GdPicture Steps
The Autobahn DX command line interface also supports the GdPicture module.
Example:
1. OCR an image PDF to create a Searchable PDF "c:\Aquaforest\Autobahn DX\bin\autobahndx.exe" /source="C:\ADX Demo\In\PDF\File\US2007246939A1.pdf" /sourcetype=file /target="C:\ADX Demo\Output" /outputtype=PDF /operation=ocrpdfgd /ocr=true /Tempfolder="C:\ADX Demo\Temp" /Dictionary="eng" /DictionaryPath="D:\Aquaforest\Autobahn DX\distribution\gdpicture\ocr" /PageRange="\*" /DPI="300" /Output=pdf /Overwrite /logfile="C:\ADX Demo\Log\LogFile.log" /debug
Validate PDF/A – [used with validatepdfa]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation validatepdfa |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/pdfaoption |
PDF/A option. Select the values from the “PDF/A Options” table below |
/ErrorFolder |
Path for error files |
/Source |
Source file to be validated |
/Target |
Target path for the output file |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
PDF/A Options
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| PDFA-1a | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-1a. |
| PDFA-1b | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-1b. |
| PDFA-2a | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-2a. |
| PDFA-2b | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-2b. |
| PDFA-2u | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-2u. |
| PDFA-3a | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-3a. |
| PDFA-3b | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-3b. |
| PDFA-3u | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-3u. |
| PDFA-4 | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-4. |
| PDFA-4e | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-4e. |
| PDFA-4f | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-4f. |
Linearize PDF – [used with linearizepdf]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation linearizepdf |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/EnableCompression |
Add this parameter if you want to compress the PDF document during each save process. |
/PackDocument |
Add this parameter to pack the output PDF when saved to reduce its size. |
/Source |
Source file to be linearized. |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
Convert Any File to PDF – [used with convertany]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation convertany |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/ConvertAttachments |
Convert any attachments |
/AttachAttachments |
Attach converted attachments rather than merge attachments |
/EmailPageHeight="num" |
Page height in points |
/EmailPageWidth="num" |
Page width in points |
/EmailPageMarginBottom="num" |
Page margin bottom in points |
/EmailPageMarginLeft="num" |
Page margin left in points |
/EmailPageMarginRight="num" |
Page margin right in points |
/EmailPageMarginTop="num" |
Page margin top in points |
/EmailPreferOnePage |
Add to output document as one page |
/EnableICC |
When present, specifies the ICC profile should be preserved during the conversion if it’s present in the loaded document. |
/HtmlEmulationType="num" |
Specifies a type of media to emulate.- No emulation- Print- Screen |
/HtmlPageHeight="num" |
Page height in points |
/HtmlPageWidth="num" |
Page width in points |
/HtmlPageMarginBottom="num" |
Page margin bottom in points |
/HtmlPageMarginLeft="num" |
Page margin left in points |
/HtmlPageMarginRight="num" |
Page margin right in points |
/HtmlPageMarginTop="num" |
Page margin top in points |
/HtmlPreferOnePage |
Include to specify that the output document should contain a single page |
/HtmlPreferCSSPageSize |
Include to give any CSS @page size declared in the page priority over what is declared in HtmlPageWidth and HtmlPageHeight. If not included, the renderer will scale the content to fit the paper size. |
/LoadOnlyOnePage |
Specifies that all executed actions with the loaded document will be processed using only the first page of the document. |
/PageRange="range" |
Range of pages to OCR, use “*” for all pages. |
/PdfBitonalImageCompression=”ID” |
Sets the scheme to be used to compress bitonal image data when converting/saving the currently loaded document to PDF format.- 0: None- 1: Flate- 2: CCITT4- 3: JPEG- 4: JBIG2- 5: JPEG2000 |
/JBIG2PMSThreshold |
Specifies the threshold value for the JBIG2 encoder pattern matching and substitution between 0 and 1. Any number lower than 1 may lead to lossy compression. Default value is 0.85. |
/PdfColorImageCompression |
Sets the scheme to be used to compress color image data when converting/saving the currently loaded document to PDF format. |
/PdfImageQuality |
Sets the level of quality used to compress images with a lossy compression scheme, which are embedded in the newly produced PDF document when converting/saving the currently loaded document to PDF format. It must be a value from 0 to 100. 0 means the worst quality and the best compression, 100 means the best quality and the worst compression. |
