Split

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Overview

 

This is an automatic action that splits the file into multiple files with a specified number of pages. 

 

Rules

 

  • User puts the number of pages which represents the size of the created document
    • If a document is 8 pages long and the user puts 2 as the number of pages, the result of the Split action will be 4 files that are 2 pages long
    • If a document is 9 pages long, and the user puts 2 as the number of pages, after the Split action there will be 4 files that are 2 pages long and one file that contains only 1 page
    • If a document has 2 pages user puts 3 as the number of pages, the result is one file with 2 pages, the same as original
  • During Split action (i.e. splitting 1 file into 10 files in the job), the message in the job rectangle would be "Processing your 1 file", but as soon as Split is finished, only the result files are included, so the message would be changed to "Processing your 10 files"
  • After Split action, you can see in the Job View result files and original file
    • In Workflow Files List and To-Do List, original files are not shown (and are ignored for file count)
    • In Upload Group List, result files are not shown (and are ignored for file count)
  • Result files (files that are created during Split action):
    • Names of those files are created from the original file name and suffixes starting from_#00, then _#01 etc.
    • If the result file is just one file, it will be the same as the original, but it would have a different name (original: someFile,pdf, result: someFile_#0.pdf)
    • If there is a Merge action after Split, the results of the Split action are marked with "TEMPORARY FILE" status
    • The File History of result files will contain entries only after the Split action
  • Original file (the version of the file before splitting)
    • This file will have the status "ORIGINAL DOCUMENT" which never changes
    • This file item will appear greyed out in the job file list and it will be placed at the bottom of the list
    • User can Comment, Download or Delete original file
    • It can be seen only in the Job Screen, below the result files, after the Split action, just to help the user understand the process
    • The File History of everything that happened before the Split action will be contained in the original file
  • All non-PDF documents will be converted to PDF before Split action (and that conversion will produce a separate entry in the File History of a file)

 

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