Extracting multiple pages by page label

[aaronb39330999]

Hi

I'm trying to extract single and multiple pages based on pre-defined page label names. Probably as an action.

I understand the basics of extracting pages and page labels but can't tie it all together. Any pointers?

Thanks

[try67]

You need to better explain the situation. What are the labels in your file and how do they relate to the way you want to extract the pages?

[aaronb39330999]

The labels are various page labels. Some are numbers, some are letters and numbers eg. A200.

I want to extract specific pages from a list of page labels and save them as new files.

Hope that makes sense.

[try67]

Where is this list coming from?

[aaronb39330999]

I have a list of page labels. They could be put into the code by hand.

[try67]

So you have a list of page labels and you want to find the matching pages and extract them as new files, saving them using the label names?

[aaronb39330999]

Yes correct

[try67]

You can use something like this:

var names = ["Page 1", "Page 2", "Cover page"];
for (var p=0; p<this.numPages; p++) {
    var pageLabel = this.getPageLabel(p);
    if (names.indexOf(pageLabel)!=-1) {
        this.extractPages(p, p, pageLabel + ".pdf");
    }
}

[aaronb39330999]

That's great thanks so much.

Would it be possible to do it for a range of pages as well? Eg "Page1 - Page 6". Where those pages run concurrently, so from "Page 1" to "Page 6".

[try67]

Yes, but it will require a more complex script, especially if you want to compare each one of them to the list.

[aaronb39330999]

I'll see if I can work out how to put it together.

Thanks so much for your help though. Appreciated.