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Convert To PDF

Description

MS Word: Convert to PDF plugin step converts one or more word documents to PDF files.

Compatibility: PDF 1.5 and above

Prerequisite: Ensure that MS Office version 2010 or higher is installed on the agent machine.

Limitations:

  • This step is not compatible with Linux OS.
  • When uploading file on AutomationEdge server, the allowed file size is upto 200 MB. This is a limitation from AutomationEdge server side.

Note: This step should be preceded with a row generating step (e.g. Generate rows etc.)

Configurations

No.Field NameDescription
1Step NameName of the step. This name has to be unique in a single workflow.
Input Fields
1Input File/DirectorySpecify the file path of the word file or a directory with word files to be converted to PDF. The word files with the following extensions are allowed: .docx, .doc and .rtf.
The data type of this field is String. This field is mandatory.
Note: Input File of type .docx does not support Runtime parameter of type File, on AE Server. Input File parameter can be provided as a srting Type to specify the full file path. This issue will be resolved in upcoming AE Releases.
2Button: Browse File…Click on this button brings up the dialog to browse the input file path.
3Button: Folder…Click on this button brings up the dialog to browse the intput directory path.
4Output DirectorySpecify the path of the directory where the output PDF files are to be generated.
The data type of this field is String. This field is mandatory.
5Button: Folder…Click on this button brings up the dialog to browse the output directory path.