How can I split a pdf containing multiples pages into several files? I want to split each 2 pages = 1 PDF document

[mce (Maic Ceriani)]

How can I split a pdf containing multiples pages into several files? I want to split each 2 pages = 1 PDF document

Example here (there are 12 pages)

I want to have 6 files (so page 1 and 2 = 1 file) (page 3 and 4 = another file ) etc…

Is that possible? Which activities to be sued in order to do that?

[Vikas_M]

Hey @mce ,

You can use a package from the marketplace

BalaReva.Pdf.Activities

This has a feature of PDFsplitter

Hope it helps you out

[ppr (Peter Preuss)]

We Assume: Project Compatibility is Windows

retrieve the page count:

Create range series - myRanges

we will dynamize it with the pageCount Variable. Also can handle even/odd cases properly

Then we loop over myRanges and using the looped value here:

[rlgandu]

@mce

In properties of extract pdf range of “Range”:(init_PageCount-1).ToString &“-”&(init_PageCount).ToString

[mce (Maic Ceriani)]

@rlgandu

(init_PageCount-1).ToString &“-”&(init_PageCount).ToString

Rigandu,

I try to use your method but I obtain the following error message

What did I do wrong?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[rlgandu]

@mce

Give the destination path as “Test”+(init_PageCount-1).ToString &“-”&(init_PageCount).ToString+“.pdf”

[mce (Maic Ceriani)]

@rlgandu

“Test”+(init_PageCount-1).ToString &“-”&(init_PageCount).ToString+“.pdf”

I still have the problem (see below)

[supermanPunch (Arpan)]

Hi @mce ,

For the error received, it is already recorded and the fix is already mentioned :

Troubleshooting Guide : Conversion from Windows-Legacy project to Windows project

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[postwick (Paul)]

In the UiPath.PDF.Activities package (official not third party) there is a Extract PDF Page Range. You could loop over that to split it into the pages you want.

[rlgandu]

@mce

Remove parenthesis and run the workflow

[Parvathy (PS Parvathy)]

Hi @mce

Follow this YouTube video. You will find the solution for splitting the PDF’s.

How To Split PDFs With Dynamic Ranges In UiPath

Hope it helps!!

[mce (Maic Ceriani)]

This doesnt work as well.

I have tried to build this differently and I’m almost there (I can split each 2 pages together but once splitted I have the following error message :

Do you have an idea why I obtain this error message?

variables used :

Thanks in advance for the help

[rlgandu]

@mce

Initialise intCurrentPage to 1

[mce (Maic Ceriani)]

This is worst if I put Intcurrentpage to 1 => I still have the same error message and the output are not correctly splitted each 2 pages.

Do you have another idea?

[ppr (Peter Preuss)]

@mce

Do you have another idea?

we shared above and also show cased:

@ppr

Create range series - myRanges

we will dynamize it with the pageCount Variable. Also can handle even/odd cases properly

Then we loop over myRanges and using the looped value here:

[rlgandu]

@mce

I think the error is in the while loop condition so change the comparision operator

Instead of <= give = only

[mce (Maic Ceriani)]

This is not the solution as I can have a file with 12 pages another one with 34 pages the other one 44 etc…

[mce (Maic Ceriani)]

In my opinion I have to keep intCurrentPage <=intTotalPageCount otherwise nothing happens if I remove the symbo < and only keep =. Do you have anothe solution ?

[ppr (Peter Preuss)]

@mce

This is not the solution as

we mentioned that it will be dynamized with a variable. Also we used the get pdf page count activity for getting the current page count.

@ppr

we will dynamize it with the pageCount Variable. Also can handle even/odd cases properly

So we can do, using myPageCount Variable and mySegment Variable:

mySegment | Int32 = 2

Pagecount = 12 | even

PageCount = 13 | odd

@mce

another one with 34 pages the other one 44 etc…

So, we dont see any blocker, when working dynamic with variables as already mentioned, when presented

[mce (Maic Ceriani)]

@ppr

Create range series - myRanges

Can you help tell me how to create range series ?