I'm looking for a tool (prefrably standalone, but plugin will also do) that
can merge PDF files on basis of a list.
Software should also be able to
- add own bookmarks for entries from list
- import bookmarks from source files

Any suggestions?

Herman

Hi Herman,

PDF-Tools from Tracker ?

Does this and much more and is 100% standalone.

http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/pdftools/

evaluation from :

www.docu-track.com/PDFT3.zip


-- 
Best Regards

John Verbeeten
Tracker Software Products
PDF-XChange & SDK, PDF-XChange Viewer;
PDF-Tools & SDK, Image-XChange SDK,
TIFF-XChange & SDK, Raster-XChange.
Email : johnV@docu-track.com
Support: http://www.docu-track.com/forum/index.php
Web site : http://www.docu-track.com
"Hermie" <Hermie@NoSpam.com> wrote in message 
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> I'm looking for a tool (prefrably standalone, but plugin will also do) 
> that
> can merge PDF files on basis of a list.
> Software should also be able to
> - add own bookmarks for entries from list
> - import bookmarks from source files
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Herman
>
> 

Thanks John,

There's one thing missing, (or perhaps I just missed it :-)
When adding files to the list I want to add/save my own bookmarks for the
entries in the list.

Herman

"John V-Tracker" <johnv@docu-track.com> wrote in message
news:Jeydna_IEKnTrLvYRVnygQ@bt.com...
> Hi Herman,
>
> PDF-Tools from Tracker ?
>
> Does this and much more and is 100% standalone.
>
> http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/pdftools/
>
> evaluation from :
>
> www.docu-track.com/PDFT3.zip
>
>
> -- 
> Best Regards
>
> John Verbeeten
> Tracker Software Products
> PDF-XChange & SDK, PDF-XChange Viewer;
> PDF-Tools & SDK, Image-XChange SDK,
> TIFF-XChange & SDK, Raster-XChange.
> Email : johnV@docu-track.com
> Support: http://www.docu-track.com/forum/index.php
> Web site : http://www.docu-track.com
> "Hermie" <Hermie@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
> news:1160130419.553256@news-ext.oce.nl...
> > I'm looking for a tool (prefrably standalone, but plugin will also do)
> > that
> > can merge PDF files on basis of a list.
> > Software should also be able to
> > - add own bookmarks for entries from list
> > - import bookmarks from source files
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Herman
> >
> >
>
>

Hi,

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 12:54:08 +0200 "Hermie" <Hermie@NoSpam.com> wrote:

> There's one thing missing, (or perhaps I just missed it :-)
> When adding files to the list I want to add/save my own bookmarks for
> the entries in the list.

Depending on how much PDFs you have, you might also consider using
iText here, either programmatically by writing short java programs, or
by using the iText toolbox:

http://www.lowagie.com/iText/itext.jnlp

it can export the bookmarks as an XML file that is quite readable. You
can change it to your likings and then write it back to the PDF. Best
thing is: It's free software.

If you feel fine using (Pdf)LaTeX, you could probably also use the
pdfpages package. I'm currently not that sure if it does full bookmark
editing...

-hwh

Hi Hans-Werner,

iText is already on my list (I use the toolbox regularly to quickly update
bookmarks for new versions of pdf's), but when I turn to iText I'll have to
arrange some programming that will turn my list bookmarks into XML.
I am therefore first trying to find a solution that already meets my
criteria.

Thanks,

Herman


"Hans-Werner Hilse" <hilse@web.de> wrote in message
news:20061006135201.e8ef5828.hilse@web.de...
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 12:54:08 +0200 "Hermie" <Hermie@NoSpam.com> wrote:
>
> > There's one thing missing, (or perhaps I just missed it :-)
> > When adding files to the list I want to add/save my own bookmarks for
> > the entries in the list.
>
> Depending on how much PDFs you have, you might also consider using
> iText here, either programmatically by writing short java programs, or
> by using the iText toolbox:
>
> http://www.lowagie.com/iText/itext.jnlp
>
> it can export the bookmarks as an XML file that is quite readable. You
> can change it to your likings and then write it back to the PDF. Best
> thing is: It's free software.
>
> If you feel fine using (Pdf)LaTeX, you could probably also use the
> pdfpages package. I'm currently not that sure if it does full bookmark
> editing...
>
> -hwh

Hi Herman,

You can add/save bookmarks - but those existing already in the files prior 
to merging, are at this time I regret stripped from the file.

We are working on a solution to allow us to provide some logic to import 
them as well - but as you can imagine with multiple files this could be 
extremely complex and difficult to manage if you chose not to import every 
page from every file when merging.

We also provide a very comprehensive developers kit if you wish to code your 
own solution :

http://www.docu-track.com/home/dev_tools/pdf/

-- 
Best Regards

John Verbeeten
Tracker Software Products
PDF-XChange & SDK, PDF-XChange Viewer;
PDF-Tools & SDK, Image-XChange SDK,
TIFF-XChange & SDK, Raster-XChange.
Email : johnV@docu-track.com
Support: http://www.docu-track.com/forum/index.php
Web site : http://www.docu-track.com
"Hermie" <Hermie@NoSpam.com> wrote in message 
news:1160132050.547768@news-ext.oce.nl...
> Thanks John,
>
> There's one thing missing, (or perhaps I just missed it :-)
> When adding files to the list I want to add/save my own bookmarks for the
> entries in the list.
>
> Herman
>
> "John V-Tracker" <johnv@docu-track.com> wrote in message
> news:Jeydna_IEKnTrLvYRVnygQ@bt.com...
>> Hi Herman,
>>
>> PDF-Tools from Tracker ?
>>
>> Does this and much more and is 100% standalone.
>>
>> http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/pdftools/
>>
>> evaluation from :
>>
>> www.docu-track.com/PDFT3.zip
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Best Regards
>>
>> John Verbeeten
>> Tracker Software Products
>> PDF-XChange & SDK, PDF-XChange Viewer;
>> PDF-Tools & SDK, Image-XChange SDK,
>> TIFF-XChange & SDK, Raster-XChange.
>> Email : johnV@docu-track.com
>> Support: http://www.docu-track.com/forum/index.php
>> Web site : http://www.docu-track.com
>> "Hermie" <Hermie@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
>> news:1160130419.553256@news-ext.oce.nl...
>> > I'm looking for a tool (prefrably standalone, but plugin will also do)
>> > that
>> > can merge PDF files on basis of a list.
>> > Software should also be able to
>> > - add own bookmarks for entries from list
>> > - import bookmarks from source files
>> >
>> > Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > Herman
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>