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Hello,

I have a 4-page combined pdf containing details of 4 job tickets (1 per page). When job 3 is modified, I want to generate the pdf of job ticket n°3 from its metadata, then delete page 3 from the combined pdf and include the new pdf of job ticket 3 in this location.

I've tried to do this with the “Inject Wildcard” application to retrieve the combined pdf, delete page 3 with Pitstop Server, merge the pdf then reorganize the pages with Pitstop Server but without success.

Do you have any ideas on how to do this?

Thanks

Hello,

Without knowing all the constraints, it would be easier and more efficient to skip the creation of a new PDF file. I would instead modify the 4 pages PDF by editing the 3rd page (Select Page 3 / Remove selection and then add metadata). This eliminates the trouble of assembling 2 PDFs.

If you must have a Job 3 pdf file separately and assemble it in the combined PDF you can either:

A) Inject the Job 3 PDF and assemble it with the combined pdf, merge pdf and delete page 3/reorder pages in PitStop


B) You can use the Add pages action to insert a page from a PDF. Using variables you can load the Job 3 PDF. This requires that the Job 3 PDF is ready in a fixed folder location!

Hope this helps you figure a way forward!

If you still need to import another pdf file, you can create an action list:

• select a page (variable number)

• delete its content (remove selection)

• overlay pdf. Location can be fixed, or you can use a variable.

This way, no need to reorder pages.

Thank you for your help.

I have found and simplified as follows:

When I have a job ticket that is created or edited (for example: 1400-3.pdf), I place it where the others of the same order are.
Then, with the “Inject Wildcard” application, I retrieve all the PDF ticket jobs that start with “1400” to assemble them and then merge the global PDF.