Thank you very much for your reply, one more question: Can I delete pages
directly form a given pdf file then? maybe that way I can keep that meta
information.
Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
>
> The location of any object in a given PDF is relatively random.
>
> However, for your issue specifically - I don't see where you are
> copying the metadata from one PDF to the other - you are just copying
> pages.
>
> Leonard
>
> On Mar 10, 2008, at 6:20 PM, raybristol wrote:
>
>>
>> I have a simple function to extra some pages from a given pdf file
>> to a new
>> file which runs fine, however I need to save the meta data in the
>> new file
>> as well, if I open the original pdf file in a text editor I can see
>> the meta
>> data in the first few lines:
>>
>> %PDF-1.3
>> %âãÏÓ
>> 1 0 obj
>> <<
>> /Type /Catalog
>> /Pages 2 0 R
>>>>
>> endobj
>> 2 0 obj
>> <<
>> /Type /Pages
>> /Kids [ 315 0 R 626 0 R 791 0 R ]
>> /Count 252
>>>>
>> endobj
>> 3 0 obj
>> <<
>> /ModDate (D:20080306065109-08'00')
>> /DLI (2.0P1w \(Nt\))
>> /OneWorldRelease (B7333)
>> /CreationDate (D:20080306065024-08'00')
>> /Name (R5642565)
>> /Version (EMEAIR0001)
>> /Author (ACROSBY)
>> /BatchCreationDate (2008/3/6 6:50:23)
>> /OWEnvironment (PD7333)
>> /Machine (NACTX05)
>> /Host (USNAENTOW)
>> /Printer (\\\\usnaps21\\prt621bw01)
>> /PDL#20Program (*JDE PCL)
>> /DecimalSepChar (.)
>> /ThousandsSepChar (,)
>> /Language (English)
>> /DateFormat (AOR)
>> /NumberOfCopies (1)
>> /DateSepChar (/)
>> /Title (Print Invoices - UK)
>> /Subject (Print Invoices - UK)
>> /Producer (J.D.Edwards OneWorld \(B7333\))
>> /Creator (Foster's Wine Estates)
>> /Keywords (R5642565, EMEAIR0001, NACTX05, PD7333, \\\\usnaps21\
>> \prt621bw01)
>> /JobNumber (2031461)
>> /FileName
>> (J:\\jdedwardsoneworld\\ddp\\b7333\\PrintQueue\
>> \R5642565_EMEAIR00_2031461\
>> _PDF.pdf)
>> /SystemInfo (fromOS 5 fromCP 1252 toOS 5 toCP 1252)
>> /PageSize (VertSize 12240 HorzSize 15840, pageOrient 2)
>> /PageInfo (lpi 205, cpi 38 DCFontSz 70)
>> /Sect_0 (SN=Detail Line 1 Section;TP=GRP|CD;BV=V42565A;SI=2;PI=0)
>> /Ctrl_0_0 (CN=Assoc Text - Header; CI=134; SI=2; TP=RV; DT=S;
>> AL=RptVarObj;
>> FS=145)
>>
>> However in the new generated file, if I open it in a text editor,
>> the file
>> start with:
>>
>> %PDF-1.4
>> %âãÏÓ
>> 3 0 obj <</Length 14001>>stream
>> q 1 0 0 1 0 0 cm
>> % OWObject (ON=RptConstObj; OT=RC; FS=30; SI=3; DT=S; OI=3; NO=1;
>> NL=1;
>> NF=0)
>> BT
>> /F1 1 Tf
>> 1 i 1 w 10 M /DeviceRGB cs 0 0 0 sc /DeviceRGB CS 0 0 0 SC
>> 7 0 0 7 258 583 Tm
>> ... ...
>>
>>
>> MyMethod: (note it can extrat the pages OK in a pdf viewer, but xI
>> need the
>> meta data as well which can be found using a text editor)
>>
>> public static void extractPDFPage(String fromPath, int from, int
>> to, String
>> toPath)
>> throws AptoEnclosingException
>> {
>> log.info("Start extracting pdf file ...");
>> try
>> {
>> PdfReader treader = new PdfReader(fromPath);
>>
>> int n = treader.getNumberOfPages();
>> treader.close();
>>
>> PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(fromPath);
>>
>> if ((from < 1) || (n < to))
>> throw new IOException("Required pages
>> are out of range!");
>>
>> com.lowagie.text.Document document = new
>> com.lowagie.text.Document(
>>
>> reader.getPageSizeWithRotation(1));
>>
>> File tempFile = new File(toPath);
>> if (tempFile.exists())
>> tempFile.delete();
>>
>> FileOutputStream outputFile = new
>> FileOutputStream(tempFile);
>> PdfSmartCopy copy = new PdfSmartCopy(document,
>> outputFile);
>>
>> document.open();
>> //I don't think meta[] is getting anything
>> byte meta[] = reader.getMetadata();
>> PdfStamper stamp = new PdfStamper(reader,
>> outputFile);
>>
>> for (int i = from; i<to; i++)
>> {
>> PdfImportedPage page =
>> copy.getImportedPage(reader,i);
>>
>> copy.addPage(page);
>> }
>> stamp.setXmpMetadata(meta);
>>
>> document.close();
>> reader.close();
>> log.info("Extracting pdf file done!");
>> }
>> catch (IOException e)
>> {
>> throw new AptoEnclosingException(e);
>> }
>> catch (DocumentException e)
>> {
>> throw new AptoEnclosingException(e);
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks for your help!!!
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