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Function: PDFInfo

Description

This function returns information about the table's source PDF document. Information may be:

  • Author
    The name of the person who created the document.

  • CreationDateRaw
    The date and time when the document was created, using the original PDF date format.

  • CreationDateISO
    The date and time when the document was created, in ISO 8601 date format.

  • Creator
    The name of the application that created the original document from which it was converted, if the document was converted to PDF from another format.

  • Keywords
    Keywords defined for the document.

  • ModDateRaw
    The date and time the document was most recently modified, using the original PDF date format.

  • ModDateISO
    The date and time the document was most recently modified, in ISO 8601 date format.

  • PageCount
    The total number of pages in the document.

  • Producer
    The name of the application that converted it to PDF, if the document was converted to PDF from another format.

  • Subject
    The subject of the document.

  • Title
    The document’s title.

  • Version
    The PDF version of the document.

You can use this feature to verify and audit the data you have brought into Monarch Data Prep Studio.

Syntax

PDFInfo("infotype")

Arguments

infotype may be:

  • Author

  • CreationDateRaw

  • CreationDateISO

  • Creator

  • Keywords

  • ModDateRaw

  • ModDateISO

  • PageCount

  • Producer

  • Subject

  • Title

  • Version

Note:

  • infotype must be enclosed in quotes, e.g. "Version"

RETURN value

This function returns a string value corresponding to the information retrieved from the PDF file.

Notes:

  • If the information is not available in the PDF document, the function returns a blank.

  • If the function is applied to a non-PDF document, the function returns a blank

Calculated field example

Define a calculated field PDF_Creator using the following expression: PDFInfo("Creator")

If the original document was created from PostScript, for example, the result is a  PDF_Creator column with the value: PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2