Attachments

n2pdf can work not only with individual fields from entire Notes documents or unformatted ASCII texts, but also with attachments.

Processing attachments

There are four different options when it comes to the way n2pdf can handle existing attachments:

•Not handling attachments (“None selected” option)

•Embedding the attachment in the PDF file (“Embed” option)

•Converting the attachment’s contents (to PDF) and appending them at the end (“Convert” option)

•Inserting the attachment as content into the PDF (“Import” option)

“Embedding” a file attachment does not require any import filters or converters and can be used for any file format.

Meanwhile, the direct import function does require an import filter. Accordingly, n2pdf Archive features integrated import filters for processing attachments.

Finally, n2pdf Archive uses webPDF Server to convert file attachments.

Field names for attachments

This option allows you to specify one or more fields (separated by a semicolon (";”)) from which the attachments may be taken. If you do not enter anything into this field, all the attachments in the documents being converted will be used.

Hide attachment icon

This option can be used to specify whether the icons for Notes file attachments should be visible or hidden. Notes saves a small graphic in the associated RichText field for every attachment in the document. n2pdf Archive will normally export this image as well. You can use this parameter to disable the function that imports the image.

Break between attachments

You can use this option to specify how the file attachments being converted will be output.

The following settings are available:

•No line break

•Page break before

•Page break after

•Line break before

•Line break after

Stop job

With this option, the server task allows you to stop active processing for a job if n2pdf encounters an unknown file format while processing the attachments.

At original position

You can use this option, found in the “Basics” section, to specify whether n2pdf should attempt to display the file attachments at the same position as in the original document. When the option is disabled, n2pdf will output the file at the end of the document.

List of files that are not to be converted

Use this option to specifically select file attachments which are to be excluded from conversion.

Embed original file if there is a conversion error

This option allows you to specify whether the file should be embedded in the original format if there is a conversion error.

Process OLE files

Use this option to enable or disable extraction of OLE file attachments.

Extract packed file attachments

You can use this option to enable or disable extraction for packed file attachments.

List of files that are not to be unpacked

Use this option to specifically select file attachments which are to be excluded during extraction.

You can use the following options to control how images will be displayed.

Adjust images

•Keep image in original size.

•Fit image to page.

•Fit image to page and maintain aspect ratio.

Image size

The next two options can be used to define the maximum height and width for your images. If you leave the corresponding values blank, no adjustments will be made.