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  • Author: Appian Corporation
  • Type: Plug-in (Function & Smart Service)
  • Support: This is an Appian supported plug-in. To the extent that this plug-in does not conform to its documentation, please submit a ticket to Appian Technical Support. Appian does not support customer-created customizations or outdated versions of the plug-in.
  • Industry: All Industries
  • Compatible Version(s): 24.2
  • First Released:
  • Last Updated:
  • Cost: Free - Appian Supported
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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,
  • Split PDF Pages In Half - Supports spitting individual pdf pages horizontally or vertically with an overlap
  • Rotate PDF - rotate entire pdf by 90, 180, or 270 degrees

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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  • I just upgraded from 2.6.0 to 2.8.1, and "convert PDF to images" seems to have been broken completely instead of the "black background" bugfix -- now, it generates a list of image files but they're all empty files, not numbered, and don't display / download at all.

  • in reply to Mike Schmitt

    Also, the "Image Compression" plug-in has now been completely broken - every time I try to run it, it fails immediately and part of the tomcat error logs contains this telling message:

    Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Unable to load class 'com.github.jaiimageio.stream.RawImageInputStream' because the bundle wiring for pdftools is no longer valid.

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  • in reply to Mike Schmitt

    Also, the "Image Compression" plug-in has now been completely broken - every time I try to run it, it fails immediately and part of the tomcat error logs contains this telling message:

    Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Unable to load class 'com.github.jaiimageio.stream.RawImageInputStream' because the bundle wiring for pdftools is no longer valid.

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