Setting boundary using script

1

Hi

I have a job where I want to split documents by page but based on the input filename. It’s coming through workflow so I can get this passed into a data mapper no problem but how can I split based on this value? I’m guessing I can use a script but not sure what script I need?

2

Please give us an examples of the file names and what you need to achieve for each one, and then we can help you out.

3

Yeah it’s for example TestFile_1.pdf

I’ve got the page split from teh filename within workflow and passing that down in a automation variable. I’ve created the below script but it doesn’t seem to be working. Do I need to define the boundary variables somewhere?

//get current page counter and increment
var PageCount = boundaries.getVariable(“PageCount”);
PageCount++;

//get split value from automation variable
var PageSplit = automation.variables._PageSplit;

//do a modulus on the inut page and page split, if 0 then set back boundary
if(PageCount%PageSplit == 0){
boundaries.set();
}

//set value back for use later
boundaries.setVariable(“PageCount”,PageCount);

4

All right, so you are receiving the number of pages to split on in the _PageSplit automation variable.
Your code should therefore look something like this:

var PageSplit = automation.variables._PageSplit || 1; // Set default value to 1 in case variable is missing
var curPage=0;
if(boundaries.getVariable("lastValue")==null) {  // Check if boundary variable was already created
  boundaries.setVariable("lastValue",curPage);   // if not, create it
} else {
  curPage = boundaries.getVariable("lastValue"); // Set CurPage to value in variable lastValue
  curPage ++;                                    // Increment by 1
}
if((curPage % PageSplit)==0){                  // Check if we need to set the boundary
  boundaries.set();
}
boundaries.setVariable("lastValue",curPage);     // Store curPage value in lastValue
5

Hi Phil,

I’ve used this but it seems to break it as it just changes to this so looks like no records? Where as before I could see the input PDF

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6

Check the Messages panel. There are probably errors reported in there.

7

Hi,

Yeah thanks phil, was my mistake, named the field incorrectly.

Big thanks for your help with this.

James