File Content Extraction 26.1
PDF Export SDK C Programming Guide

# KVPDFOptions

This structure modifies PDF Export options.

    typedef struct
    {
    	KVStructHeader;
    	char pszSourceFilePassword[MAX_PASSWORD_LEN];
    	double pageWidthInches;
    	double pageHeightInches;
    }
    KVPDFOptions;

## Member Descriptions

`KVStructHeader` | The version of the structure. See KVStructHead.
`pszSourceFilePassword` | A fixed length char array, which should either be left zero-filled, or contain a password as a null-terminated C string.
`pageWidthInches` | The default page width to use when a page width cannot be determined from the source document, in inches.
`pageHeightInches` | The default page height to use when a page height cannot be determined from the source document, in inches.

## Discussion

File Content Extraction attempts to determine appropriate page dimensions from a file before resorting to using `pageWidthInches` and `pageHeightInches`. File Content Extraction could use, for example, the height of slides in a presentation format file or the right-most column filled in a spreadsheet.

Unless both `pageWidthInches` and `pageHeightInches` are specified, they must both be equal to zero.

US letter dimensions are used when no dimensions can be obtained from a document and `pageWidthInches` and `pageHeightInches` are not set.

## Examples

In this example, an options structure is filled with a password (`pszPassword` here). You might use this option in a call to fpConvertFileToFile() to open a password protected document.

    KVPDFOptions getPDFOptionsStructContainingPassword(const char* const pszPassword)
    {
        KVPDFOptions sOptions = {0};
        KVStructInit(&sOptions);
        // Copy ensuring the password is always null-terminated.
        strncpy(sOptions.pszSourceFilePassword, pszPassword, MAX_PASSWORD_LEN - 1);
        return sOptions;
    }

The following example shows a function that sets the default page width and height in a `KVPDFOptions` structure. File Content Extraction uses these values when it cannot determine appropriate page dimensions from the input file.

    void setPageWidthAndHeight(
        KVPDFOptions* const optionsStructToDecorate,
        const double pageWidthInInches,
        const double pageHeightInInches)
    {
        optionsStructToDecorate->pageWidthInches = pageWidthInInches;
        optionsStructToDecorate->pageHeightInches = pageHeightInInches;
    }

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Product: File Content Extraction 26.1

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