/PDFUseDeflateOnJPEG |
Include to specify if the converter will use additional Deflate compression for JPEG images in PDF output. |
/RasterizationDPI="DPI" |
Sets the rendering resolution to be used when converting vector content to raster content, if any is included in the currently loaded document. |
/TiffEnableExifRotate |
Include to specify that the tiff encoder will use Exif rotate flag to handle page rotations. |
/TimeoutMilliseconds="timeout in milliseconds” |
Specifies the timeout of the subsequent conversion process, in milliseconds. Default value is -1, which means no timeout. |
/TxtFontBold |
Specifies whether the font used for the resulting document when converting from the source txt file must have a bold style |
/TxtFontItalic |
Specifies whether the font used for the resulting document when converting from the source txt file must have an italic style |
/TxtFontFamily="font family” |
Specifies the name of the font to be used for the resulting document when converting from the source txt file |
/TxtFontSize="font size” |
Specifies the text size, in points, to be used for the resulting document when converting from the source txt file |
/TxtPageHeight="num" |
Page height in points |
/TxtPageWidth="num" |
Page width in points |
/TxtPageMarginBottom="num" |
Page margin bottom in points |
/TxtPageMarginLeft="num" |
Page margin left in points |
/TxtPageMarginRight="num" |
Page margin right in points |
/TxtPageMarginTop="num" |
Page margin top in points |
/Source |
Source file to be converted to PDF |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. This can include the %FILENAME variable |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
Combine Any File– [used with combineany]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation combineany |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/ConvertAttachments |
Convert any attachments |
/AttachAttachments |
Attach converted attachments rather than merge attachments |
/EmailPageHeight="num" |
Page height in points |
/EmailPageWidth="num" |
Page width in points |
/EmailPageMarginBottom="num" |
Page margin bottom in points |
/EmailPageMarginLeft="num" |
Page margin left in points |
/EmailPageMarginRight="num" |
Page margin right in points |
/EmailPageMarginTop="num" |
Page margin top in points |
/EmailPreferOnePage |
Add to output document as one page |
/EnableICC |
When present favor to preserve ICC profile, if present in the loaded document, during the conversion |
/HtmlEmulationType="num" |
Specifies a type of a media to emulate |
/HtmlPageHeight="num" |
Page height in points |
/HtmlPageWidth="num" |
Page width in points |
/HtmlPageMarginBottom="num" |
Page margin bottom in points |
/HtmlPageMarginLeft="num" |
Page margin left in points |
/HtmlPageMarginRight="num" |
Page margin right in points |
/HtmlPageMarginTop="num" |
Page margin top in points |
/HtmlPreferOnePage |
Include to specify that the output document should contain a single page |
/HtmlPreferCSSPageSize |
Include to give any CSS @page size declared in the page priority over what is declared in HtmlPageWidth and HtmlPageHeight. If not included, the renderer will scale the content to fit the paper size |
/LoadOnlyOnePage |
Specifies that all executed actions with the loaded document will be processed using only the first page of the document |
/PageRange="range" |
Range of pages to OCR, use “*” for all pages |
/PdfBitonalImageCompression=”ID” |
Sets the scheme to be used to compress bitonal image data when converting/saving the currently loaded document to PDF format.- 0: None- 1: Flate- 2: CCITT4- 3: JPEG- 4: JBIG2- 5: JPEG2000 |
/JBIG2PMSThreshold |
Specifies the threshold value for the JBIG2 encoder pattern matching and substitution between 0 and 1. Any number lower than 1 may lead to lossy compression. Default value is 0.85 |
/PdfColorImageCompression |
Sets the scheme to be used to compress color image data when converting/saving the currently loaded document to PDF format |
/PdfImageQuality |
Sets the level of quality used to compress images with a lossy compression scheme, which are embedded in the newly produced PDF document when converting/saving the currently loaded document to PDF format. It must be a value from 0 to 100. 0 means the worst quality and the best compression, 100 means the best quality and the worst compression |
/PDFUseDeflateOnJPEG |
Include to specify if the converter will use additional Deflate compression for JPEG images in PDF output |
/RasterizationDPI="DPI" |
Sets the rendering resolution to be used when converting vector content to raster content, if any is included in the currently loaded document |
/TiffEnableExifRotate |
Include to specify that the tiff encoder will use Exif rotate flag to handle page rotations |
/TimeoutMilliseconds="timeout in milliseconds” |
Specifies the timeout of the subsequent conversion process, in milliseconds. Default value is -1, which means no timeout |
/TxtFontBold |
