Difference between revisions of "Display Additional File Attributes for PDF Documents"

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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|Singe File]] field or [[Custom Field Type (80): Link – Multiple Files|Multiple Files]] field.
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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 (80): Link – Multiple Files|Multiple Files]] field.
  
 
==Single File Fields==
 
==Single File Fields==
* In order to extract Meta Data related to a PDF file stored in a you must create a [[Custom Field Type (109): Read Only – System Variables|Read Only - System Variables]] field to display the additional attributes.
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* 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 '''Values''' section of the [[Custom Field Type (109): Read Only – System Variables|Read Only - System Variables]] field use the following syntax:
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* In the '''Variables''' section of the [[Custom Field Type (109): Read Only – System Variables|Read Only - System Variables]] field use the following syntax:
 
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* 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.
  
  

Revision as of 14:01, 1 April 2009

  • This feature allows you to display extra information (called Meta Data) extracted from PDF files that are stored in Singe File or Multiple Files field.
  • Only PDF files will display this information.
  • The additional attributes that can be extracted and displayed are:
Meta Data Field Name Field Code
Author author
Creator creator
Producer producer
Keywords keywords
Subject subject
Title title
Number of Pages numofpages
Creation Date creationdate
Modified Date modifieddate


There are 2 different ways of displaying additional file attributes for PDF documents, depending on whether the PDF document(s) are stored in a Single File field or Multiple Files field.

Single File Fields

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  • In the above example Contract Document is the name of the Single File field that contains the PDF document.


Multiple File Fields

  • To include the above attributes in the list view of documents stored in a Multiple File field use the Extra Columns section when you create a Multiple File field:

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  • In the Extra Columns field enter the desired column headings (separated by commas), followed by two colons, following by the fields codes from above (again separated by commas)
  • Note: be sure there are no spaces between the field codes, just a comma.
  • These attributes will only be displayed for PDF documents. They will be left blank for all non-PDF documents.


[Category:Custom Fields]