ScanToPDF Filenamer - More Details

The Filenamer plug-in has a series of in built functions which can be used to name the files.

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Simple Functions

DateTime, UserName, Barcodes, PageCount, Increment

Examples

An increment - here the file name is a simple sequential series of numbers
- {%increment%}.pdf generates 1.pdf, 2.pdf, 3.pdf, etc
- {%increment%:000000}.pdf generates 000001.pdf, 000002.pdf, etc

A datetime stamp - here the file name is based on today's date the current time
- {%datetime%:dd MMM yy}.pdf generates 06 NOV 05.pdf
- {%datetime%:yyyyMMdd}.pdf generates 20051106
- {%datetime%:yyyyMMddhhmmss}.pdf generates 20051106141720.pdf
- {%datetime%:yyyyMMdd}\{%increment%:0000}.pdf generates 20051106\0001.pdf


Note that the different options can be used in combination
- {%datetime%:yyyyMMdd}-{%increment%:000}.pdf generates 20051106-078.pdf                     

Functions to manipulate existing PDF files (Scanning from network)

GetFileName, GetFileNameWithoutExtension, GetExtension, GetFolderName

Examples

{GetFileName(ImportFilePath)} where ImportFilePath = "c:\import\test.pdf" returns "test.pdf"

Advanced string manipulation

Translate, SubString, Trim, RemoveSpaces, Extract, Replace, Multi-Replace, RegexReplace, GetDoubleInput

Examples

{Extract(%barcode%,"-",2)}.pdf on a barcode of SM-12345 returns 12345

{SubString(%barcode%,0,3)} on a barcode of ABC98765 returns ABC

{SubString(%barcode%,3,5)} on a barcode of ABC98765 returns 98765

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