Specifies whether the font used for the resulting document when converting from the source txt file must have a bold style |
/TxtFontItalic |
Specifies whether the font used for the resulting document when converting from the source txt file must have an italic style |
/TxtFontFamily="font family” |
Specifies the name of the font to be used for the resulting document when converting from the source txt file |
/TxtFontSize="font size” |
Specifies the text size, in points, to be used for the resulting document when converting from the source txt file |
/TxtPageHeight="num" |
Page height in points |
/TxtPageWidth="num" |
Page width in points |
/TxtPageMarginBottom="num" |
Page margin bottom in points |
/TxtPageMarginLeft="num" |
Page margin left in points |
/TxtPageMarginRight="num" |
Page margin right in points |
/TxtPageMarginTop="num" |
Page margin top in points |
/Source |
Source folder for the files to be combined |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. This can include the %DIRNAME variable |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
Combine PDFs– [used with combinepdfs]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation combinepdfs |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/NumericalOrdering=true /NumericalOrdering=false |
Choose whether the merging of file should happen in numerical order. For example, file1, file3, file11, file20, file101. Otherwise it will be ordered lexographically. For example, file1, file101, file11, file20, file3 |
/Source |
Source folder for files to be combined |
/Target |
Target path for the output file |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
Convert PDF to JPEG – [used with pdftojpeg]
Parameter |
Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation pdftojpeg |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/DPI=”num” |
The dpi resolution for rendering. |
/Brightness="num" |
Brightness adjustment between -100 and 100. |
/Contrast="num" |
Contrast adjustment between -100 and 100. |
/Saturation="num" |
Saturation adjustment between -100 and 100. |
/Gamma="num" |
Gamma adjustment between -100 and 100. |
/AutoDeskew |
When this flag is set, the image is skewed between ±15 degrees to obtain the best information from the image. |
/CropBlackBorders |
Detects and removes margins consisting of black color around a GdPicture image. |
/CropBlackBordersEx |
Detects and sets to White, margins consisting of black color around a GdPicture image. This method does not have the same behavior as the CropBlackBorders. The black borders are not removed but are set to blank. Therefore, the image dimensions are kept the same. |
/CropHeight="num" |
Specifies the page height, in pixels, of the resulting output document after cropping |
/CropWidth="num" |
Specifies the page width, in pixels, of the resulting output document after cropping |
/CropLeft ="num" |
Specifies the distance, in pixels, to crop from the top of the resulting document |
/CropTop="num" |
Specifies the distance, in pixels, to crop from the top of the resulting document |
/Despeckle |
Performs a 3x3 despeckle filter (also known as median filter) |
/DespeckleMore |
Performs a 5x5 despeckle filter (also known as median filter) |
/EnableICM |
Specifies if color correction is used for images embedding an ICC profile. |
/RemoveHolePunch |
Removes all punch holes situated on the margins. Be aware this can affect some barcode types. |
/RemoveLines="num" |
Perform line removal.- Horizontal is 1- Vertical is 2 |
/ResizeNewHeight="num" |
New image height in pixel |
/ResizeNewWidth="num" |
New image width in pixel |
/ResizeInterpolateMode=”num" |
The interpolation mode specifies the algorithm used when the image is stretched. Following are the different modes and their corresponding values:- Default: 0- Low: 1- High: 2- Bilinear: 3- Bicubic: 4- Nearest Neighbor: 5- High Quality Bilinear: 6- High Quality Bicubic: 7 |
/RotateByAngle |
Add parameter to rotate the image by an angle (see /RotationAngle) |
/RotationAngle="num" |
Rotate clockwise by this many degrees when /RotateByAngle parameter is present |
/RotationType="num" |
Value determines rotate and/or flip action. Some actions result in the same final outcome, so the value is shared. Following are the different actions and their associated values:- Rotate180 Flip None: 2- Rotate180 Flip X: 6- Rotate180 Flip XY: 0- Rotate180 Flip Y: 4- Rotate270 Flip None: 3- Rotate270 Flip X: 7- Rotate270 Flip XY: 1- Rotate 270 Flip Y: 5- Rotate 90 Flip None: 1- Rotate 90 Flip X: 5- Rotate 90 Flip XY: 3- Rotate 90 Flip Y: 7- Rotate None Flip None: 0- Rotate None Flip X: 4- Rotate None Flip XY: 2- Rotate None Flip Y: 6 |
/PageRange="page range" |
Range of pages to OCR, use “*” for all pages. |
/Source |
Source file to be converted to JPEG. |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
Convert PDF to PNG – [used with pdftopng]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation pdftopng |
See the “Convert PDF to JPEG” table above for the rest of the parameters.
