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- Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:34 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Command line: "splitMergePDF" arguments
- Replies: 6
- Views: 220
Re: Command line: "splitMergePDF" arguments
Hello, lumu First of all, you have a mistake in your command here: /Output: folder=path \"C:\Users \\ " This part of the command should look like this: /Output:folder=\"C:/Users/\" or /Output:folder=\"C:\Users\" This double backslash makes the command irregular, as well...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:45 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Command line: "splitMergePDF" arguments
- Replies: 6
- Views: 220
Re: Command line: "splitMergePDF" arguments
Hello lumu, I'm sorry, but you cannot pass any specific parameters for this action via the command line. The command line features be described at this link: https://help.pdf-xchange.com/pdfxt8/command-line-options_t.html . If you need to run the Split/Merge action with different parameters, you can...
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Folder Monitoring and Printers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2918
Re: Folder Monitoring and Printers
Hello Caldorion, We have successfully reproduced the behavior you reported. It has been identified that the printer in PDF Tools is remembered only when you perform a print task after selecting a printer. Therefore, you can try choosing a preferred printer, perform some dummy printing via this tool,...
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:39 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Rename a Batch of files with first word/s of PDF
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1761
Re: Rename a Batch of files with first word/s of PDF
Hello, Andreas Lung. You can use the 'Find by Regular Expression' action but cannot control how many words you will get using a regular expression. You can create a regular expression that matches one, two, or more words, but not a dynamic amount. However, it is also possible to limit the character ...
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:07 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Command Line Issues
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2922
Re: Command Line Issues
Hello, dustinbagley As Stefan mentioned, you indeed have a typo in your command, but he missed the target a bit :) The unnecessary backslash is in the input path. It should be "C:\TEST\Input" instead of "C:\TEST\Input \ ". There are several rules for composing the CLI command. Th...
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 8:49 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Command Line Issues
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2922
Re: Command Line Issues
Hello, dustinbagley, First of all, could you please provide which version of PDF-Tools you are using? Then, how is your Split/Merge tool configured? You can provide a screenshot, or make a tool export by right-clicking on the tool and selecting 'Export Selected Tools'. Also, you can try running the ...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 4:06 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Print, crop and text recognition protected PDF
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2681
Re: Print, crop and text recognition protected PDF
Hello, biofunc 2. print a copy (you will want to configure which printer to use, the other options to fit to margins, auto-rotate on page, and select paper by sheet size are enabled) Yes, it works and at the end of the printing process I am asked to save the file (see #3). I was hoping to skip this ...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 3:50 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Only get one PDF after merging PDFs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2207
Re: Only get one PDF after merging PDFs
Hello maksimzhang, You are right, there is indeed a bug in the last version. It will be fixed in the nearest release, which is coming soon. But for now, could you please provide more details about what you intend to do? This additional information could help me suggest a workaround. E.g. if your goa...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:52 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Filter documents for additional metadata in xmp
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2101
Re: Filter documents for additional metadata in xmp
Hello biofunc, As Stefan mentioned, the ability to do this kind of filtering with PDF-Tools isn't possible right now. After talking with the Development Team, we think that adding this feature can be done. So, I'm hopeful it will be in the next release. I will reply to you here if we implement this ...
- Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:21 am
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: "Tool requested to run is not found" Error Message
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3167
Re: "Tool requested to run is not found" Error Message
David.P, Yes, you are correct. When both 'Batch Processing Mode' and 'Multi-Threaded Processing Mode' are enabled, PDF-Tools does not save any documents until all of them have been processed. However, for OCR-ing documents alone, it is not necessary to have Batch Processing mode enabled. To improve ...
- Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:21 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: "Tool requested to run is not found" Error Message
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3167
Re: "Tool requested to run is not found" Error Message
Hello, David.P I cannot reproduce your issue with the disappearing tool for now, but I have some remarks about your flow. What version of PDF-Tools are you using? If your version is not the newest, please, update it if possible, because some related issue was fixed in the latest build. the process o...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:34 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Filter documents without text
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2260
Re: Filter documents without text
Hello biofunc, What version of PDF-Tools do you use? The latest build V10 (Build 370) has new 'Select only documents that do not fulfill the critera above' option. If you enable this options along with 'Select documents with text' + 'Any text' option, you will get 'Filter Documents' action that pass...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 4:44 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: OCR Pages tool shows 0 files created
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1581
Re: OCR Pages tool shows 0 files created
Hello, ragkag You are right, there is a bug that leads to that "files created" counter never changes. Bug has been localized and will be fixed in the next build. Unfortunatelly, there is no workaround for that issue. May I ask how are you going to use the "files created" counter?...
- Wed May 31, 2023 7:18 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Bug: Build 359.0 Split/Merge Documents fail on single input file
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1087
Re: Bug: Build 359.0 Split/Merge Documents fail on single input file
Hello, chrisjj
Are you still using Build 359? The issue was fixed in Build 360. Can you please update PDF Tools and check if it works for your case?
Best regards,
Are you still using Build 359? The issue was fixed in Build 360. Can you please update PDF Tools and check if it works for your case?
Best regards,
- Wed May 31, 2023 6:56 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: command line filename parameter is truncated on the first occurrence of a with comma ','
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5011
Re: command line filename parameter is truncated on the first occurrence of a with comma ','
Hi, es42
I have reproduced the issue, it will be fixed in the nearest build.
Best regards,
I have reproduced the issue, it will be fixed in the nearest build.
Best regards,
- Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:58 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Open multiple PDFs = please do not show a warning message
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3134
Re: Open multiple PDFs = please do not show a warning message
Hello, Matthias Thanks to your explanations, I was able to reproduce the issue. I hope it will be fixed as soon as possible. For now, I can suggest you a simple workaround: 1. Turn off 'Multi-Threaded Processing Mode'. 2. Run the tool once. It can be some kind of a dummy tool run using any documents...
- Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:45 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: [suggestion] Explicitly display the unavailability of some of the PDF-Tools interface elements during long operations
- Replies: 6
- Views: 781
Re: [suggestion] Explicitly display the unavailability of some of the PDF-Tools interface elements during long operation
Hello, Jensen Head Actually, there is shading presented when a tool is running. It might be not enough contrast, so the shade might be not visible on your monitor. During the tool run only the Tool Report pane and the Progress Bar are available for interaction. I've attached a screenshot, so you can...
- Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:01 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Open multiple PDFs = please do not show a warning message
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3134
Re: Open multiple PDFs = please do not show a warning message
Hello Daniel, I still cannot reproduce this issue. Can you please describe your workflow? Do you configure the tool once or import it every time before running? Do you run the tool via a graphical interface or via a command line interface? If you try to run the tool a second time without the applica...
- Thu Feb 02, 2023 5:43 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: How do you set the PDF format to convert files to?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4616
Re: How do you set the PDF format to convert files to?
Hello, Willy Van Nuffel
You are right, we are missing this option in PDF-Tools.
Thank you for your suggestion, I believe that we will implement this option in the nearest release.
Best regards,
You are right, we are missing this option in PDF-Tools.
Thank you for your suggestion, I believe that we will implement this option in the nearest release.
Best regards,
- Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:02 am
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: The problem of linking tool shortcuts and their settings in the "PDF-Tools" application
- Replies: 4
- Views: 776
Re: The problem of linking tool shortcuts and their settings in the "PDF-Tools" application
Hello, Jensen Head
Actually, the Shell Menu feature for PDF-Tools was introduced in version 9.5.365.0.
You can find a short description and how to use this feature in PDF-Tools version history.
It should work, try it, please, and write here if you meet any difficulties.
Kind regards,
Actually, the Shell Menu feature for PDF-Tools was introduced in version 9.5.365.0.
You can find a short description and how to use this feature in PDF-Tools version history.
It should work, try it, please, and write here if you meet any difficulties.
Kind regards,
- Mon Dec 19, 2022 4:10 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: PDF-Tools - Ready Message after running Job SOLVED
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1546
Re: PDF-Tools - Ready Message after running Job SOLVED
Hello, RufusRed Thank you for the additional information about your use case. As we said previously, we don't support such notification, but you can implement it by yourself using the 'Run Application' action. Add the 'Run Application' action to the end of your custom tool, and choose the attached V...
- Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:56 am
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: PDF-Tools - Ready Message after running Job SOLVED
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1546
Re: PDF-Tools - Ready Message after running Job SOLVED
Hello RufusRed,
Could you, please, concretize what is your use case for this kind of message? Perhaps then we could suggest the most efficient way to solve your problem.
Best regards,
Could you, please, concretize what is your use case for this kind of message? Perhaps then we could suggest the most efficient way to solve your problem.
Best regards,
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: How to combine
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2485
Re: How to combine
Since this topic is brought up again I want to say that operation requested in original post can be performed in PDF Tools with "Every N pages from different document" option of "Split/Merge Documents" action as shown on attached screenshot. This option will take pages one by one...
- Sat Jul 16, 2022 10:31 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: PDF-Tools: JoinPDFBookmark
- Replies: 3
- Views: 515
Re: PDF-Tools: JoinPDFBookmark
Hello Nimrod_189, The problem is that you are using Tool name instead of the required Tool ID. The Tool Name is not the same as the Tool ID. There are several ways to get the Tool ID: 1. Right click on tool and choose "Copy Tool Identifier", use it in your command line like: "PDFXTool...
- Tue May 24, 2022 1:19 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Rename file names with content
- Replies: 7
- Views: 883
Re: Rename file names with content
Hello, biofunc How many pages can I Merge in a run (32 GB RAM)? As Paul said, it depends on documents which you are going to process. Anyway, if you run into any problems, you can turn off 'Batch processing mode' option until separate processing is expected (I mean that you don't want to merge all d...
- Wed May 11, 2022 1:22 am
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Rename file names with content
- Replies: 7
- Views: 883
Re: Rename file names with content
Hello biofunc, As Paul said, it could be really challenging task. But, depending on your situation, some of our action could be helpful. First is 'Find by Regular Expression' action. You can find it in Tool Edit -> Actions Library(right pane) -> Find by Regular Expression . This action finds the fir...
- Thu Nov 04, 2021 1:09 am
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: [Suggestion] "Create PDF from Images" — "Delete source files after conversion" option
- Replies: 2
- Views: 596
Re: [Suggestion] "Create PDF from Images" — "Delete source files after conversion" option
Hello Jensen Head, For now that is not possible to remove source files after tool processing, but you can perform such operation using Folder Monitors. You can read more about Folder Monitors feature in help . Note that Folder Monitors first of all intended for continuous processing of files that al...
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:20 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Split Merge Tool & keyboard shortcut to rename [Paperless Office] [solved]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1572
Re: Split Merge Tool & keyboard shortcut to rename
Hello, patrickm There is no hotkey to rename document(s) while the Split/Merge PDFs action is running. But it is possible to rename document(s) when the option "Show dialog for manual split/merge" is selected. image.png Choose the document you want renamed and then click on the rename comm...
- Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:33 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Why do All Exported PDF to Plain Text files Say "Please, buy license key." when license is Activated? SOLVED
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1315
Re: Why do All Export PDF to Plain Text files Say "Please, buy license key." when license is Activated? SOLVED
Hello,
I have to clarify if the license key has been added and version of your application is correct.
Could you please send 2 screenshots:
1. Help -> About
2. Options -> Preferences -> Registration
Best regards,
Vladimir
I have to clarify if the license key has been added and version of your application is correct.
Could you please send 2 screenshots:
1. Help -> About
2. Options -> Preferences -> Registration
Best regards,
Vladimir
- Mon Oct 04, 2021 1:52 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Extract Pages - How to Save each Page to Separate File? SOLVED
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1100
Re: Extract Pages - How to Save each Page to Separate File? SOLVED
Hello, PDF-XChange under the Extract Pages options adds the settings to "save each page to separate file" In PDF-Tools you should use 'Split/Merge PDFs' tool to perform such operation. Choose 'Every N pages in Separate document' option in 'Method' group, also choose pages count you want. F...
- Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:38 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: 9.1.365.0 Split/Merge Documents Bookmarks Do Not Copy fail
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3780
Re: 9.1.365.0 Split/Merge Documents Bookmarks Do Not Copy fail
Hello, chrisjj, Obviously there is a bug in 'Split/Merge Documents' action with 'Actions with objects (Bookmarks)' option. There is no workaround using only 'Split/Merge Documents' action for now. The bug already fixed and fix will be available in the nearest build. But there is workaround using 'Op...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:09 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Batch convert images to pdf
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2916
Re: Batch convert images to pdf
Hello Sebastien, Yes, this tool will create one PDF with all chosen images. If you want to convert images to PDF one by one, you can deselect "Batch processing mode"(look above red rectangle on Dimitar's screenshot) Also you can click "All options" or gear on the "Create PDF...
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 8:55 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Some questions regarding the cmd line operations
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1489
Re: Some questions regarding the cmd line operations
Hello, Adam Please clarify how to use PDF-Tools to execute some sequence of operations (converting, merging, put the comments into the files and so on) from the command line, using relative pointing of files and folders? PDF-Tools supports relative paths for input files, and /Output command's "...
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:54 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Split PDF with Zero padding SOLVED
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3290
Re: Split PDF with Zero padding SOLVED
Hello Dasy, be nice though if there was an automatic way of getting the right number based on the %[pages] value so 1-9 gives :1 10-99 gives :2 100-999 gives :3 1000-9999 gives :4 and so on automatically If you will use this macro for filename(without explicit setting number of digits): "%[File...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 10:44 am
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: How to filter files you dont want / filter type "leave all except this tipe"[SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1350
Re: How to filter files you dont want / filter type "leave all except this tipe"
Hello, cunha00 Unfortunately, for now it is not possible to filter off(do not process) files that contain specific characters in the file name. You can only filter files by name that matches pattern. It is not clear what kind of work you exactly want do with PDF-Tools(filter files only or apply some...
- Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:13 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: How to add files to the list with Drag&Drop? SOLVED
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4347
Re: How to add files to the list with Drag&Drop? SOLVED
Hello, Peter PDF-Tools also supports feature of dropping input files directly on Tool you want to run in Tools List. In that case, all kinds of "Choose files" dialogs will be skipped, dropped files will be filtered according to "File type" option of "Choose Input Files"...
- Wed Dec 19, 2018 4:11 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Split/Merge PDFs - Group by file name SOLVED
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4627
Re: Split/Merge PDFs - Group by file name SOLVED
Hello, galileo84 In new version of PDF-Tools sorting step is moved to 'Choose Input Files' action. If you want to set the order of input documents in merged document you should use 'Show extended dialog for files selecting' option of 'Choose Input Files' action. There you'll be able to add documents...
- Fri Aug 10, 2018 9:27 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: PDF Stitching Option
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2814
Re: PDF Stitching Option
Hello, wohlhut In addition to what was said by Patick, PDF-Tools also provides "Merge Pages" tool, that works as "Merge Pages" option in PDF-XChange Editor, but could be applied as batch processing operation(for multiple documents). You can find this tool in "Pages" cat...
- Thu Jul 19, 2018 10:38 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: PDF-Tools v7 crashes after clicking on anything...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2618
Re: PDF-Tools v7 crashes after clicking on anything...
Hello, Michał! Is that crash could be reproduced only on virtual machine? What version of PDF-Tools are you running? Do you have the Print Document tool in Advanced category? If you have it, could you please try to avoid clicking on Print Document tool and look whether application will crash? Regard...
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:38 pm
- Forum: PDF-Tools
- Topic: Selecting File Order for Merrging with Split/Merge PDFs SOLVED
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3166
Re: Selecting File Order for Merrging with Split/Merge PDFs SOLVED
Hello, bqxmprij If you are using the "Split/Merge PDFs" tool, you can reorder documents on the "Choose Input Files" step in the Extended Choose Files Dialog. In order to show that dialog you have to enable the "Show extended dialog for file selecting" parameter for the ...