Document

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Description:

Content:

Properties:

• public string author { owned get; set; }
  The author of the document
• public int creation_date { get; set; }
  The date the document was created as seconds since the Epoch, or -1
• public DateTime creation_datetime { owned get; set; }
  The DateTime the document was created.
• public string creator { owned get; set; }
  The creator of the document.
• public string format { owned get; }
  The PDF version as string.
• public uint format_major { get; }
  The PDF major version number.
• public uint format_minor { get; }
  The PDF minor version number.
• public string keywords { owned get; set; }
  The keywords associated to the document
• public bool linearized { get; }
  Whether document is linearized.
• public string metadata { owned get; }
  Document metadata in XML format, or null
• public int mod_date { get; set; }
  The date the document was most recently modified as seconds since the Epoch, or -1
• public DateTime mod_datetime { owned get; set; }
  The DateTime the document was most recently modified.
• public PageLayout page_layout { get; }
  The page layout that should be used when the document is opened
• public PageMode page_mode { get; }
  The mode that should be used when the document is opened
• public Permissions permissions { get; }
  Flags specifying which operations are permitted when the document is opened
• public PrintDuplex print_duplex { get; }
• public int print_n_copies { get; }
  Suggested number of copies to be printed for this document
• public PrintScaling print_scaling { get; }
• public string producer { owned get; set; }
  The producer of the document.
• public string subject { owned get; set; }
  The subject of the document
• public PDFSubtype subtype { get; }
  Document PDF subtype type
• public PDFConformance subtype_conformance { get; }
  Document PDF subtype conformance
• public PDFPart subtype_part { get; }
  Document PDF subtype part
• public string subtype_string { owned get; }
  Document PDF subtype.
• public string title { owned get; set; }
  The document's title or null
• public ViewerPreferences viewer_preferences { get; }

Creation methods:

• protected Document ()
• public Document.from_bytes (Bytes bytes, string? password) throws Error
  Creates a new Document from bytes .
• public Document.from_data (uint8[] data, string? password) throws Error
  Creates a new Document.
• public Document.from_file (string uri, string? password) throws Error
  Creates a new Document.
• public Document.from_gfile (File file, string? password, Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error
  Creates a new Document reading the PDF contents from file.
• public Document.from_stream (InputStream stream, int64 length, string? password, Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error
  Creates a new Document reading the PDF contents from stream.

Methods:

• public Tree? create_dests_tree ()
  Creates a balanced binary tree of all named destinations in this
• public Dest find_dest (string link_name)
  Creates a Dest for the named destination link_name in this.
• public List<Attachment> get_attachments ()
  Returns a List containing Attachment<!-- -->s.
• public string get_author ()
  Returns the author of the document
• public time_t get_creation_date ()
  Returns the date the document was created as seconds since the Epoch
• public DateTime? get_creation_date_time ()
  Returns the date the document was created as a DateTime
• public string get_creator ()
  Returns the creator of the document.
• public FormField get_form_field (int id)
  Returns the FormField for the given id.
• public bool get_id (out string permanent_id, out string update_id)
  Returns the PDF file identifier represented as two byte string arrays of size 32.
• public string get_keywords ()
  Returns the keywords associated to the document
• public string get_metadata ()
  Returns the XML metadata string of the document
• public time_t get_modification_date ()
  Returns the date the document was most recently modified as seconds since the Epoch
• public DateTime? get_modification_date_time ()
  Returns the date the document was most recently modified as a DateTime
• public uint get_n_attachments ()
  Returns the number of attachments in a loaded document.
• public int get_n_pages ()
  Returns the number of pages in a loaded document.
• public Page get_page (int index)
  Returns the Page indexed at index.
• public Page get_page_by_label (string label)
  Returns the Page reference by label.
• public PageLayout get_page_layout ()
  Returns the page layout that should be used when the document is opened
• public PageMode get_page_mode ()
  Returns a PageMode representing how the document should be initially displayed when opened.
• public PDFConformance get_pdf_conformance ()
  Returns the conformance level of the this as PDFConformance.
• public PDFPart get_pdf_part ()
  Returns the part of the conforming standard that the this adheres to as a PDFSubtype.
• public PDFSubtype get_pdf_subtype ()
  Returns the subtype of this as a PDFSubtype.
• public string? get_pdf_subtype_string ()
  Returns the PDF subtype version of this as a string.
• public void get_pdf_version (out uint major_version, out uint minor_version)
  Updates values referenced by major_version & minor_version with the major and minor PDF versions of this.
• public string get_pdf_version_string ()
  Returns the PDF version of this as a string (e.
• public Permissions get_permissions ()
  Returns the flags specifying which operations are permitted when the document is opened.
• public PrintDuplex get_print_duplex ()
  Returns the duplex mode value suggested for printing by author of the document.
• public int get_print_n_copies ()
  Returns the suggested number of copies to be printed.
• public PageRange[] get_print_page_ranges ()
  Returns the suggested page ranges to print in the form of array of PageRange<!-- -->s and number of ranges.
• public PrintScaling get_print_scaling ()
  Returns the print scaling value suggested by author of the document.
• public string get_producer ()
  Returns the producer of the document.
• public string get_subject ()
  Returns the subject of the document
• public string get_title ()
  Returns the document's title
• public bool has_attachments ()
  Returns true of this has any attachments.
• public bool has_javascript ()
  Returns whether this has any javascript in it.
• public bool is_linearized ()
  Returns whether this is linearized or not.
• public void reset_form (List<string> fields, bool exclude_fields)
  Resets the form fields specified by fields if exclude_fields is FALSE.
• public bool save (string uri) throws Error
  Saves this.
• public bool save_a_copy (string uri) throws Error
  Saves a copy of the original this.
• public void set_author (string author)
  Sets the document's author.
• public void set_creation_date (time_t creation_date)
  Sets the document's creation date.
• public void set_creation_date_time (DateTime? creation_datetime)
  Sets the document's creation date.
• public void set_creator (string creator)
  Sets the document's creator.
• public void set_keywords (string keywords)
  Sets the document's keywords.
• public void set_modification_date (time_t modification_date)
  Sets the document's modification date.
• public void set_modification_date_time (DateTime? modification_datetime)
  Sets the document's modification date.
• public void set_producer (string producer)
  Sets the document's producer.
• public void set_subject (string subject)
  Sets the document's subject.
• public void set_title (string title)
  Sets the document's title.

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