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.

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,

    I'm using version 2.8.0 of the PDF Tools plugin on Appian version 24.3 and I'm having an issue with the Convert PDF to Image smart service. Sometimes when convering a PDF to an image, the text in the PDF is missing in the image.

    I'm getting this error in the system logs:

    org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine - Cannot read JBIG2 image: jbig2-imageio is not installed

    This error has happened earlier, on 27th Sep 2024, with an older version of the plugin. After upgrading the plugin to the latest version (2.8.0), the same error is still occuring for some PDFs.

    Has anyone else had the same issue?

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  • Hi,

    I'm using version 2.8.0 of the PDF Tools plugin on Appian version 24.3 and I'm having an issue with the Convert PDF to Image smart service. Sometimes when convering a PDF to an image, the text in the PDF is missing in the image.

    I'm getting this error in the system logs:

    org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine - Cannot read JBIG2 image: jbig2-imageio is not installed

    This error has happened earlier, on 27th Sep 2024, with an older version of the plugin. After upgrading the plugin to the latest version (2.8.0), the same error is still occuring for some PDFs.

    Has anyone else had the same issue?

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