work smarter not harder
Using Perl and PDF::API2 to Update PDF Properties and Metadata
What do you do when you have 600 PDF documents with titles in all caps, when you need the titles to be title-cased? I dreaded the thought of asking anyone to open each document and edit the titles by hand, not to mention fearing the typos that process might introduce.
For better or worse, here was my solution:
- Grab the Perl PDF::API2 module from CPAN
- Grab a Perl titlecase script
- Write a script opens the PDF, titlecases the title, and saves the PDF
Sounds fast and easy, right? Well, there were a few hitches:
› Continue reading
Pages
Archives
- March 2013
- February 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- November 2010
- May 2010
- March 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008