Extract Custom Metadata from PDF Files
To extract custom metadata from your PDF files, add the custom metadata names to the pdfsr.ini
file provided, and copy the modified file to the bin
directory. You can then extract metadata as you normally would.
The pdfsr.ini
is in the directory samples\pdfini
, and has the following structure:
<META> <TOTAL>total_item_number</TOTAL>, /metadata_tag_name datatype, </META>
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
total_item_number
|
The total number of metadata tags that are listed. |
metadata_tag_name
|
The metadata tag name used in the PDF files. |
datatype
|
The data type of the metadata element. The possible types are:
|
For example:
<META> <TOTAL>4</TOTAL> /part_number INT4 /volume INT4 /purchase_date DATETIME /customer STRING </META>