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Action Wizard - Insert pages based on the name of the original file

Explorer ,
Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

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I am trying to build an Action Wizard but, what I am trying to do might be solved by a Jave Script.

I have a bunch of files with names like LUM08900361.pdf and another file with two pages named LUM08900361_GIS.pdf. I would like to be able to combine these two files. The LUM08900361_GIS.pdf will be the last two pages in the LUM08900361.pdf file.

 

The problem I have and cannot figure out how to do is, I have to do this same step for 170 files.

So the files that go together would be like:

LUM08900361.pdf <-- Insert at end LUM08900361_GIS.pdf and save and overwrite the first file LUM08900361.pdf after insertion. then move to the next file.

LUM08900362.pdf <-- Insert at end LUM08900362_GIS.pdf and save and overwrite the first file LUM08900362.pdf after insertion. then move to the next file.

LUM08900363.pdf <-- Insert at end LUM08900363_GIS.pdf and save and overwrite the first file LUM08900363.pdf after insertion. then move to the next file.

etc.... for a total of 170 files.

 

Also, the _GIS.pdf files will be stored in a different directory from the original file.

My directory structure is setup like this:

C:\GIS\Reports\LUM08900361.pdf

C:\GIS\GIS Files\LUM08900361_GIS.pdf

 

The action Wizard seems to me to be the best choise because it will let me choose the whole folder of files. If this works with a Java Scipt I would also be happy.

 

I have included files to work with.

Thanks

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Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

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Is the relation between the two file names that the second file is always the same as the first one, just with "_GIS" added to the end of it?

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Apr 22, 2024 Apr 22, 2024

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Yes that is correct.

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Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

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If the answer to try67's question is Yes, then you could write an "Action" script to merge the PDFs.

 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScripting
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Apr 20, 2024 Apr 20, 2024

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I would also like to do what the OP is suggesting. I am looking at writing a script using 

this.insertPages({nPage:0, cPath:"InsertExampleSource.pdf"});

but I'm a bit stuck as to how one might vary the value of cPath for each instance of the batch process. In other words, use "LUM08900361_GIS.pdf" when processing the file "LUM08900361.pdf". Can a variable be defined for the cPath? Sorry, I'm really new to scripting.

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Apr 20, 2024 Apr 20, 2024

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Yes, you can, like this:

 

this.insertPages({nPage:0, cPath: this.path.replace(".pdf", "_GIS.pdf")});

 

And if the other files are located in a different folder (as mentioned in the original question), then you can use something like this:

 

this.insertPages({nPage:0, cPath: "/C/GIS/GIS Files/" + this.documentFileName.replace(".pdf", "_GIS.pdf")});

 

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