with a PDF document, such as the software used to generate the file or the author, and set information for a PDF document, such as the title, author and keywords.
- Create PDF portfolios
- Add and remove header/footer from PDF documents
- Optimize PDF documents
- Extract all the words from the pdf
- Extract images from PDF documents using the
extractimageaction.
This tag may have a body.
This tag is also supported within <cfscript>
Requires Extension: PDF Extension for Jakarta EE (Lucee 7+)
<cfpdf
action=addHeader|addFooter|addWatermark|deletePages|extractBookmarks|extractImage|extractText|getInfo|merge|open|removePassword|protect|read|removeWatermark|setInfo|thumbnail|write
ascending=boolean
type=string
copyFrom=any
ddxfile=string
destination=string
directory=string
encrypt=string
flatten=boolean
foreground=boolean
format=string
image=any
imagePrefix=string
filter=string
info=struct
inputFiles=struct
isBase64=boolean
keepBookmark=boolean
name=string
newOwnerPassword=string
newUserPassword=string
opacity=number
order=string
outputFiles=struct
overwrite=boolean
pages=string
password=string
permissions=string
position=string
resolution=string
rotation=number
saveOption=string
scale=number
showOnPrint=boolean
source=any
stopOnError=boolean
transparent=boolean
version=number
text=string
numberformat=NUMERIC|LOWERCASEROMAN|UPPERCASEROMAN
align=left|right|center
leftmargin=numeric
rightmargin=numeric
topmargin=numeric
bottommargin=numeric
><!--- body --->[</cfpdf>]
| Attribute | Description |
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action
string, optional
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Note:
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ascending
boolean, optional
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Order in which the PDF files are sorted |
type
string, optional
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used for action "extractText", defines the format type of the extraction, valid values are: string,xml |
copyFrom
any, optional
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Pathname of the PDF document from which to use the first page as a watermark |
destination
string, optional
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Pathname of the modified PDF document. If the destination file exists, you must set the overwrite attribute to yes. If the destination file does not exist, CFML creates the file, if the parent directory exists. |
directory
string, optional
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Directory of the PDF documents to merge. You must specify either the directory attribute or the source attribute. If you specify the directory attribute, CFML orders the documents by filename in descending order, by default. To change the order of the files, use the order attribute. |
encrypt
string, optional
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Encryption type for the PDF output file |
foreground
boolean, optional
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Placement of the watermark on the page |
format
string, optional
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File type of thumbnail image output |
image
any, optional
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Image used as a watermark. You can specify a pathname, a variable that contains an image file, or an image variable |
imagePrefix
string, optional
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prefix used for each image thumbnail file generated. The image filenames use the format: imagePrefix_page_n.format. |
filter
string, optional
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file filter, used with attribute directory |
info
struct, optional
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Structure variable for relevant information |
keepBookmark
boolean, optional
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Specifies whether bookmarks from the source PDF documents are retained in the merged document |
name
string, optional
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PDF document variable name Alias: variable |
newOwnerPassword
string, optional
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Password used to set permissions on a PDF document |
newUserPassword
string, optional
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Password used to open PDF document |
opacity
number, optional
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Opacity of the watermark. Valid values are integers in the range 0 (transparent) through 10 (opaque). |
overwrite
boolean, optional
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Specifies whether PDF output overwrites the destination file |
pages
string, optional
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Page or pages in the source PDF document on which to perform the action. You can specify multiple pages and page ranges as follows: "1,6-9,56-89,100, 110-120". |
password
string, optional
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Owner or user password of the source PDF document, if the document is password-protected. |
permissions
string, optional
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type of permissions on the PDF document |
position
string, optional
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Position on the page where the watermark is placed. The position represents the top-left corner of the watermark. Specify the x and y coordinates; for example "50,30". |
resolution
string, optional
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Image quality used to generate thumbnail images |
rotation
number, optional
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Degree of rotation of the watermark image on the page. |
scale
number, optional
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Size of the thumbnail relative to the source page. The value represents a percentage from 1 through 100. |
source
any, optional
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PDF document used as the source. |
stopOnError
boolean, optional
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Valid only if the directory attribute is specified. If the specified directory contains files other then readable PDF files, Lucee either stops merge process or continues. |
transparent
boolean, optional
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(format="png" only) Specifies whether the image background is transparent or opaque |
version
number, optional
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Version of the PDF used to write the document |
text
string, optional
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text for header or footer, you can add the following place holders within the text:
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numberformat
string, optional
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Specify the numbering format for PDF pages in the header/footer. possible values are:
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align
string, optional
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Aligns the header and footer in PDF:
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leftmargin
numeric, optional
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left margin of the text in header/footer |
rightmargin
numeric, optional
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right margin of the text in header/footer |
topmargin
numeric, optional
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top margin of the text in header |
bottommargin
numeric, optional
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bottom margin of the text in footer |
Unimplemented Attribute(s)
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
ddxfile
string,
optional
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Pathname of the DDX file, or a string with DDX instructions * unimplemented * |
flatten
boolean,
optional
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Applies to forms created in Acrobat only (not forms created in LiveCycle); specifies whether interactivity is turned off * unimplemented * |
inputFiles
struct,
optional
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Structure that maps the PDF source files to the input variables in the DDX file, or a string of elements and their pathname. * unimplemented * |
isBase64
boolean,
optional
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Valid only when the image attribute is specified. Specifies whether the image used as a watermark is in Base64 format * unimplemented * |
order
string,
optional
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Order in which the PDF documents in the directory are merged * unimplemented * |
outputFiles
struct,
optional
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Structure that contains the output files in the DDX file or string as keys and the pathname to the result file as the value. * unimplemented * |
saveOption
string,
optional
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Save options for the PDF output * unimplemented * |
showOnPrint
boolean,
optional
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Specify whether to print the watermark with the PDF document * unimplemented * |
Examples
editThere are currently no examples for this tag.
See also
- PDFs
- <cfdocument>
- <cfpdfparam>
- Search Issue Tracker open_in_new
- Search Lucee Test Cases open_in_new (good for further, detailed examples)