Create multiple copies of a page in a single pdf

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Create multiple copies of a page in a single pdf

Postby kussaued » Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:06 am

How can I create multiple copies of one page in one pdf output document?

(Windows 7, VPE DLL Version 6.1)

Background:

Creating a single page and setting all template parameters works just fine. Currently I am using
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VpeSetDevCopies
to create multiple copies of a single page pdfs.

This is causing a problem, because the cutter cuts after every pdf. I need it to cut only after all copies are printed. Number of copies may vary.

How to achieve this?
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Re: Create multiple copies of a page in a single pdf

Postby kussaued » Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:18 am

Ok, I found it out myself:

You can dump the same template multiple times to get one PDF with copies of a page.

Just use those commands in a loop:

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VpeDumpTemplate
VpePageBreak
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Re: Create multiple copies of a page in a single pdf

Postby IDEAL Software Support » Thu Apr 03, 2014 11:54 am

Just for other readers: DumpTemplate() is only provided by the Enterprise Edition and higher, to insert templates - which have been created using our visual designer dycodoc - into an active document.

Without dycodoc, you can yourself write a function to generate a page, as shown in the example below:

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function GeneratePage_1()
   ...
   call VPE methods here to insert graphical objects like text
   ...
   PageBreak()
end function


main code:
for n = 1 to 3
   GeneratePage_1()
end for
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