Convert PDF to TIFF – [used with pdftotiffgd]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation pdftotiffgd |
/TiffCompression |
Following are different values of this parameter and their description:- 8: Deflate compression, as recognized by Adobe.- 65536: Uses CCITT4 compression for bitonal image and LZW for others. This allows a mix of compression in a multipage tiff document.- 3: CCITT Group 3 fax encoding-4: CCITT Group 4 fax encoding- 32771: #1 w/ word alignment- 32946: Deflate compression- 7: %JPEG DCT compression- 5: Lempel-Ziv and Welch- 32766: NeXT 2-bit RLE- 1: No compression- 6: !6.0 JPEG- 2: CCITT modified Huffman RLE- 32809: ThunderScan RLE |
See the “Convert PDF to JPEG” table above for the rest of the parameters.
Convert PDF to Text – [used with pdftotext]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation pdftotext |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/PageRange |
Range of pages to OCR, use “*” for all pages |
/PageSeparator=”text” |
Text that will separate the pages of text |
/PageSeparatorPlacement=top /PageSeparatorPlacement=bottom |
The placement of the text separator. The separator text can either go at the top or bottom of the page text. Default is bottom. |
/PreserveParagraph |
Specifies that the text extraction engine must preserve text paragraphs. Default false. |
/ParagraphSeparator= |
This property specifies the separator to be utilized for splitting paragraphs. It only takes effect when the PreserveParagraphs property is set to true. |
/EnableOCR |
Enables the use of the GdPicture OCR engine if the page in non-searchable. |
/DictionaryPath= |
Path to GdPicture Dictionary files |
/Dictionary= |
The codes of the chosen languages for OCR, seperated by ‘+’. For example, eng+fra Codes can be found in the OCR Language Codes |
/CopyPdf |
If the flag is present, it copies the input pdf to the output location. |
/Source |
Source file to be converted to text. |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
OCR PDF to searchable PDF – [used with ocrpdfgd]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation ocrpdfgd |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/Dictionary |
List of language codes, linked by ‘+’. For example: /Dictionary=”ENG+FRA” |
/DictionaryPath |
Path to GdPicture Dictionary files. |
/DPI |
DPI used for rendering. |
/PageRange |
Range of pages to OCR, use “*” for all pages. |
/ThreadLimit |
Limits the amount of pages that can be processed concurrently |
/IgnoreSearchablePages |
Setting this flag will skip OCRing and pages that already contain visible text. |
/IgnoreHiddenText |
Setting this flag will skip OCRing and pages that already contain hidden text. Note: IgnoreSearchablePages must also be set. |
/Source |
Source file to be OCRed. |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique). |
Create PDF Portfolio – [used with pdfportfolio]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation pdfportfolio |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/PdfPortfolioType |
See the “PDF Potfolio Type” table below for information on portfolio type, value, and description |
/Source |
Source folder. |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
PDF Portfolio Type
| Type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Detail | 0 | The collection view is presented in details mode, with all information in the Schema dictionary presented in a multi-column format. This mode provides the most information to the user. The default value. |
| Hidden | 2 | The collection view is initially hidden, without preventing the user from obtaining a file list via explicit action. |
| Tile | 1 | The collection view is presented in tile mode, with each file in the collection denoted by a small icon and a subset of information from the Schema dictionary. This mode provides top-level information about the file attachments to the user. |
Convert PDF to PDF/A – [used with gdpicturepdfa]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation gdpicturepdfa |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/AllowRasterization=false |
Set this parameter to false, if you do not want the conversion engine to use page rasterization when the direct conversion and vectorization are not possible or allowed. |
/AllowVectorization=false |
Set this parameter to false, if you do not want the conversion engine to use page vectorization when the direct conversion is not possible. Vectorization produces vector based graphic elements where applicable, for example, fonts and paths, and combines them with image resources. |
/Version="PDFA Option" |
See the “PDF/A Versions” table below for different PDF/A versions and their descriptions |
/Source |
Source file. |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
PDF/A Versions
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| PDF_A_1a | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-1a. |
| PDF_A_1b | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-1b. |
| PDF_A_2a | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-2a. |
| PDF_A_2b | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-2b. |
