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Hi,

I am trying to create a batch file so that when a multi page PDF document is dragged onto the PDF, the BAT file will create a multi page tiff document with the same filename and page numbers attached.

ie) File.pdf becomes File_001.tiff File_002.tiff .. etc.

I was looking at some posts and found this code for single files
for %%f in (%*) DO "C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.6.4-Q16\convert.exe" -density 300 -compress lzw %%f %%f.tiff

However, this is for single page pdfs and I also learned that convert.exe didn't exist in my install and was replaced with magick. I tried modifying the code to

for %%f in (%*) DO "C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.0.8-Q16\magick.exe" -density 300 -compress lzw -units pixelsperinch %%f %%f_%03d.tiff

Sadly, this doesn't work.

Could anyone tell me how to modify the code to make it work?

Moreover as a bonus, could anyone tell me what I could input into a batch file that will take tiff files in a folder and convert them into a single pdf
in otherwords in imgmagick perform convert *.tiff -compress lzw "filename.pdf"

Cheers.

AnthonyC84 wrote:Sadly, this doesn't work.

It would help if you said what happens instead -- error messages or any file outputs or what?

In a batch file, any % signs (other than script parameters) need to be doubled. So you need %%f_%%03d.tiff for the output filename.

Do you have Ghostscript installed ? that is required on Windows platforms to convert PDF's.

Read here: https://imagemagick.org/Usage/files/#de ... postscript

Ghostscript here: https://www.ghostscript.com/download.html

snibgo wrote: ↑2019-07-16T06:59:57-07:00

AnthonyC84 wrote:Sadly, this doesn't work.

It would help if you said what happens instead -- error messages or any file outputs or what?

In a batch file, any % signs (other than script parameters) need to be doubled. So you need %%f_%%03d.tiff for the output filename.

The BAT would lock up CMD and didn't flag any error. However, adding the extra % sign has worked. Thank you.

Now I just need to fiddle with getting a batch of tiff files to convert to a single pdf.

Werty wrote: ↑2019-07-16T07:53:06-07:00 Do you have Ghostscript installed ? that is required on Windows platforms to convert PDF's.

Read here: https://imagemagick.org/Usage/files/#de ... postscript

Ghostscript here: https://www.ghostscript.com/download.html

I have GS as well as imgmagick. I'm use to using imgmagick commands in CMD but I have no real experience creating batch files. I just want a simple solution for some colleagues who are not very good with computers who will not go into a cmd window cuz they think they will explode their PC.

AnthonyC84 wrote:... cuz they think they will explode their PC.

Ha!

AnthonyC84 wrote:... a batch file that will take tiff files in a folder and convert them into a single pdf
in otherwords in imgmagick perform convert *.tiff -compress lzw "filename.pdf"

I suppose that command does exactly what you need, and you want to put it into a "drag-n-drop" BAT file. I encourage you to experiment.

Create a BAT file on your desktop. Insert that command. Then when any file is dropped onto the BAT file, that command will be executed in that directory.

I got the Tiff to PDF to work.

For anyone who wants to know Batch code to do the conversions with ImageMagick installed.

PDF->Tiff
for %%f in (%*) DO "C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.0.8-Q16\magick.exe" -density 300 -compress lzw -units pixelsperinch %%f %%f_%%03d.tiff

Tiff->PDF
for %%f in (%*) DO "C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.0.8-Q16\magick.exe" *.tiff -compress lzw -quality 100 %%f.pdf

Note that if you have a different version of ImageMagick you need to change the directory path to the exe.

Cheers!

You have omitted "for" at the start of those examples.

Your second example will read all of the tiff files and put then in a single PDF named after the first tiff. Then it will again read all of the tiff files and put then in a single PDF named after the second tiff, and so on.

snibgo wrote: ↑2019-07-16T08:21:42-07:00 You have omitted "for" at the start of those examples.

Your second example will read all of the tiff files and put then in a single PDF named after the first tiff. Then it will again read all of the tiff files and put then in a single PDF named after the second tiff, and so on.

I edited the post for the "for" missing.

For the 2nd statement. This doesn't happen for me. I just drag the first tiff file only and that's it. You do not highlight all the tiff files and drag them onto the batch file.
** I'd be interested in knowing the proper code for highlighting all tiff files and dragging them onto the BAT file for a single output pdf but nothing seems to be working atm.

You are correct in that if there are tiff files from different files that I don't want merged then this code is not efficient. The file path needs to contain only the tiff files I want to convert into a pdf.

You can change the line to
"C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.0.8-Q16\magick.exe" *.tiff -compress lzw -quality 100 %1.pdf
or
"C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.0.8-Q16\magick.exe" *.tiff -compress lzw -quality 100 Output.pdf