Merging PDFs as an action in process

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Hi Philipp,
Using SDKs

Please take a look at PDFSharp library http://www.pdfsharp.net/pdfsharp_license.ashx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1.
Few examples of merging PDFs http://www.pdfsharp.net/wiki/concatenatedocuments-sample.ashx.

There is also portal for developers https://developer.webcon.com/docs/create-your-first-plugin/ with tutorials.
Best way to parameterize the action is to use SQL querry which retuns ATT_IDs.

In order to use SDK addons you have to acquire SDK licence or order addon from Webcon or Webcon's partner.

I can give you some more details on implementing if you choose to go this way.

Hi,

we are also looking for such a functionality.

---------------The best way would be to have it as "PDF merge" action.----------------

In our case we have the SDK license. @Philipp it would be great, if we could get some more details on implementing.
Thanks a lot

Best regards
Thomas

Stumbled up on a similar requirement for a new bid we are working on.

The requirement is, that a user can select existing attachments (pdf and office documents) and merge them all to a single pdf.

Was thinking about creating a mini-workflow that can be executed in a modal dialog. Does not change the fact, that we need to create a custom action to convert/merge the documents.

Hi,

I did once a small PoC and maybe you can amend the logic:
I used PdfSharpCore


using PdfSharpCore.Pdf;


your logic:

using (var targetDoc = new PdfSharpCore.Pdf.PdfDocument())
{

foreach (var file in ATTACHMENTS)
{
using (var sourceStream = new MemoryStream(Base64Decode(ATTACHMENTS.CONTENT.AS.BASE64)))
using (var document = PdfSharpCore.Pdf.IO.PdfReader.Open(sourceStream, PdfSharpCore.Pdf.IO.PdfDocumentOpenMode.Import))
{
for (int i = 0; i < document.PageCount; i++)
{
targetDoc.AddPage(document.Pages[i]);

}
}
}
using (var targetDocStream = new MemoryStream())
{
targetDoc.Save(targetDocStream, false);
using (var reader = new StreamReader(targetDocStream))
{
targetDocContent = System.Convert.ToBase64String(targetDocStream.ToArray());
}
}
}

Best regards,
Daniel

Has anyone came up with a working sdk that he can share with me? I'm not that proficient in sdk programming.