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4D component of pdftk
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4d-component-pdftk

4D component of pdftk

updated for El Capitan:

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As of 2020-08-07, the download link for Mac is

https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/pdftk_server-2.02-mac_osx-10.6-setup.pkg

but there is an alternative for El Capitan

https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/pdftk_server-2.02-mac_osx-10.11-setup.pkg

Examples

pdf:=pdftk_cat (params)
param type description
params OBJECT see below
pdf BLOB result
property type description
in ARRAY OBJECT see below
encrypt TEXT 40bit or 128bit (default)
owner_pw TEXT owner password
user_pw TEXT user password
allow TEXT combination of printing, degradedprinting, modifycontents, assembly, copycontents, screenreaders, modifyannotations, fillin, allfeatures
options TEXT combination of flatten, need_appearances, compress, uncompress, keep_first_id, keep_final_id, drop_xfa
property type description
path TEXT file path
range TEXT range, qualifier, rotation
input_pw TEXT password 
$path:=Get 4D folder(Current resources folder)+"sample.pdf"

C_OBJECT($params)

  //input PDF files
ARRAY OBJECT($in;2)
OB SET($in{1};"path";$path;"range";"1")
OB SET($in{2};"path";$path;"range";"1east")
OB SET ARRAY($params;"in";$in)

  //encrypt_40bit | encrypt_128bit
OB SET($params;\
"encrypt";"128bit";\
"owner_pw";"opass";\
"user_pw";"upass";\
"allow";"printing,fillin")

  //other options
OB SET($params;\
"options";"flatten,need_appearances,compress,keep_first_id,drop_xfa")

$pdf:=pdftk_cat ($params)

BLOB TO DOCUMENT(System folder(Desktop)+"cat.pdf";$pdf)
pdf:=pdftk_fill_form (params;fdf)
param type description
params OBJECT see below
fdf BLOB fdf or xfdf
pdf BLOB result
property type description
path TEXT file path
input_pw TEXT password
options TEXT combination of flatten, need_appearances

Both are Unicode aware, but it seems the filled form values on Mac Preview only appear when the user clicks the field (or re-saves the document as PDF).

C_OBJECT($params)

ARRAY OBJECT($fields;3)
OB SET($fields{1};"name";"Name_Last";"value";"miyako")
OB SET($fields{2};"name";"Name_First";"value";"keisuke")
OB SET ARRAY($params;"fields";$fields)

$fdf:=pdftk_make_fdf ($params)

$pdf:=pdftk_fill_form ($params;$fdf)
$path:=System folder(Desktop)+"fill_form.pdf"
BLOB TO DOCUMENT($path;$pdf)
C_OBJECT($params)

ARRAY OBJECT($fields;3)
OB SET($fields{1};"name";"Name_Last";"value";"miyako")
OB SET($fields{2};"name";"Name_First";"value";"keisuke")
OB SET ARRAY($params;"fields";$fields)

$fdf:=pdftk_make_xfdf ($params)

$pdf:=pdftk_fill_form ($params;$fdf)
$path:=System folder(Desktop)+"fill_form.pdf"
BLOB TO DOCUMENT($path;$pdf)