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Using the Type Option

Use the Type option to specify the type of file you want to import to speed processing. Enter T (TIFF) or P (PDF). If you omit this option, the system first looks for TIFF files. If it cannot find a TIFF file, it looks for a PDF file.

The system also automatically detects and imports the following file types:

Description Extension
Adobe Flash 6.x and 7.x “text only” .SWF
Adobe Photoshop .PSD
Adobe Postscript (PS) .PS
CCITT Group 3 Fax .FAX
CompuServe Graphic Interchange Format .GIF
Encapsulated PostScript .EPS
Extensible Markup Language .XML
HP Graphics Language .HPG
Hypertext Markup Language .HTM, .HTML
Microsoft Excel .XLS
Microsoft Outlook Messages .MSG
Microsoft Powerpoint .PPT
Microsoft Word .DOC
MIME-encoded email .EML
OS/2 and Windows bitmap, cursor, and icon files .BMP
Paintbrush .DCX .PCX
Portable Bitmap/Graymap/Pixmap .PBM, .PGM, .PPM
Portable Network Graphics .PNG
Rich Text Format .RTF
Text, including ANSI, UTF-8, and EBCDIC .TXT
Windows Enhanced Metafile .EMF
Windows Metafile .WMF
X-Windows Pixmap .XPM

Keep in mind:

Here is an example:

<Image Rules>

...

;AddMultiPageBitmap;DAL(PDF_DAL.dal),Only(ODD),TYPE(P);

;AddMultiPageBitmap;DAL(PDF_DAL.dal),Only(ODD),TYPE(P);

...

Assume the first PDF file contains four pages and the second PDF file contains five pages.

After executing the two rules, there will be five pages in the form. The first four pages will have two images each (one from the first rule and one from the second) and the final page will contain the last image from the 5-image PDF file.

Be aware that the placement of those bitmap images on the page can make them overlap.

Note This rule supports long file names on 32-bit Windows operating systems. The full list of supported formats is not yet available on Windows 64-bit systems.

 


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