How Do I Merge PDF Files Using the External Tool?
- 20 Sep 2024
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How Do I Merge PDF Files Using the External Tool?
- Updated on 20 Sep 2024
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This article describes how to merge two PDF files. The Combiner, which is available in most Engines and Output modules, has no support for merging jobs containing PDF data. None of the modules in the Lasernet Document Management suite has such functionality included.
A third-party application must be added separately. An application that can merge PDF documents from a command line can be executed via the Process Engine.
The Process Engine is used for running external processes. These processes can have data from Lasernet as input and produce output that is entered back into Lasernet.
In this example, a command-line tool will be added to the Process Engine with the following parameters:
pdfmerge.exe { [options] inputfile } [options] outputfile
Setting | |
|---|---|
Command line | pdfmerge.exe %1 "C:\PDF Documents\document.pdf" %2 |
Working directory | C:\Program Files\PDF Merge |
Required Exit Code | 0 (value for exit code can vary from application to application) |
Input data | General file |
Output file | Read file |
Input extension | |
Output extension |
This will merge Jobdata, containing PDF data, with a PDF document stored on a file location. JobInfo substitution is supported in the command line, for setting up dynamic file location and file name.
Additional Information
A commercial PDF Merging tool is available from this web site:
http://www.pdf-tools.com/pdf/pdf-command-line-suite-shell.aspx
Note
The link has no commercial interest for Formpipe Software.