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merge.template.contexts.PRINT.sections['Policy'].background.source

= BackgroundResource.RESOURCE_PDF;

For a Resource PDF, the Control Script should specify a path, for example:

var resourceUrl = 'images/policy-' + record.fields.policy + '.pdf';

merge.template.contexts.PRINT.sections['Policy'].background.url =

resourceUrl;

Note

An image with an unknown file extension is represented by a red cross in the output, but

no error is logged unless the image refers to a local file that does not exist on disk.

Image file extensions that the software recognizes are: AFP, BMP, EPS, GIF, JPG/JPEG,

PCL, PDF, PNG, PS, SVG, and TIF/TIFF.

Positioning, scaling and rotating the background

After a background has been selected, it can be positioned, scaled and rotated, using

properties of the background object; see "background" on page889.

To position the background, for example, set the section's background.position:

activeSection.background.position = MediaPosition.FIT_TO_MEDIA;

For all possible positions, see "MediaPosition" on page903.

Setting a page range in script

When a PDF that serves as a dynamic section background has multiple pages, you can specify

a range of pages to be used, in a control script.

Put the number of the first page in the range in the section's background.start field and the last