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create pages feature in workflow

Updated July 17, 2018
asked on June 21, 2017 • Show version history

Are there any plans to have a workflow function to create pages from a pdf file.  Or even better, just convert a file from pdf to .tif automatically like is done when you import something into the client or when import agent does it.  Quickfields also does that.  We have a number of clients who would like this function.  (or did I miss something?)  We need this especially when someone attaches a pdf file to a form and submits it.  (for example they append a pdf of a receipt to an expense report and the client would like them filed as one document.

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replied on June 21, 2017 • Show version history

Laserfiche 10.2.1 has the ability to create pages from pdfs.  If you check out this thread here, it goes through it.  

 

As far as simply converting from pdf to Tiff, that isn't doable quite yet.  

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replied on July 17, 2018

This feature would be nice to have for attachments too

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replied on June 21, 2017

Hi Tom,

I'll leave the workflow response for someone else, but for your use case, if you're using Laserfiche Forms to upload that PDF file to the expense report, then you're now able to have Laserfiche generate images for the uploaded PDF attachment (or saved PDF form) as of Forms 10.2.1.

As long as the user specified in the repository profile of the Save to Repository task has their "Generate pages when importing PDFs" option turned on in the client, you could then compile the pages with a workflow later.

replied on June 22, 2017

Hi Tom,

Merging mutiple TIFFs to PDFs into a single PDF is easier. I have a customer that wanted to do that, so they could have a single document to send to a print queue. Is that any use to you?

I've not tried converting PDF to TIFF but ran a quick google search and it looks it's somewhere between difficult to expensive.

Team Laserfiche, is PDF->TIFF a feature you can add with the Aspose library some time?

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replied on June 26, 2017

I have written several workflows to do it.  Basically we just create an empty doc, then move the pages from the pdf to that doc, then delete the pdf.  You have to be careful if there are multiple pdf's involved and control the naming conventions coming out of forms so it is reliable.  That works, but its a pain in the rear.  A simple conversion on import would be great.  It definitely helps to have forms at least create the pages.  That was the main trigger that was missing, so an operator had to manually create the pages, then the workflow kicked off from there.

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