Merging PDF pages

[Craig Newman]

Richmond.

Did I mention this was a bit clunky?

Craig

> On Aug 25, 2023, at 9:39 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hmmm.
> 
> Rereading, did you want to be able to collect existing pdf documents, read them, and then output a single new PDF?   If so, I guess you can import those documents as images on successive cards, and do what I posted earlier.
> 
> Seems clunky, but then you are asking LC to do something clunky.
> 
> Craig
> 
>> On Aug 25, 2023, at 9:33 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi.
>> 
>> Sure. Try this in a button on card 1 of a new stack with, say, three cards:
>> 
>> on mouseUp
>> 
>> get the desktop folder
>> 
>> open printing to pdf it & "/" & “yourNamehere" & ".pdf"
>> 
>> repeat with x = 1 to 3
>> 
>> print card x
>> 
>> end repeat
>> 
>> close printing
>> 
>> end mouseUp
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> And I wonder if the new pdf widget has that built in.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Craig
>> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 25, 2023, at 9:10 AM, Eller, Roger via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> It's been a while since I've posted a question here.  Is it possible to use livecode script to merge multiple 1-page PDFs into a multipage PDF without using Acrobat or other 3rd party software?
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> ~Roger
>>> 
>>> 
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