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Ideas/Suggestions / Re: Would like to develop a combined script for various needs.

« Last post by nightslayer23 on March 25, 2021, 12:54:14 AM »

It would usually be only the one file.

File is:

Original File:
PDFFRONT
PDFBACK
PDFFRONT
PDFBACK
PDFFRONT
PDFBACK
PDFFRONT
PDFBACK
(pages 8 ).pdf

Step 1: Add divider pdf:
PDFFRONT
PDFBACK
PDFFRONT
PDFBACK
PDFFRONT
PDFBACK
PDFFRONT
PDFBACK
>>> Insert Divider Page (selected from file)<<< [two pages to account for front & back ie: odd and even]

Result:
PDFFRONT
PDFBACK
PDFFRONT
PDFBACK
PDFFRONT
PDFBACK
PDFFRONT
PDFBACK
NEW_PDFFRONT
NEW_PDFBACK
(pages 10).pdf

Step 2: Duplicate the run [ x ] copies: x = 20

(pages 10).pdfx20 = (pages 200).pdf

Step 3: make a multiple of [n] : n=18

(pages 200).pdf > multiple of 18 > (pages 216).pdf [16 blanks added]

Step 4: Rotate odd [fronts] clockwise & even [back] counterclockwise:

PDFFRONT 90
PDFBACK -90 .....
.... PDFFRONT 90
PDFBACK -90
PDFFRONT 90
PDFBACK -90
PDFFRONT 90
PDFBACK -90
PDFFRONT 90
PDFBACK -90
NEW_PDFFRONT 90
NEW_PDFBACK -90
BLANK 90
BLANK -90
BLANK 90
BLANK -90
BLANK 90
BLANK -90
BLANK 90
BLANK -90
BLANK 90
BLANK -90
BLANK 90
BLANK -90
BLANK 90
BLANK -90
BLANK 90
BLANK -90
BLANK 90
BLANK -90
BLANK 90
BLANK -90
BLANK 90
BLANK -90

Result: (218 pages).pdf (alternating rotate)

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General / Re: Displaying PDF Page Size in Windows Explorer

« Last post by timtak on March 24, 2021, 10:14:04 PM »

> The script saves the calculated sizes to the PDF itself.

Perhaps that was my problem. Perhaps I had the PDF files (that did not display page size) open, and that prevented ShellTools from saving the sizes to the PDFs.

Thank you very much indeed.

I will try to spread the word. It is the least I can do.

[Excuses I don't think I will be using this software again for another few years, until I send my textbook off to be printer again. I am using a really cheap printing company that helps very little and is quite strict, requiring each page be a separate PDF and that the page size, creating program, orientation be identical and that number of pages be one. Shell tools made checking these constraints very easy. But until I send my textbook off to a printing company again, in about 5 years time, I am not sure I  need the super functionality. I will have a think. If I need the functionality in my job then I can use my work budget. ]

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Ideas/Suggestions / Re: Would like to develop a combined script for various needs.

« Last post by RTT on March 24, 2021, 05:09:08 PM »

Starting with 2 PDFs, each with 3 pages, the above script (except for a bug in the even odd page rotation logic), will create the next sequence of pages for 2 merged copies of each document, and the "multiple of" set to 3.

PDF1P1R90
PDF1P2R-90
PDF1P3R90
PDF1P1R90
PDF1P2R-90
PDF1P3R90
PDF2P1R90
PDF2P2R-90
PDF2P3R90
PDF2P1R90
PDF2P2R-90
PDF2P3R90

PDF1P1R90
PDF1P2R-90
PDF1P3R90
PDF1P1R90
PDF1P2R-90
PDF1P3R90
PDF2P1R90
PDF2P2R-90
PDF2P3R90
PDF2P1R90
PDF2P2R-90
PDF2P3R90

PDF1P1R90
PDF1P2R-90
PDF1P3R90
PDF1P1R90
PDF1P2R-90
PDF1P3R90
PDF2P1R90
PDF2P2R-90
PDF2P3R90
PDF2P1R90
PDF2P2R-90
PDF2P3R90

Using this notation (and/or with different number of documents, pages and number of copies), give me a similar example of the sequence you need.

Also, is there a need for the documents to have an even number of pages or a odd number also works?

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Ideas/Suggestions / Re: Would like to develop a combined script for various needs.

« Last post by nightslayer23 on March 24, 2021, 02:51:22 AM »

No sure about the 1st step, but check if the attached script is what you need.
If not correct, please give me more details.

yes this almost worked perfectly!

except we need the "copies of" to come first prior to making it a multiple of.

and step one is basically just the insert/append function, adding a specified page to the end of the file before making any changes. so that page also repeats on the "copies of" function. this insert pdf to be selected from explorer or "recently used"

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Ideas/Suggestions / Re: Would like to develop a combined script for various needs.

« Last post by RTT on March 24, 2021, 02:26:06 AM »

No sure about the 1st step, but check if the attached script is what you need.
If not correct, please give me more details.

