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saint_francish32929554
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February 1, 2017
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Split PDF using an Action with Java Scipt.

  • February 1, 2017
  • 2 replies
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Our company needs to split mulitple pdf files.  The files must = 25 pages or less after spliting.  For example 102 page file would output 5 files.  4=25pages, and 1=2 remaining pages. I have a script but it only outputs 2 pages.

/*Extract pages 25 at a time with leading zerors for proper sort */

function padLeft (s,len,c){

c=c || '0';

while (s.length< len) s= c+s;

return s;

}

// regular expression used to acquire the base name of file

var re = /\.pdf$/i;

//file name is the base name of the file acrobat is working on

var filename = this.documentFileName.replace (re,"");

try {for (var i = 0; (i*2) < this.numPages; i++)

this.extractPages({

nStart: i * 2,

nEnd: (i * 2) + 1,

cPath: filename + "-" + padLeft ((i + 1) + "",3) +".pdf"

});

} catch (e) { console.println("Aborted: " + e)}

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Correct answer try67

This code should work better:

for (var i=0; i<this.numPages; i+=25) {
    var startPage = i;
    var endPage = i+24;
    if (endPage>=this.numPages)
        endPage = this.numPages-1;
    this.extractPages({
        nStart: startPage,
        nEnd: endPage,
        cPath: "..."
    });
}

2 replies

T
Test Screen Name
Legend
February 1, 2017

That's what it is written to do. Adjust the loop counters and the nStart and nEnd.

try67
Community Expert
try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
February 1, 2017

This code should work better:

for (var i=0; i<this.numPages; i+=25) {
    var startPage = i;
    var endPage = i+24;
    if (endPage>=this.numPages)
        endPage = this.numPages-1;
    this.extractPages({
        nStart: startPage,
        nEnd: endPage,
        cPath: "..."
    });
}
saint_francish32929554
saint_francish32929554Author
Participant
February 1, 2017

Thank you- worked perfectly.

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