Merge by file name

This flow shows how to merge PDF files into 1 PDF document and how to create a zip archive both grouping files based on their file names.

This flow is compatible with: FullSWITCH, PowerSWITCH.

Information

The Job Assembler is used to group the incoming PDF files based on their files names. This means that the files need to contain 2 numbers in their file name:  

• the highest number is considered to be the amount of files that the job should contain
• the lowest number is the order number of the file

E.g. example_file1of3, example_file2of3, example_file3of3
The Job Assembler will wait until it gathered all 3 files and will combine them in the same job folder.

This job is copied to the "Job" and the "Merge" folder.
The "Job" folder will hand over all jobs to the Compress tool and create one Zip archive per job. The "Merge" folder will hand over all jobs to the Adobe Acrobat configurator which is used to merge all files from the same job into one PDF file.

Using this flow

• Download the flow and save it on your computer: download flow
• Launch one of the SWITCH products this flow is compatible with
• Use the “Flow > Import…” menu item
• In the dialog that is shown, select the flow file

The flow now appears in the flow list. You can now examine or customize it to your needs.