Command Line Parameters

You can convert PDF files to other file formats via Command line using Total PDF Converter. To work with Command line you should use the following code:
PDFConverter.exe <source> <destination> <options>

where

• <source> is the destination path of the original PDF file location;
• <destination> is the destination path where converted file should be kept;
• <options> is the name of the option you want to use while converting the file.

For example: PDFConverter.exe C:\Documents\PDF.pdf C:\DOC\example.doc - c doc

The program will convert the file PDF.pdf into DOC document example.doc and place it in the folder C:\DOC\

1. If you want to convert all the files from one folder use * sign.

   For example: PDFConverter.exe C:\Documents\*.pdf C:\DOC\ - c doc

   Total PDF Converter will convert all PDF files from the folder C:\Documents\ to DOC format and place them in the folder C:\DOC\

2. If you need to do batch conversion put appropriate PDF files to list.txt

   For example: PDFConverter.exe -list List.txt C:\DOC\ - c doc

   Total PDF Converter will convert all PDF files from the file list List.txt to DOC and place them in the folder C:\DOC\

3. As for Command line options you may observe the list of them in Total PDF Converter:

   • Click 'Help' and select 'Command line parameters'.

     

   • The list of options will appear.

     

   • The options are the following:
     • -log <FileName> - Don`t show errors. Write them to the log file
       
     • -list - File with files mask to convert
       
     • -Recurse - Include subfolders
       
     • -do - Delete originals
       
     • -kfs - Keep Folder Structure
       
     • -errdir - Error folder (for invalid files)
       
     • -c - Destination file format
       • doc - convert to Word file
       • xls - convert to Excel file
       • htm - convert to HTML file
       • txt - convert to text file
       • csv - convert to csv file
       • bmp - convert to bmp file
       • jpg - convert to jpeg file
       • tif - convert to tiff file
       • gif - convert to gif file
       • png - convert to png file
       • wmf - convert to wmf file
       • emf - convert to emf file
       • eps - convert to eps file
       • pdf - convert to pdf file
     • -e - End page symbols to separate pdf pages in the text file
       
     • -s - Put every page into separate file
       
     • -t - Template for generating file name in "separate file" mode
       
     • -csv - Choose the method to extract pdf to csv:
       • 0 - Return a CSV string, only data
       • 1 - Return a CSV string including font, color, size and position of each piece of text on the page
       • 2 - Return a CSV string for each piece of text on the page with the following format: Font Name, Text Color, Text Size, X1, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3, X4, Y4, Text
     • -dpi - Choose the quality and size of the produced image:
       
     • -tc - TIFF image compression
       • 0 - uncompressed TIFF
       • 1 - LZW compression
       • 2 - RLE compression (packbits)
       • 3 - JPEG compression
       • 4 - Bi-level Huffman compression (CCITT1D)
       • 5 - Bi-level Group 3 CCITT compression, monodimensional (G3FAX1D)
       • 6 - Bi-level Group 3 CCITT compression, bidimensional (G3FAX2D)
       • 7 - Bi-level Group 4 CCITT compression, bidimensional (G4FAX)
     • -jq - Jpeg Quality
       
     • -pass - Password
       
     • -FP - Fit To Page
       
     • -si - Convert all PDF files into single image
       
     • -po - Paper Orientation
       • Portrait - Portrait
       • Landscape - Landscape
     • -ps - PaperSize
       • Letter - Letter
       • LetterSmall - Letter Small
       • Tabloid - Tabloid
       • Ledger - Ledger
       • Legal - Legal
       • Statement - Statement
       • Executive - Executive
       • Folio - Folio
       • A3 - A3
       • A4 - A4
       • A4Small - A4Small
       • A5 - A5
       • B4 - B4
       • B5 - B5
       • Quarto - Quarto
       • EnvC5 - Envelope C5
       • EnvC3 - Envelope C3
       • EnvC4 - Envelope C4
       • EnvC6 - Envelope C6
       • EnvB4 - Envelope B4
       • EnvB5 - Envelope B5
       • EnvB6 - Envelope B6
       • EnvMonarch - Envelope Monarch
       • Custom - Custom, you need to set paper dimensions
     • -pd - Custom paper size dimensions <width>x<height>
       

4. You may also use macros in the Destination path. To do this enter the following:

•  <DATE[:format]> - current date, default format is yyyymmdd

•  <TIME[:format]> - current time, default format hhmmss