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Examples

The following are a few examples of the usage of the PDF2XL CLI Command Line Interface.
Note that you must run those commands from the installation folder of PDF2XL, or otherwise provide a full path to the application:

PDF2XL -input="c:\my documents\my pdf.pdf" -layout="c:\layouts\a_""quoted""_layout"

Will open the indicated file automatically, using the layout found in the a_"quoted"_layout file.

PDF2XL -managed -input=c:\sample.pdf -format=excelfile -output="d:\output files\sample.xls" -autoclose -autoconvertwarn -status=off

Will start PDF2XL CLI in managed mode, displaying the indicated file, will convert to the indicated file, will be closed when the file is converted and will convert the file upon closing the application, warning the user if there's a problem to convert (for example, no layout defined), and will initially hide the status bar

PDF2XL -noui -input=c:\input.pdf -format=clipboard -range=1-3,5-8 -layout=c:\def_layout.layout

Will run a clipboard conversion on the c:\input.pdf file using the layout found at c:\def_layout.layout, converting the 1^st-3^rd and 5^th-8^th pages

for /F "delims=." %%g in ('dir /b "C:\InputFolder"\*.pdf') do PDF2XL -input="C:\InputFolder\%%g.pdf"
-layout="C:\LayoutsFolder\TheLayout.layout" -format=excelfile -range=all
-output="C:\OutputFolder\%%g.xls" -noui -autoopen=off

Will convert all the PDF files inside C:\InputFolder into similarly named Excel files and put them in C:\OutputFolder.
Note that although we have broken the command into multiple lines for readability, you should input it as a single line!

PDF2XL -tutorial=off -preview=on -status=off -format=clipboardword

Will run the application with the tutorial and status bar initially hidden, with the preview on, and with the conversion format set to Clipboard as Word Table