Custom name of merged PDFs

[JupiPupi]

Greetings, newbie hire.

Don't know if this is possible, I have searched for answer on help pages but couldn't find it.
I would like that exported file, that is merged from multiple PDFs have specific name.

Merged PDF file should be named like this:
word "Invoice" followed by a invoice numbers which are separated by comma.
those Invoice numbers are written on specific location, on first page of every PDF doc. that should be merged.

Example how should merged PDF file name look like: "Invoice 1,8,23,41,44,57,72,76,90,143,421"

What actions should I use? Where to start?

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[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, JupiPupi

Unfortunately there is no way to pull text from a document based on location for automation actions at this time. In this scenario, you will need to use a different naming scheme (such as the "auto number" macro).

Kind regards,

[JupiPupi]

Thanks for fast reply,

Ok, if its not possible to extract text from document based on location, is it possible to extract invoice number from filename and have same result? Because in filename I also have invoice number.

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[Sean - PDF-XChange]

Hi JupiPupi,

Can you please clarify which feature you are using to merge documents?

Kind regards,

[JupiPupi]

I'm using "Split/Merge PDFs" Tool.

[Sean - PDF-XChange]

Hi JupiPupi,

Okay thanks - in that case I'm afraid your options for naming documents are resticted to those offered in the dialog box:

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As mentioned above, you can use macros to assist you - but the exact operation you asked about is not possible.


https://help.pdf-xchange.com/pdfxt10/macros_t.html


Kind regards,

[zeromons]

Greetings, newbie hire.

Don't know if this is possible, I have searched for answer on help pages but couldn't find it.
I would like that exported file, that is merged from multiple PDFs have specific name.

Merged PDF file should be named like this:
word "Invoice" followed by a invoice numbers which are separated by comma.
those Invoice numbers are written on specific location, on first page of every PDF doc. that should be merged.

Example how should merged PDF file name look like: "Invoice 1,8,23,41,44,57,72,76,90,143,421"

What actions should I use? Where to start?

Screenshot 2026-02-18 115619.png

JavaScript output name workflow - hope it helps!

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function Tools_DoWork()
{
    // this is a placeholder for your code
    // ...
    // 'this' object represents the doc
    // https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/library/jsapiref/doc.html#doc
    // ...
	var dummy = this.numPages;
    var ids = [];
    var re = /^Invoice_(\d+)_1_1$/;  //Change Regex for you filename (i used Claude)

    var root = this.bookmarkRoot;
    if (root && root.children) {
        for (var i = 0; i < root.children.length; i++) {
            var m = re.exec(root.children[i].name);
            if (m) ids.push(m[1]);
        }
    }
    ids.sort(function(a,b){ return a - b; });
    return "Invoice " + ids.join(",");
}

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