Export single page per VBNet

[Nimrod_189]

Hi guys,

is it possible to use the PDF tools to export one or more pages from a PDF file to a new file via command line?

I need this function for my private VBNet program.

Thank you very much.

Nimrod_189

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, Nimrod_189

While it would be possible to create a custom tool via PDF-Tools and call it, most settings, including the page numbers to be used for Insert/extract pages cannot be modified directly via CMD.

You can find a complete list of available PDF-tools CMD actions here: https://help.pdf-xchange.com/pdfxt10/co ... ons_t.html

Kind regards,

[Nimrod_189]

Hello Daniel,

I solved my problem using the commandline tool "pdftk". I've worked with it before and it's still great.

Here's my solution for VBNet:

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   Sub ExtractPDFPages(sTargetPath As String, sSourcePDF As String, sDestFileName As String, listPages As List(Of String))
        Dim strParam As String = ""
        Dim PDFtk As String = ""
        Dim tmpFile As String = System.IO.Path.Combine(sTargetPath, "Input.pdf")

        Call CleanPath(sTargetPath)

        PDFtk = My.Settings.PDFtk & " "        '<<===== E:\Programmtools\PDFtk Server\bin\pdftk.exe
        System.IO.File.Copy(sSourcePDF, tmpFile)

        sSourcePDF = tmpFile
        Dim p As New Process

        For i As Integer = 0 To listPages.Count - 1
            strParam += listPages(i) & " "      '<<=== einzelne Seiten einfach mit Leerzeichen trennen
        Next

        strParam = sSourcePDF & " cat " & strParam.Trim & " output " & Path.Combine(sTargetPath, sDestFileName)
        p.StartInfo.FileName = PDFtk
        p.StartInfo.Arguments = strParam
        p.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden
        p.Start()
        p.WaitForExit()
        p.Close()

    End Sub

Or as Batchfile for example "CatPDF.bat":

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"E:\Programmtools\PDFtk Server\bin\pdftk.exe" "input.pdf" cat 2 3 output "Output.pdf"

Nimrod_189

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, Nimrod_189

Glad to hear you have found a solution. I wish I could say we plan to offer the same, but at this time it does not seem likely.

Kind regards,

[Nimrod_189]

That's really sad to hear, because I would like to do everything with one tool. I do use the IText framework in VBNet sometimes, but it's very complicated. So sometimes I need the easier way.

But whatever, the goal is the way.

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, Nimrod_189

Well, we can keep our fingers crossed at least, who knows what the future may bring. things ive said are unlikely have happened before (And I do hope they keep happening).

Kind regards,

[Nimrod_189]

[Dimitar - PDF-XChange]