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by mervinator
Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:40 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Rename files with text extracted from a fixed position in PDF
Replies: 9
Views: 5769

Rename files with text extracted from a fixed position in PDF

Hi Dwight, I downloaded the PDFspy trial but the switch configurator properties don't seem to offer a clue on how to go about extracting the text I want. So I guess it's not as straightforward as I hoped it would be. Is it just PDFspy or PDFspy + enormous amount of scripting that's required to do th...
by mervinator
Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:04 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Rename files with text extracted from a fixed position in PDF
Replies: 9
Views: 5769

Rename files with text extracted from a fixed position in PDF

Is this doable in Switch and/or Pitstop Server?



There are interactive solutions for this using third party software like Evermap Autobatch and Easy PDF Renamer but I am looking for something that is totally hands-free and silently runs in the background.
by mervinator
Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:30 pm
Forum: Applications
Topic: Is Switch 12 buggy ?
Replies: 13
Views: 12771

Is Switch 12 buggy ?

aoswood wrote: My only issue with the new version is SWITCH Designer is slow to refresh, activate and deactivating flows. I am also experiencing this. The file count on folders don't seem to refresh real time as was with Switch 11. Same is true for me with activating and deactivating flows. On sever...
by mervinator
Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:28 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: Trying to climb the learning curve - Help Sorting Files
Replies: 2
Views: 1857

Trying to climb the learning curve - Help Sorting Files

Hi Jugganaut, Out of curiosity, I made a flow for your problem and surprisingly, it worked. Noticed that this topic is 7 months old and you probably would have figured this out by now. But just in case this may still help, here's the flow: https://www.dropbox.com/s/w3o87i7833czmi1/Ungroup-Sort-Assem...
by mervinator
Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:18 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: File rename add Suffix with Autonumber
Replies: 3
Views: 2045

File rename add Suffix with Autonumber

Any update on this? I am also into imposition and I find this a very interesting way to automate layouts.