ExtractFilePagesEx

Document manipulation, Extraction, Page manipulation

Version history

This function was introduced in Quick PDF Library version 9.14.

Description

Similar to the ExtractFilePages function but is able to generate smaller output files using cross reference streams rather than a cross reference table.

Options can be logically OR'd to together to invoke multiple options.

For example Options = 3 ( 1 + 2) will Use a cross reference stream (smaller output file size)

and also Remove all AcroForm and XFA based FormFields as well as Usage Rights

Syntax

Delphi

function TDebenuPDFLibrary1811.ExtractFilePagesEx(InputFileName, Password, 
  OutputFileName, RangeList: WideString; Options: Integer): Integer;

ActiveX

Function DebenuPDFLibrary1811.PDFLibrary::ExtractFilePagesEx(
  InputFileName As String, Password As String, OutputFileName As String,
  RangeList As String, Options As Long) As Long

DLL

int DPLExtractFilePagesEx(int InstanceID, wchar_t * InputFileName,
  wchar_t * Password, wchar_t * OutputFileName, wchar_t * RangeList,
  int Options)

Parameters

InputFileName	The path and name of the document that contains the pages to extract.
Password	The password to use when opening the document.
OutputFileName	The path and name of the document to create containing the extracted pages.
RangeList	The pages to extract, for example "10,15,18-20,25-35". Invalid characters will be ignored. Reversed page ranges such as "5-1" will be accepted. Duplicate page numbers will be accepted but if a change is made to such a page the same changes will appear on the duplicate pages. The list of pages will not be sorted so the resulting document will have the pages in the specified order.
Options	0 = Use a cross reference table 1 = Use a cross reference stream (smaller output file size) 2 = Remove all AcroForm and XFA based FormFields as well as Usage Rights

Return values

0	The pages could not be extracted. Use the LastErrorCode function to determine the cause of the failure.
1	The pages were extracted successfully