| PDF_A_2u | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-2u. |
| PDF_A_3a | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-3a. |
| PDF_A_3b | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-3b. |
| PDF_A_3u | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-3u. |
| PDF_A_4 | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-4. |
| PDF_A_4e | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-4e. |
| PDF_A_4f | The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-4f. |
Compress PDF – [used with gdpicturecompression]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation gdpicturecompression |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/Author="text" |
Set PDF Metadata Author to supplied text |
/Producer="text" |
Set PDF Metadata Producer to supplied text |
/Producername="text" |
Set PDF Metadata Producername to supplied text |
/Title="text" |
Set PDF Metadata Title to supplied text |
/RemoveAnnotations |
When supplied, remove annotations |
/RemoveBlankPages |
When supplied, remove blank pages |
/RemoveBookmarks |
When supplied, remove bookmarks |
/RemoveEmbeddedFiles |
When supplied, remove embedded files |
/RemoveFormFields |
When supplied, remove form fields |
/RemoveJavaScript |
When supplied, remove JavaScript |
/RemoveMetadata |
When supplied, remove metadata. RemoveMetadata only removes XMP metadata in the document. PDF information (title, author, custom pdf info etc.) IF present, is not touched. |
/removePageThumbnails |
When supplied, remove page thumbnails |
/PackFonts=false |
Specifies the PDF fonts will not be packed to reduce their size. |
/PackDocument=false |
Specifies the PDF will not be packed to reduce its size. |
/RecompressImages=false |
Specifies the images from the PDF will not be recompressed. |
/EnableMRC |
Specifies MRC will be used for compressing the PDF contents. |
/DownscaleResolutionMRC="resolution mrc" |
Specifies the resolution (DPI) for downscaling the background layer by the MRC engine, if any. Default value is 100. |
/PreserveSmoothing=false |
Specifies that the MRC engine will not preserve smoothing between different layers. |
/ImageQuality="image quality" |
Specifies the quality to be used for the compression of the images from the PDF. See the “Image Quality Settings” table below for further information |
/DownscaleImages=false |
Specifies the images from the PDF will not be downscaled. |
/DownscaleResolution=downscaleresolution |
Specifies the resolution to be used to downscale images. Default value is 150. |
/EnableColorDetection=false |
Specifies whether color detection will not be performed on the images from the PDF. |
/EnableCharRepair |
Specifies whether character repairing will be performed during bitonal conversion. |
/EnableJPEG2000=false |
Specifies that JPEG2000 compression scheme will not be used to compress the images of the PDF. |
/EnableJBIG2=false |
Specifies that the JBIG2 compression scheme will not be used to compress the bitonal images of the PDF. |
/JBIG2PMSThreshold=threshold |
Specifies the threshold value for the JBIG2 encoder pattern matching and substitution between 0 and 1. Any number lower than 1 may lead to lossy compression. Default value is 0.85. |
/Source |
Source folder. |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
Image Quality Settings
| Description | Value |
|---|---|
| Image Quality Low | 0 |
| Image Quality Medium | 1 |
| Image Quality High | 2 |
| Image Quality Very High | 3 |
| Image Quality Very Very High | 4 |
| Image Quality Very Low | -1 |
Smart Redaction – [used with smartredaction]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation smartredaction |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/ResourcePath |
Path to GdPicture Dictionary files |
/Dictionary |
List of language codes, linked by ‘+’. For example: /Dictionary=”ENG+FRA” |
/RedactCreditCardNumbers=false |
Specifies whether credit card numbers will not be redacted. |
/RedactEmailAddresses=false |
Specifies whether email addresses will not be redacted. |
/RedactPhoneNumbers=false |
Specifies whether phone numbers will not be redacted. |
/RedactVatIDs=false |
Specifies whether VAT IDs will not be redacted. |
/RedactURIs=false |
Specifies whether URIs will not be redacted. |
/RedactIBANs=false |
Specifies whether IBANs will not be redacted. |
/RedactVehicleIdentificationNumbers=false |
Specifies whether Vehicle Identification Numbers will not be redacted. |
/RedactSocialSecurityNumbers=false |
Specifies whether Social Security Number will not be redacted. |
/RedactPostalAddresses=false |
Specifies whether Postal Addresses will not be redacted. |
/MarkColor |
The color used to cover redacted information. The options are: Black, Transparent, Aqua, Teal, Navy, Yellow, Olive, Lime, Blue, Fuchsia, Purple, Red, Maroon, White, Gray, Silver, Green |
/DetectOrientation=false |
Specifies whether orientation will not be detected automatically. |
/PageRange |
Range of pages to redact, use “*” for all pages. |
/Source |
Source file to be redacted. |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
