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A simple, GPL-licensed command-line tool for manipulating PDF documents.

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Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely. It does not require Acrobat, and it runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris.

Pdftk can

  • Merge PDF Documents
  • Split PDF Pages into a New Document
  • Rotate PDF Pages or Documents
  • Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)
  • Encrypt Output as Desired
  • Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data or XFDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
  • Apply a Background Watermark or a Foreground Stamp
  • Report on PDF Metrics such as Metadata, Bookmarks, and Page Labels
  • Update PDF Metadata
  • Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document
  • Unpack PDF Attachments
  • Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages
  • Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams
  • Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)
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scripting pdftk stamp on windows

I want to create a script which uses pdftk to add a watermark stamp to pdf files. After the stamp is applied the output file doesn't need to be renamed My problem is I don't know what the file name will be called, and pdftk requires a different…
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Where is pdftk file location folder?

I have installed pdftk on my PC that I use for local development using XAMP. I have installed pdftk to my local directory. From the code bellow where should the file test.pdf be placed? I am getting fields.txt created in my websites root directory,…
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If user inputs directory that has subdirectories search all subdirectories in root

This is a follow up to a question that has already been answered. If a user inputs "c:\folder" and there happens to be several folders in that directory how do I make it search all subdirectories in the requested root directory. Sample Code below…
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Have user input desired folder to count PDF's

I have a script that counts the number of pages in a PDF unfortunantly it's limited to whatever folder you place it in. I was wonder what I would need to add in order to give the user the ability to select what directory to go to, Is this even…
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Transparency lost when converting PDF to PDF/X1a with Ghostscript

We need to convert PDFs created with ApacheFOP and merged with pdftk to PDF/X-1a. I already created a PDFX_def.ps with the following content: %! % This is a sample prefix file for creating a PDF/X-3 document. % Feel free to modify entries marked…
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Inconsistent display of checkboxes on PDF form filled with PDFtk

I am filling PDF forms in my rails app with the pdf-forms (https://github.com/jkraemer/pdf-forms) gem, based on PDFtk. Text fields work as I would expect, but my checkbox fields do not. The boxes display well in Chrome, but in Preview and Mail the…
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How to find PDF page orientation with 'pdftk'?

I need to find PDF page orientations with pdftk. I need to rotate landscape pages to portrait. It will be good if I get to know to find page height and width so that I can rotate files. Can I find this by using pdftk? Or can I find this in the PDF…
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php exec() function not working and not throwing error

I am trying to get the exec() function to file off a commad for pdftk and it is neither working and I cannot figure out how to capture the error if one is being thrown. I tried: $output = array(); $return_var = -1; exec('pdftk RabiesVacCert.pdf…
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PDFTK to fill form

I found this code function createFDF($file,$info){ $data="%FDF-1.2\n%âãÏÓ\n1 0 obj\n<< \n/FDF << /Fields [ "; foreach($info as $field => $val){ if(is_array($val)){ $data.='<
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Executing pdftk.exe with arguments in process

Currently struggling to get this process working: const string pdfkPath = "pdftk.exe"; var paths = new List(); paths.Add(@"C:\test.pdf"); paths.Add(@"C:\testje.pdf"); var cmd = String.Join(" ",…
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exec not works in pdftk but in commandline

I have some pdf file in folder C:\wamp\www\PhpProject1\uploads\1\AllFiles and pdftk exists in the same folder.In case of merging by commandline C:\wamp\www\PhpProject1\uploads\1\AllFiles\pdftk *.pdf output 123.pdf works. but in php i am using…
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PHP Execute bat file on windows server

I have a PHP file that creates a pdf fill form and uses pdftk to merge the data into the template. I am having trouble getting php to execute the batch file in order to run the program and merge it. $current =…
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FPDF FPDM - Merge Error due to PDFTK

firstly :It's my first Question here then sry if the code synthax isn't easy to read, Don't find a way to make it clean. I'm trying to fill my big PDF template, which I made with Adobe Creator. FPDM works fine with the template.php which is include…
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Visit all subdirectories and extract first page from every pdf

I have a few folders with E-Books and I want to extract first page from every book. There are over two hundred books so doing this manually it's a big pain in the back and will be very time consuming. I have a command that does the job for single…
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pdf file encryption function error

for testing the encryption function (by default 128 bit encryption) , i created a pdf file 'apps.pdf' with password protected 'abcd' as password. source code 1: use PDF::Tk; my $doc = PDF::Tk->new( pdftk => '/apps/free/pdftk/1.44/bin/pdftk'…
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