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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
  • First Released:
  • Last Updated:
  • 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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  • Hello,

    Unsure if anyone else is experiencing this issue or has experienced this issue but for few documents, getpdfmetadata() function is throwing error:

    An error occurred while evaluating expression: pdfMetaData:getpdfmetadata(todocument(pv!documentsData['recordType!... (Expression evaluation error at function 'getpdfmetadata': XML handling failure trying to convert value com.appiancorp.ps.pdftools.types.PdfMetadata@77d5bc12 to Appian type PdfMetadata (id=3818))

    there are no similarities between the documents, but its occuring for some documents randomly.

    Any advice is appreciated. 

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  • Hello,

    Unsure if anyone else is experiencing this issue or has experienced this issue but for few documents, getpdfmetadata() function is throwing error:

    An error occurred while evaluating expression: pdfMetaData:getpdfmetadata(todocument(pv!documentsData['recordType!... (Expression evaluation error at function 'getpdfmetadata': XML handling failure trying to convert value com.appiancorp.ps.pdftools.types.PdfMetadata@77d5bc12 to Appian type PdfMetadata (id=3818))

    there are no similarities between the documents, but its occuring for some documents randomly.

    Any advice is appreciated. 

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