Assemble PDF Node
The Assemble to PDF node extracts files from a compressed zip folder and then merges them into a single document. This node can handle all merging all Supported File Types to a PDF. The node properties will contain settings specific to various formats that could be converted by this node.
NOTE: Some conversion format settings will be global and found in PAS Conversion Preferences instead of the node properties.
General Settings
Include Subfolders - whether or not to extract subfolders from the zip directory
File Filter
Options that define the properties of the files to be picked up
File Name Pattern: List of allowed extensions separated by a comma and a space. (For example: .png, .jpeg, .jpg, .tiff). You may select a file name pattern, including the asterisk character. The server will limit its view to those files which match the pattern.
Note: Use the File Types chooser to easily insert file name patterns for common file types
Modified: Picks up files that are modified Before or After the specified date
File Size: Picks up files that are Less Than or Greater Than specified size
Zip Archive Passwords to Try
Password: Set the password to use when attempting to open password protected archives. Use that "Add" button set multiple passwords to try. If all attempts to open the archive fail it will be sent to Workflow Trouble Handling.
Excel to PDF
Add a Bookmark for each sheet - Creates a bookmark in the PDF for each sheet in the workbook
Scaling - Determines how the spreadsheet will be broken up into pages when converting to PDF. PDF Automation Server will use page size and margin settings set within the Excel document when creating the PDF document.
- Fit to Page: shrinks the entire worksheet so that it all fits on a single page
- Fit to Width: shrinks the worksheet so that all columns fit on a single page. Rows will continue onto additional pages as needed
- Actual Size: no scaling, when the data does not fit on one page it will be broken up into pages using the Page Order set within the Excel file.
Text to PDF
Font
Font - The font for the header and footer
Font Size - The font size for the header and footer
B - Makes all of the text Bold
I - Makes all of the text Italic
Page Size
Units - Units to use when calculating the position of the header and footer. This can be inches, points, centimeters, or millimeters. Points are calculated in the PDF standard, 72 points per inch.
Width - The width of the newly created PDF document
Height - The height of the newly created PDF document
Margins
Top - The distance of the margin from the top
Bottom - The distance of the margin from the bottom
Left - The distance of the margin from the left
Right - The distance of the margin from the right
Background
Use Background - Sets an image to be used as the background on the newly created document. Enter the full path to the image file on the server. Accepted formats are jpg, png, & tiff.
Note: This directory is local to where the server is running not the PAS Manager and so the file path must follow the format set by the OS of the server.
Image to PDF
Images will be converted to PDF using the following default conversion settings.
Default Image Conversion Settings
Below are the image format conversion rules used when creating the PDF.
JPEG - remain as JPEGs & DPI from image (if not present default to 72)
JPEG2000 - remain as JPEG2000 & 72 DPI
GIF - recompressed to FLATE at 72 DPI
PNG - recompressed to FLATE & DPI from image (if not present default to 72)
TIFF - recompressed to FLATE & DPI from image (if not present default to 72)
B&W - recompressed to JBIG2 & DPI from image (if not present default to 72)