Extract All Marked-up Pages

[xz1bbj]

I often need to mark-up many pages of a very large file. I need a means of quickly extracting only the marked-up pages and then saving them as a new file.

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

HI xz1bbj,

I have made a formal feature request for this: RT#795: Feature Request: extract pages that have mark up.

Please understand the feature list for V3 initial release has been capped. Should the dev team determine that this feature should be added it would be in some build after this.

hth

[Corwin - Tracker Sup]

Hi xz1bbj,

For now I may suggest you to run simple java script:

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function RemovePagesWithoutAnnots()
{
     var numpages = this.numPages;
     var nPageIndex = 0;
     while(nPageIndex < numpages)
     {
        var annots = this.getAnnots(nPageIndex);
        if (annots == null)
        {
             var nStartPage = nPageIndex;
             nPageIndex++;
             while(nPageIndex < numpages)
             {
                  annots = this.getAnnots(nPageIndex);
                  if (annots != null)
                       break;
                  nPageIndex++;
             }
               var nCnt = nPageIndex - nStartPage;
               if (nCnt == numpages)
               {
                    app.alert("No annots in document");
                    return;
               }
             this.deletePages(nStartPage, nPageIndex-1);     
             numpages = numpages - nCnt;
             nPageIndex = nPageIndex - nCnt;
        }
        
        nPageIndex++;
   }
}
RemovePagesWithoutAnnots();

This script will remove all pages from document, that do not have annotations. So you may mark needed pages by any comment tool, then run this script and save document to different file (by using "File->Save As" menu).

HTH.

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

Hi xz1bbj,

additional to Corwin's suggestion, I must report that the feature request has been evaluated and is not likely to be implemented.

Sorry

[xz1bbj]

Corwin,
Thanks for the script file. It works fine EXCEPT when PDF-XChange Viewer is opened from within Internet Explorer, which is the way I normally use it. From within Internet Explorer, running the script seems to crash and close PDF-XChange Viewer. Any suggestions?

[Corwin - Tracker Sup]

As I have check it, all works fine even if Viewer is opened in IE. Maybe you can give us a link to document where you get this crash?

[xz1bbj]

Corwin,
Today the script is working correctly, even from within Internet Explorer. I'm not doing anythng differently today than I did yesterday, but now it's working most of the time. It did crash once out of 5 or 6 tests. The fact that it crashes sometimes means that I'll need to be very careful about saving before I run the script, or else I'll risk losing all my markups. Any idea why it sometimes crashes?
Thanks.

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello xz1bbj,

When it is not reproducible we can only guess why it is crashing, but could be due to an AntiVIrus software, or some other plug in in IE kicking in.

I could not see this stated anywhere in the topic so please check that you are using the latest build of our Viewer (2.5.191) as these crashes you have experienced might be due to a bug that is already fixed.

Best,
Stefan

[Corwin - Tracker Sup]

I cannot get any crash with latest version of Viewer. However if you can help us to reproduce this problem it will be fixed.

[xz1bbj]

I have version 2.0.44 of Viewer. I'll try to have my IT group get me your latest version, as was suggested. I let you know if I get any crashes after updating.

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Thanks xz1bbj,

2.0.44 is rather outdated, and most probably the crash would be fixed after the latest build is installed.
We will be awaiting your response.

Best,
Stefan

[xz1bbj]

With the help of my IT person, we just tried to update to the latest verion of viewer. We got error message -2146697211. Any idea what this means?

[John - Tracker Supp]

Hi,

could it be the viewer was already open and therefore could not be updated ?

the error originates from your Operating System (Windows) and means there has been an 'Access Violation'

I would suggest a full uninstall/restart - install using the latest release from this page :

https://www.pdf-xchange.com/downloads

[ted de castro]

Post edited.

Sorry Ted - we do not allow links or reference to 3rd party products - additionally the required functionality can be achieved with our products and if there are issues we need to know about them so we can resolve - rather than see users migrate to another product as a workaround - we would rather fix whenever possible.

Thanks for your understanding.