Merge a list of PDFs (cross-platform)

[ra.systems]

Hello,

I am trying to use Merge PDFs to merge a list of PDFs. Is this possible?

It appears that the activity requres you to input each IResource variable individually and will not accept a list/enum. However my workflow will create lists of different sizes so I am unable to input the items one by one.

The PDFs to be merged are all being pulled from the same directory. All filenames will contain the same account number.

I am trying to avoid merging two at a time over a loop, as some of these lists will contain 40+ PDFs.

[vrdabberu (Varunraj Dabberu)]

Hi @ra.systems

You can use Join PDF file activity. This activity comes under UiPath.PDF.Activities.

Input will the array(PDF files) and you can give output PDF file name.

Regards

[vrdabberu (Varunraj Dabberu)]

Hi @ra.systems

Check the below thread.

Combining PDFs

Hi @Stephen_Shaw Try the below way. This will take the PDFs present in the folder in an ordered way. pdfFiles = Directory.GetFiles("YourPdfDirectory").OrderBy(Function(pdf) pdf).ToArray() Join PDF files acitivity Note: pdfles is of DataType Array(System.String) As far as creating bookmarks there isn’t a direct activity that might help to create bookmarks. The above query will help you join the PDFs in an ordered way. Replace YourPdfDirectory with your folder path which contains the pdf fil…

In he above thread you will store all the PDF’s in a Array and pass that variable as Input to the Join PDF Files.

Regards

[ra.systems]

I apologize, I forgot to include that I am working in a cross-platform project. The Join PDF activity is not available, only Merge PDFs.

[vrdabberu (Varunraj Dabberu)]

Hi @ra.systems

Please check the below video you can achieve the merging of files using cross platform.

How to merge pdfs || Cross Platform UiPath Document Understanding Activities

Regards

[ra.systems]

Hi, in this instance they are adding each file separately to be merged. It does not indicate how I could add a list of files of variable length. I understand I could iterate over a loop, merging 2 files at a time, but I am looking for a simpler way as some of my merges will be 40+ files

[vrdabberu (Varunraj Dabberu)]

Okay got it @ra.systems

Regards

[ashokkarale]

@ra.systems,

Here is the simplest and working solution.

Merge PDF Cross Platform.zip (99.9 KB)

Thanks,
Ashok

[vrdabberu (Varunraj Dabberu)]

Hi @ra.systems

please check the below flow:

Main.xaml (10.4 KB)

Regards

[ra.systems]

Thank you for providing the file! I missed this option to use a collection of files. I am posting it in case another user needs to see this!