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  • Author: Appian Corporation
  • Type: Plug-in (Function & Smart Service)
  • Support: This plug-in or utility is not supported by the author. The content is free to use with a licensed product, but it is made available as-is and Community supported.
  • Industry: All Industries
  • Compatible Version(s): 23.2
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  • Cost: Free
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PDF Tools

Overview

Contains multiple Smart Services and Functions for interacting with PDF Documents.

Key Features & Functionality

Smart Services:

  • Merge PDF - Merges multiple PDF documents into a single document.
  • Extract PDF Pages - Extracts a range of pages from an existing PDF into a new PDF.
  • Fill PDF - Populates the fields of a PDF Form and optionally flattens it disallow further changes.
  • Create PDF Content - Allows text to be added to a PDF with control over the style, position, and angle. An existing PDF can be updated or a new one created from scratch.
  • Convert PDF to Image - Creates an array of images or a multi-page tiff from a PDF.
  • Compress PDF - Compresses the images in the PDF to make it smaller.
  • Un-protect and Copy PDF - Using the document password, create an un-protected copy of a protected PDF.
  • Convert Image to PDF - Creates a PDF starting from one or many images. It also supports multi-page tiff images.
  • Encrypt PDF - Encrypts an existing PDF with a password.

Functions:

  • Get PDF Metadata - Retrieves metadata on the PDF: page count, title, author, security, encryption, etc.
  • Get PDF Text - Retrieves the text content from a PDF.
  • Get PDF Form Fields - Retrieves the populated form field values of an unflattened PDF.
  • Get PDF Signature Fields - Retrieves the populated signature field values of an unflattened PDF.
  • Get PDF Bookmarks - Retrieves the list of bookmarks and associated page number in the PDF

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  • Hi,

    Just updated to 2.5.2 on Appian 24.2.

    Using smart service to Convert mage to PDF and the following error occurs. Any ideas?

    2024-08-08 06:12:52,871 [ThreadPoolTaskExecutor-7808] ERROR com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.WorkItemListener - The following exception occurred while attempting to complete work item [[WorkId: 459, EngineId: execution00, Request: UnattendedJavaActivityRequest:102683 as deployment.admin by deployment.admin, ProcessId: 77271812, ProcessModelId: 213, Response: null]] - Exception: 
javax.resource.spi.work.WorkCompletedException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/imageio/stream/ImageInputStream
	at org.springframework.jca.work.SimpleTaskWorkManager$DelegatingWorkAdapter.run(SimpleTaskWorkManager.java:244)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:840)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/imageio/stream/ImageInputStream
	at com.github.jaiimageio.impl.plugins.tiff.TIFFImageReaderSpi.canDecodeInput(TIFFImageReaderSpi.java:101)
	at java.desktop/javax.imageio.ImageIO$CanDecodeInputFilter.filter(ImageIO.java:573)
	at java.desktop/javax.imageio.spi.FilterIterator.advance(ServiceRegistry.java:873)
	at java.desktop/javax.imageio.spi.FilterIterator.<init>(ServiceRegistry.java:867)
	at java.desktop/javax.imageio.spi.ServiceRegistry.getServiceProviders(ServiceRegistry.java:516)
	at java.desktop/javax.imageio.ImageIO.getImageReaders(ImageIO.java:654)
	at com.appiancorp.ps.pdftools.ConvertImageToPDF.run(ConvertImageToPDF.java:72)
	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.lambda$call$0(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:136)
	at com.appiancorp.plugins.PluginUsageLogger.runWithPluginInformation(PluginUsageLogger.java:54)
	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.call(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:136)
	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.call(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:130)
	at com.appiancorp.common.ContextClassLoaderSwitcher.runInContext(ContextClassLoaderSwitcher.java:28)
	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor.execute(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:130)
	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:88)
	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequestResponseCreator.getJavaActivityResultResponse(UnattendedJavaActivityRequestResponseCreator.java:22)
	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.getJavaActivityResultResponse(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:67)
	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute0(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:55)
	at com.appiancorp.common.persistence.data.AppianDataUserContextProvider.executeWithConsistentDataReads(AppianDataUserContextProvider.java:143)
	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ProcessContinuationRequest.executeOuter(ProcessContinuationRequest.java:68)
	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ContinuationRequest.execute(ContinuationRequest.java:136)
	at com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.UnattendedRequestHandlerBean.onMessage(UnattendedRequestHandlerBean.java:36)
	at com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.WorkItem.run(WorkItem.java:110)
	at org.springframework.jca.work.SimpleTaskWorkManager$DelegatingWorkAdapter.run(SimpleTaskWorkManager.java:241)
	... 3 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Unable to load class 'javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream' because the bundle wiring for pdftools is no longer valid.
	... 26 more