Detect Signatures – [used with detectsignatures]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation detectsignatures |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/SignedFilename= |
The signed filename mask. For example, %FILENAME-signed, used for the file moved/copied to the SignedFilePath |
/SignedFilePath=path |
The full path (including file name) that the input file will be copy/moved to if a signature is detected |
/CreateSignedPath /CreateSignedPath=false /CreateSignedPath=true |
If the parameter CreateSignedPath is present or set to true, the signed file location will be created if it cannot be found. If set to false, the file will fail if the signed location does not exist. |
/OverwriteSigned /OverwriteSigned=false /OverwriteSigned=true |
If the parameter OverwriteSigned is present or set to true, when a signed file is moved or copied into the signed location, it will overwrite files of the same name. If set to false, the file will fail in this situation. |
/SignedAction=action |
Specifies if signed files will be copied or moved to the signed location. Use ‘Copy’ or ‘Move’ as values. |
/AttachSignedDocToOutput /AttachSignedDocToOutput=false /AttachSignedDocToOutput=true |
If parameter AttachSignedDocToOutput is present or set to true, then the signed source file will be attached to the no longer signed output file. Only applied if /SignedAction=”copy” is set. |
/Source |
Source file to be checked for signatures. |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
Extract Key Value Pairs – [used with keyvaluepairs]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation keyvaluepairs |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/DictionaryPath |
Path to GdPicture Dictionary files |
/Dictionary |
The codes of the chosen languages for OCR, seperated by ‘+’. For example, eng+fra. Codes can be found in the OCR Language Codes |
/DPI |
DPI used for rendering |
/KVPFormat |
The output formats are separated is one of JSON, CSV or XML. |
/Autorotate /Autorotate=false |
Setting this to false will disable the ability to rotate pages if the text orientation is not correct. The default is true. |
/TrimSymbols |
Setting this to ‘true’ will remove any symbols from the start/end of values, except for the hash ‘#’ or period ‘.’ symbols. |
/IncludeKeyBoundingBox |
Setting this to ‘Yes’ will include the bounding box values for the key in the output. |
/IncludeValueBoundingBox |
Setting this to ‘Yes’ will include the bounding box values for the value in the output. |
/IncludePageNumber |
Setting this to ‘Yes’ will include the page number of the key value pair in the output. |
/IncludeConfidence |
Setting this to ‘Yes’ will include the confidence score of the key value pair in the output. Confidence is measured between 0 (no confidence) and 100 (full confidence). |
/ConfidenceThreshold |
The value of confidence (0-100) that a KVP must reach to be included in the output. Results under this confidence threshold will be discarded. |
/IncludeType |
Setting this to ‘Yes’ will include the data type of the key value pair in the output. |
/ExpectedKeys |
The path to a JSON file for the expected keys and synonyms. An example of how to structure this can be found in the Reference Guide. |
/ExpectedKeysIsPath=true |
Flag to show that the /ExpectedKeys flag is pointing to a JSON file location. |
/Source |
Source file to be checked for key value pairs. |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. No extension is needed, as extensions will be added based on the KVP Output Format. |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
Pattern Redaction – [used with patternredaction]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation patternredaction |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/Pattern=”regex” |
A Regex pattern. The input pdf will be searched for matches to this Regex pattern, and any matches will be redacted. |
/RedactedTermsPath=path |
The path to a text file containing a list of terms to redact. Each line will be treated as a pattern, and any matches will be redacted. |
/CaseSensitive |
Determined whether or not the regex pattern matching should be case sensitive. |
/Red=0 |
The amount of red color to be used for the redaction region color. Use a value between 0 and 255. |
/Green=0 |
The amount of green color to be used for the redaction region color. Use a value between 0 and 255. |
/Blue=0 |
The amount of blue color to be used for the redaction region color. Use a value between 0 and 255. |
/Alpha=255 |
The transparency value of the resulting region color. Use the value between 0 (full transparency) and 255 (full opacity). The redacted text will be removed, and so will not be behind the colour layer if made transparent. |
/Source |
Source file to be redacted. |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
Pattern Highlight – [used with patternhighlight]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation patternhighlight. |
/Alpha=100 |
The transparency value of the resulting region color. Use the value between 0 (full transparency) and 255 (full opacity). The highlighted text will appear behind the highlight layer. |
See the “Pattern Redaction” table above for the rest of the parameters.
