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Display Additional File Attributes for PDF Documents

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* This feature allows you to display extra information (called Meta Data) extracted from PDF files that are stored in [[Custom Field Type (33): Link – Single File|Singe File]] or [[Custom Field Type: Link – Multiple Files|Multiple Files]] field.
* Only PDF files will display this information.
* The additional attributes that can be extracted and displayed are:
There are 2 different ways of displaying additional file attributes for PDF documents, depending on whether the PDF document(s) are stored in a [[Custom Field Type (33): Link – Single File|Single File]] field or [[Custom Field Type: Link – Multiple Files|Multiple Files]] field.
=Single File Fields=
* In order to extract Meta Data related to a PDF file stored in a [[Custom Field Type (33): Link – Single File|Single File]] field you must create a [[Custom Field Type (109): Read Only – System Variables|Read Only - System Variables]] field to display the additional attributes.
* In the '''Variables''' section of the [[Custom Field Type (109): Read Only – System Variables|Read Only - System Variables]] field use the following syntax:
''Label'' '''[field code]'''
@
* Where ''Field Name'' is that name of the [[Custom Field Type (33): Link – Single File|Single File]] field that contains the PDF document.
* You can use html to format the output:
[[Image:PDFDetails.PNG]]
* In the above example '''Contract Document''' is the name of the [[Custom Field Type (33): Link – Single File|Single File]] field that contains the PDF document.
* The [[Custom Field Type (109): Read Only – System Variables|Read Only - System Variables]] field will display:
[[Image:PDFDetails2.PNG]]
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