     Thanks

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  • Hi,

    Just updated to 2.5.2 on Appian 24.2.

    Using smart service to Convert mage to PDF and the following error occurs. Any ideas?

    2024-08-08 06:12:52,871 [ThreadPoolTaskExecutor-7808] ERROR com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.WorkItemListener - The following exception occurred while attempting to complete work item [[WorkId: 459, EngineId: execution00, Request: UnattendedJavaActivityRequest:102683 as deployment.admin by deployment.admin, ProcessId: 77271812, ProcessModelId: 213, Response: null]] - Exception: 
javax.resource.spi.work.WorkCompletedException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/imageio/stream/ImageInputStream
	at org.springframework.jca.work.SimpleTaskWorkManager$DelegatingWorkAdapter.run(SimpleTaskWorkManager.java:244)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:840)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/imageio/stream/ImageInputStream
	at com.github.jaiimageio.impl.plugins.tiff.TIFFImageReaderSpi.canDecodeInput(TIFFImageReaderSpi.java:101)
	at java.desktop/javax.imageio.ImageIO$CanDecodeInputFilter.filter(ImageIO.java:573)
	at java.desktop/javax.imageio.spi.FilterIterator.advance(ServiceRegistry.java:873)
	at java.desktop/javax.imageio.spi.FilterIterator.<init>(ServiceRegistry.java:867)
	at java.desktop/javax.imageio.spi.ServiceRegistry.getServiceProviders(ServiceRegistry.java:516)
	at java.desktop/javax.imageio.ImageIO.getImageReaders(ImageIO.java:654)
	at com.appiancorp.ps.pdftools.ConvertImageToPDF.run(ConvertImageToPDF.java:72)
	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.lambda$call$0(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:136)
	at com.appiancorp.plugins.PluginUsageLogger.runWithPluginInformation(PluginUsageLogger.java:54)
	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.call(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:136)
	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.call(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:130)
	at com.appiancorp.common.ContextClassLoaderSwitcher.runInContext(ContextClassLoaderSwitcher.java:28)
	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor.execute(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:130)
	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:88)
	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequestResponseCreator.getJavaActivityResultResponse(UnattendedJavaActivityRequestResponseCreator.java:22)
	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.getJavaActivityResultResponse(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:67)
	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute0(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:55)
	at com.appiancorp.common.persistence.data.AppianDataUserContextProvider.executeWithConsistentDataReads(AppianDataUserContextProvider.java:143)
	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ProcessContinuationRequest.executeOuter(ProcessContinuationRequest.java:68)
	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ContinuationRequest.execute(ContinuationRequest.java:136)
	at com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.UnattendedRequestHandlerBean.onMessage(UnattendedRequestHandlerBean.java:36)
	at com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.WorkItem.run(WorkItem.java:110)
	at org.springframework.jca.work.SimpleTaskWorkManager$DelegatingWorkAdapter.run(SimpleTaskWorkManager.java:241)
	... 3 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Unable to load class 'javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream' because the bundle wiring for pdftools is no longer valid.
	... 26 more

     Thanks

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