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Ideas/Suggestions / Would like to develop a combined script for various needs.

« Last post by nightslayer23 on March 23, 2021, 01:50:14 AM »

Hi again. We are requesting a script that does the following steps in sequence...

1. Automatically adds a pdf from source file to the end of the pdf.
2. Uses the logic and context window of the multi combine tool (merge various copies custom script - attached)
3. But also on the Query Dialogue window, it has a box that requests a number to make the combine file a multiple of, "Make a multiple of:"
4. Also rotates Odd pages Clockwise, Even pages Counter-Clockwise.
5. Save output As:

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General / Re: Displaying PDF Page Size in Windows Explorer

« Last post by RTT on March 22, 2021, 04:43:49 PM »

I did not need to close the run box but perhaps I needed to install the "Filter Handler Metadata Properties Extender," which I did on this computer.

The script saves the calculated sizes to the PDF itself, into the metadata custom field you configured with the manager. You can always use a PDF reader to check if the metadata got indeed saved to the file, e.g. File>Properties (CTRL+D) in Acrobat. The Windows File Explorer will use the PDF-ShellTools PDF Property Handler to access these properties, so these are available immediately after the metadata is saved to the PDF. That's why you didn't needed to close the script output window.

I don't think having the "Filter Handler Metadata Properties Extender" installed, or not, is related to the problem you experienced with the other script.
But, latest Windows 10 versions, e.g. 20H2, seems to have Windows Search issues, with the Search Indexer failing to index the metadata if, under the Windows Advanced Indexing Options, the PDF file type is set to index the properties and file contents, instead of just the properties. The indexer uses the registered PDF filter to gather the file contents and metadata properties (if also exported by the filter) and discard the metadata properties exported by the call to the properties handler, despite still calling it. This result in the Windows Search not finding by searching by any, supposedly, indexed metadata word(s). Having the "Filter Handler Metadata Properties Extender" registered fix this, as this filter also exports the PDFs metadata properties. When this issue is present, the PDF-ShellTools Reader Windows Search Explorer shows all the metadata columns empty.
Let's hope Microsoft fix this issue soon.

PS This is a great piece of software! I may even buy it! (I had thought that I would just be using it once but I am really liking it). When I rotate using PDF ShellTools it does not change the creator nor producer field of the document which is very good since my printer insists everything is made by Adobe or MS Word. Hopefully they will not notice.

Spread the word.

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General / Re: Displaying PDF Page Size in Windows Explorer

« Last post by timtak on March 21, 2021, 09:58:40 PM »

Thank you. I got it working. Either because I installed the optional "Filter Handler Metadata Properties Extender" when I installed shell-scripts, or because I used a different script. I used the one downloaded from
https://www.rttsoftware.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=507.0;attach=390
this time. It does not display A4 and the like but perhaps that is preferable because I can see the orientation without having to add another custom field.

I got the PDF-Shell script to run, and in the results of the run the sizes are displayed.

Code: [Select]

C:\Users\TT\Desktop\Temp\Ninja_English_001.pdf
  Size details:
    297x424 = 1
  Sizes list: 297x424
 C:\Users\TT\Desktop\Temp\Hyouka.pdf
  Size details:
    A4 = 2
  Sizes list: A4
 C:\Users\TT\Desktop\Temp\Yamaguchi_Niho_26.pdf
  Size details:
    A4 = 3
  Sizes list: A4
 C:\Users\TT\Desktop\Temp\calendar.pdf
  Size details:
    A4 = 1
  Sizes list: A4
 C:\Users\TT\Desktop\Temp\Kim_Culture_and_self_expression.pdf
  Size details:
    Letter = 35
  Sizes list: Letter
 Done

And "Page size" is also being displayed as a column in explorer but the page sizes are empty. and now the page sizes are displayed too.

I did not need to close the run box but perhaps I needed to install the "Filter Handler Metadata Properties Extender," which I did on this computer.

PS This is a great piece of software! I may even buy it! (I had thought that I would just be using it once but I am really liking it). When I rotate using PDF ShellTools it does not change the creator nor producer field of the document which is very good since my printer insists everything is made by Adobe or MS Word. Hopefully they will not notice.

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General / Re: stamp text color

« Last post by RTT on March 05, 2021, 03:14:28 PM »

I attached a pdf over which I put a text stamp, but then when I make other changes and I want to save I get the error ...

The PDF seems to be OK. After stamped, it has 3 more incremental updates saves done with Acrobat, with changes that seem to be made with an Acrobat plugin tool. If it fails when you try to save it a fourth time, the problem must be in that tool.

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General / Re: stamp text color

« Last post by Nick Riviera on March 04, 2021, 08:08:46 AM »

for the stamp text, the color should be only gray color ( colorspace gray ) ..

I attached a pdf over which I put a text stamp, but then when I make other changes and I want to save I get the error ...