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# dataWithPDF(inside:)

Returns PDF data that draws the region of the window within a given rectangle.

```
func dataWithPDF(inside rect: NSRect) -> Data
```

## Parameters

`rect`

A rectangle (expressed in the window’s coordinate system) that identifies the region to be expressed as PDF data.

## Return Value

The region in the window (identified by `rect`) as PDF data.

## Discussion

This data can be placed on a pasteboard, written to a file, or used to create an `NSImage` object.

## See Also

[`writePDF(inside:to:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/writePDF(inside:to:))

Writes PDF data that draws the region of the view within a specified rectangle onto a pasteboard.

[`dataWithPDF(inside:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/dataWithPDF(inside:))

Returns PDF data that draws the region of the view within a specified rectangle.


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