Utility – PDF

Utility – PDF

499.00

VBO for PDF file processing designed for Blue Prism. No Adobe installation required. Business object allows to set and get text from PDF files, read file properties including signatures and images. Works also with password protected files.

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Description

Utility for PDF file processing (encrypted and unencrypted).

  • No need to open the PDF document
  • No need to have PDF reading software installed
  • Supports password protected PDF documents (128-bit)
  • Extract text from entire PDF document, selected pages or selected areas of pages
  • Extract images from the PDF document
  • Allows to insert text and images into the PDF documents
  • Supports signatures extraction

The runmode of this business object is “background”

1.1 Extract Images

Extracts the images from a PDF file.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
File Path In Text PDF file path
Page In Number Optional. A page to extract images from
Password In Password Password to PDF file
Folder In Text Optional. A target folder to store images
Images Out Collection Collection with images names and paths.

1.2 Extract Pages

Extracts specific pages from a PDF file.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
File Path In Text PDF file path
Pages In Text Pages to extract from PDF file. E.g. “1-3” or “1,2,3”
Password In Password Password to PDF file
Target File Path In Text Optional. A target file to save the extarcted pages. Default value is the source file.

1.3 Get File Properties

Gets a PDF file properties.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
File Path In Text PDF file path
Password In Password Optional. Password to PDF file
Author Out Text Author of the PDF file
Creator Out Text Creator of the PDF file
Producer Out Text Producer of the PDF file
Subject Out Text Subject of the PDF file
Title Out Text Title of the PDF file
Keywords Out Text Keywords
Page Count Out Number Page Count
Encrypted Out Flag Is file password protected?
Creation Date Out DateTime Date of the file creation
Pages Out Collection Additional pages info
Signatures Out Collection Signatures in the PDF file
Images Out Collection Images in the PDF file

1.4 Get Text

Gets text from PDF file.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
File Path In Text PDF file path
Password In Password Optional. Password to PDF file
Page In Number Page number
Text Out Text Text from PDF file

1.5 Get Text From Area

Gets text from the specific region of the PDF’s file page.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
File Path In Text PDF file path
Password In Password Optional. Password to PDF file
Page In Number Page number
X In Number Area start position x in inches
Y In Number Are start position x in inches
Width In Number Area width
Height In Number Area height
Text Out Text A text from the area

1.6 Get Text Location

Returns a collection of locations of the text on the PDF’s file page.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
File Path In Text PDF file path
Password In Password Optional. Password to PDF file
Text In Text Text to be located
Ignore Case In Flag Optional. False by default
Location Out Collection Collection of the text locations

1.7 Remove Password

Removes a password protection from a PDF file. Support for 128-bit encryption.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
File Path In Text PDF file path
Password In Password Password to PDF file

1.8 Set Image

Sets the image on the page of a PDF file.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
File Path In Text PDF file path
Image In Image Image to be set in the PDF file
Page In Number A page to set the Image on
X In Number Image start position x in inches
Y In Number Image start position y in inches
Compress In Flag Optional. Compress image

1.9 Set Password

Parameter Direction Data Type Description
File Path In Text PDF file path
Password In Password Optional. Password to PDF file

1.10 Set Rotation

Rotates the page of a PDF file.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
File Path In Text PDF file path
Page In Number A page of the PDF file to be rotated
Rotation In Number Rotation degree

1.11 Set Text

Sets text on the page of a PDF file.
Parameter Direction Data Type Description
File Path In Text PDF file path
Text In Text Text to be set in the PDF file
Page In Number A page to set the text on
X In Number Text start position x in inches
Y In Number Text start position y in inches
Font In Text Text font
Font Size In Number Text font size
Color In Text Text color in hex
Spacing In Number Text spacing
Rotation In Number Text rotation

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