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Javascript/ Batch Processing - Query (Please assist/advice)

Sep 19, 2011 11:23 PM

  Latest reply: alienA2, Oct 4, 2011 11:32 PM
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  • alienA2
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    40. alienA2,
    Oct 4, 2011 1:26 AM   in reply to Gilad D (try67)
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    Hi

     

    I got it to work...eventually found out the issue.

     

    The filename HAS TO BE apple.pdf or else it will not work.

     

    so if the filename was apple_1234 then it would not work...

     

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    Is there a way to do this for Document title (Description)?

     
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  • Gilad D (try67)
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    41. Gilad D (try67),
    Oct 4, 2011 1:29 AM   in reply to alienA2
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    If you used the code I provided then that's not true... It will work if the

    word "apple" is anywhere in the file's name.

    However, it is case-sensitive, so if the file is called Apple_1234.pdf it

    will not work.

    To make it case insensitive, change the code to:

     

    /apple/i.test(this.documentFileName)

     
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  • alienA2
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    42. alienA2,
    Oct 4, 2011 1:35 AM   in reply to Gilad D (try67)
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    Can this be also done:

     

    If filename has the words "apple"

    then

    add Description for  "apple"

    elese

    if filename has the words "banana"

    then

    add Description for "banana"

     
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  • Gilad D (try67)
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    43. Gilad D (try67),
    Oct 4, 2011 1:38 AM   in reply to alienA2
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    Not sure what you mean by "add description for "apple""? Do you mean that

    you want to edit the meta-data of the file?

     
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  • alienA2
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    44. alienA2,
    Oct 4, 2011 1:58 AM   in reply to Gilad D (try67)
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    Meta-data: Correct

     
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  • Gilad D (try67)
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    45. Gilad D (try67),
    Oct 4, 2011 2:02 AM   in reply to alienA2
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    But which field in the meta-data?

     

    Let's say it's "Title". In that case, you use the same if-statement, and

    then add:

    this.info.Title = "Apple"

     
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  • alienA2
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    46. alienA2,
    Oct 4, 2011 2:04 AM   in reply to Gilad D (try67)
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    Like so? :

     

     

    if (/apple/.test(this.documentFileName)) {

     

         this.info.Title = "Apple"

     

    } else if (/banana/.test(this.documentFileName)) {

     

       this.info.Title = "Banana"

     

    }

     

     

     

    etc.

     
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  • Gilad D (try67)
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    47. Gilad D (try67),
    Oct 4, 2011 2:14 AM   in reply to alienA2
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    Correct.

     
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  • alienA2
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    48. alienA2,
    Oct 4, 2011 2:39 AM   in reply to Gilad D (try67)
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    How about if you wanna just add the document title name to the Title?

     

    eg if the filename is:

    Girls_mag_24_Dec2011.pdf

     

    then title should be: Girls_mag_24_Dec2011

     
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  • Gilad D (try67)
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    49. Gilad D (try67),
    Oct 4, 2011 2:41 AM   in reply to alienA2
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    I wrote to you in an earlier post how to get the file name (without the

    extension). Simply apply that to this.info.Title.

     
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  • alienA2
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    50. alienA2,
    Oct 4, 2011 4:15 AM   in reply to Gilad D (try67)
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    That method overwrites the previous file because what it is doing is only doing this:...

     

    if (/orange/i.test(this.documentFileName)) {

     

         this.info.Title = /orange/i.test(this.documentFileName.replace(/\.pdf$/i,""))

     

    } else if (/banana/i.test(this.documentFileName)) {

     

       this.info.Title = /banana/i.test(this.documentFileName.replace(/\.pdf$/i,""))

     

    }

     
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  • Gilad D (try67)
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    51. Gilad D (try67),
    Oct 4, 2011 4:17 AM   in reply to alienA2
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    this.documentFileName.replace(/\.pdf$/i,"") gives you the current file's name minus the extension. Think how you can incorporate that in the code you already have...

     
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  • alienA2
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    52. alienA2,
    Oct 4, 2011 11:21 PM   in reply to Gilad D (try67)
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    I did it...

     

    I just left the if statement completely out of the equation for the the Title/Metadata query...

     

    I realised that the program actually does one file at a time meaning it will do the sequence of instructions from start to finish per file and then only work on the next file. Therefore, the computer will not get confused with which document title to use for each file.

     
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  • alienA2
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    53. alienA2,
    Oct 4, 2011 11:32 PM   in reply to alienA2
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    Making single PDF files over 1.5 MB smaller

     

    Can this be done via scripting?

     

    I saw a function under document ->Reduce file size...

     

    dunno if this helps the problem...

     
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