Content Action

Provides functionality for splitting and merging multi-page file formats.

Inherits from: Unattended Activity

Properties

The following 14 properties are defined.

Property Name Description
General
Action Type: CollateAction, Default: Split

The action to perform. Can be one of the following values:

  • Split - Splits multi-page TIF or PDF content to individual Batch Page objects.
  • Merge - Merges the contents of all child objects to a multi-page file, and saves it on the Batch Folder object.
  • ClearChildren - Deletes all child folders and pages.
  • ClearContent - Deletes any existing native file versions and PDF file versions from the Batch Folder object.
  • RepairPDF - Detects and attempts to repair corrupted PDF files.
Split Options
Render Resolution Type: Int32, Default: 200

The resolution to use when rendering PDF pages as images.

Target Image Format Type: TargetColorFormat, Default: Auto

The color format in which PDF page images should be generated. Can be one of the following values:

  • Auto - The output color format will be determined automatically.
  • Color - All pages will be rendered as color images.
  • Grayscale - All pages will be rendered as grayscale images.
  • Binary - All pages will be rendered as binary (black and white) images.
Auto Color Depth Settings Type: Auto Convert

Color detection settings to be used when the Target Image Format is set to AutoGray or AutoBW.

Pdf Split Method Type: PdfSplitMethods, Default: Auto

Defines how a split operation is performed on PDF content. Can be one of the following values:

  • Auto - PDF pages will be individually copied to Grooper page objects. If an error occurs while extracting the PDF page, the page will be split as an image.
  • Native - PDF pages will be individually copied to Grooper page objects. If an error occurs while extracting the PDF page, the task will error out.
  • Image - PDF pages will be split as images in all cases.
Flag Conversion Issues Type: Boolean, Default: False

If set to true, documents will be flagged in cases where recoverable PDF conversion issues are encountered.

Remove Original Type: Boolean, Default: False

If set to true, the original content on the parent folder will be deleted.

Page Limit Type: Int32, Default: 500

Documents with a page count higher than this value will generate an error.

Merge Options
Merge Output Format Type: MergeOutputFileFormat, Default: PDF

The output format for the merge operation. Can be one of the following values:

  • PDF - Generate a PDF file.
  • TIF - Generate a TIF file.
PDF Options Type: PDF Format

If enabled, PDF pages generated from Grooper pages will be generated as searchable PDF pages.

TIFF Options Type: TIF Format

If enabled, PDF pages generated from Grooper pages will be generated as searchable PDF pages.

Processing Options
Error Disposition Type: IssueDisposition, Default: Flag, Log

Determines what happens when an error occurs processing an activity.

Maximum Consecutive Errors Type: Int32, Default: 0

The maximum number of consecutive errors, after which a critical stop will be raised. A critical stop will cause services to stop running.

Concurrency Mode Type: ConcurrencyMode, Default: Multiple

Specifies the parallel processing mode for this activity. Can be one of the following values:

  • Multiple - Multiple instances can run concurrently.
  • PerMachine - Only a single instance can run per machine.
  • Single - Only a single instance can run per Grooper repository.
This value determines the type of Thread Pool on which the activity can be executed.

See Also

Auto Convert, PDF Format, TIF Format

Used By

Batch Folder - Apply Activity, Batch Process Step