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XMLnamingrulesandbestnamingpractices,see:XMLelementsonW3Schools.
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Excelfilessavedin"StrictOpenXML"formatarenotsupportedyet.
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PCLandPostScript (PS)filesareautomaticallyconvertedtoPDFformatbytheConnect
Server.Toallowforthis,thedefaultConnectServerand(ifitissecured)anauthenticated
usermustbeconfiguredviathePreferences(see"ConnectServerspreferences"on
page804).
Notethatwhenusedinaproductionenvironment(e.g.aConnectWorkflowprocess)the
conversiontoPDFmayinfluencetheprocessingspeed,dependingontheavailablepro-
cessingpower.
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Someadvanced PCL to PDFoptionsareavailablebycallingLincPDF(PlanetPressCon-
nect'sPCLtoPDFconverter)commandlinemodule;see"AdvancedPCLtoPDFoptions"
onpage214.
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ExtractingdatafromaPDFthatcomesfromaWindows printer queue(aPDFconverted
toPostScript,convertedbacktoPDFbyanInputtaskinWorkflow)mightnotwork.The
problemliesintheconversionoftheoriginalPDFtoPostScript.PostScriptcodeisusually
optimizedtoprintandnottokeeptextsearchable,bymaintainingcharacteridentitiesfor
example.
Theruleofthumbis:ifcopy-pastefromAcrobatworks,sowilldatamapping;ifnot,the
DataMapperwon'teither.IftheoriginalisaPDF,itisrecommendedtofindanalternative
waytogetitinthesysteminsteadofgoingthroughaprintoperation.
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Rotated pagesinaPDFaresupported(ifrotated0/90/180/270degrees).TheExtractstep
willbeabletoextractdatafromhorizontalandverticallinesoftextonrotatedpages.
Motionsteps(suchastheRepeatstepandtheGotostep)however,canonlyworkas
expectediftextonapagehasthesameorientationasthepage,notwhentexthasbeen
rotatedafterthepagewasrotated.
Thepagenumberandrotationofapageareshowninthestatusbaratthebottom,nextto
theregionselectioninformation.
Withawizard
DatamappingwizardsareavailableforPDF/VT,XML,JSON,CSV/XLSX/XLSanddatabasetabular
files,becausethesefilesarestructuredinawaythatcanbeusedtoautomaticallysetrecordbound-
aries.
ThewizardforPDF/VTandAFPfilescannotextractdata,onlymetadata.Afteropeningsuchafilewith
thewizard,youcanbuildthedataextractionworkflowfordataandmetadatainthePDF.
TheotherwizardsusetheExtractAllsteptoextractdata,buttheycannotcreatedetailtables,sothey
arelesssuitableforfilesfromwhichyouwanttoextracttransactionaldata.
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