Split PDF (GdPicture) – [used with splitpdfgdpicture]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation splitpdfgdpicture |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/RetainMetadata /RetainMetadata=false |
When set to true, generated files will include metadata (such as Author and Title) from the original file. |
/SplitType=Single /SplitType=Ranges /SplitType=Repeatingranges /SplitType=bookmarks |
Sets the way that the input file will be split. One of:- Split into single pages- Split by ranges (See below)- Split by repeating ranges (See below)- Split by bookmarks |
/SplitRange=range |
Set of page ranges separated by commas that defines which pages from the original should be extracted. |
/RepeatEvery=num |
Apply the page range to each set of Page Ranges pages within the document. For example if 2-4 is specified for page ranges, and 4 is specified as the repeating range, then the range is re-applied every 4 pages. |
/RemoveUnusedResources- /RemoveUnusedResources=false |
Removes unused resources from a pdf file to minimize file size. |
/Source |
Source file to be redacted. |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique) |
Split By Barcode – [used with splitbybarcode]
| Parameter | Notes |
|---|---|
/operation |
Use the operation splitbybarcode |
/debug |
Log additional information |
/ReadQRCode |
Set this to true to recognize QRCode barcodes. |
/ReadMicroQR |
Set this to true to recognize MicroQR barcodes. |
/ReadDataMatrix |
Set this to true to recognize DataMatrix barcodes. |
/ReadPDF417 |
Set this to true to recognize PDF417 barcodes. |
/ReadAztec |
Set this to true to recognize Aztec barcodes. |
/ReadMaxiCode |
Set this to true to recognize MaxiCode barcodes. |
/ReadIndustrial2of5 |
Set this to true to recognize Industrial2of5 barcodes. |
/ReadInverted2of5 |
Set this to true to recognize Inverted2of5 barcodes. |
/ReadInterleaved2of5 |
Set this to true to recognize Interleaved2of5 barcodes. |
/ReadIata2of5 |
Set this to true to recognize Iata2of5 barcodes. |
/ReadMatrix2of5 |
Set this to true to recognize Matrix2of5 barcodes. |
/ReadCodabar |
Set this to true to recognize Codabar barcodes. |
/ReadBcdMatrix |
Set this to true to recognize BcdMatrix barcodes. |
/ReadDataLogic2of5 |
Set this to true to recognize DataLogic2of5 barcodes. |
/ReadCode128 |
Set this to true to recognize Code128 barcodes. |
/ReadCode93 |
Set this to true to recognize Code93 barcodes. |
/ReadCode39 |
Set this to true to recognize Code39 barcodes. |
/ReadEAN13 |
Set this to true to recognize EAN13 barcodes. |
/ReadEAN8 |
Set this to true to recognize EAN8 barcodes. |
/ReadUPCA |
Set this to true to recognize UPCA barcodes. |
/ReadUPCE |
Set this to true to recognize UPCE barcodes. |
/ReadADD5 |
Set this to true to recognize ADD5 barcodes. |
/ReadADD2 |
Set this to true to recognize ADD2 barcodes. |
/SplitRange=range |
Specifies the page range to be scanned for barcodes. A value of * will scan every page for barcodes. |
/Pattern=”regex” |
A regular expression that each barcode will be compared against. Only barcodes that match the pattern will be returned. |
/DPI=int |
DPI of TIFF images generated or converted from the source PDF File. These images are then scanned for barcodes. |
/RetainMetadata /RetainMetadata=false |
When set to true, generated files will include metadata (such as Author and Title) from the original file. |
/RemoveUnusedResources /RemoveUnusedResources=false |
Removes unused resources from a pdf file to minimize file size. |
/Left=int |
X coordinate of the Top Left Point of the rectangle you want to recognize the barcode. |
/Top=int |
Y coordinate of the Top Left Point of the rectangle you want to recognize the barcode. |
/Width=int |
Width of the rectangle you want to recognize the barcode. |
/Height=int |
Height of the rectangle you want to recognize the barcode. |
/Source |
Source file to be redacted. |
/Target |
Target path for the output file. |
/TempFolder |
Path for temporary folder (must be unique). |