MergeFileList bug or feature?

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   Hi, New to QuickPDF but when implementing the MergeFileList feature it appears if the fileList only contains one file nothing gets produced... when adding multiple files it, of course, works great.

I'm just wondering if this is expected behaviour?

Thanks,
Jeff M.

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jmooney Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 15 Jul 09 Location: NY, USA Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote jmooney Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: MergeFileList bug or feature? Posted: 15 Jul 09 at 8:14PM
	Hi, New to QuickPDF but when implementing the MergeFileList feature it appears if the fileList only contains one file nothing gets produced... when adding multiple files it, of course, works great. I'm just wondering if this is expected behaviour? Thanks, Jeff M.

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3530	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 09 at 10:37PM
	Hi Jeff! "...only contains one file..."??? So there's nothing to merge?! Cheers, Ingo

jmooney Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 15 Jul 09 Location: NY, USA Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote jmooney Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 09 at 10:52PM
	Correct, but the control should account for that and just create a pdf with one document... However, I understand the implication of what you are saying, too! Why would you try and merge only one document, well, to nothing? The answer is boring but suffice it to say I'm iterating through available documents [1... many] and if there is only one I want to be able to use the same code/routine to produce a named pdf file, which is not too far fetched, instead of forking code to do this... does that make sense? Jeff

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3530	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jul 09 at 6:12AM
	Hi Jeff! It's similar to the question: "What was first... The chicken or the egg?" Okay ram costs less today but if you can avoid running useless code then you should - so if you see that it's senseless to run the merge routine then you should avoid it ;-) Cheers, Ingo

jmooney Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 15 Jul 09 Location: NY, USA Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote jmooney Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jul 09 at 1:19PM
	I think you miss the point... thanks anyway.

deabrew Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 09 Status: Offline Points: 43	Post Options Post Reply Quote deabrew Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jul 09 at 1:31PM
	Hi Jeff, You could try creating a blank page -- and always merging this at the start of your merge list. Then, after the merge is complete, you can delete this page. Cheers, -Karl

Michel_K17 Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie www.exp-systems.com Joined: 25 Jan 03 Status: Offline Points: 297	Post Options Post Reply Quote Michel_K17 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jul 09 at 2:51AM
	I'm with Jeff on this one. I check to see if there is only one file to merge, and as Ingo said, I bypass the call to the Merge function. Nonetheless (ie ideally), if the merge command is called with just one file in the merge list, I would expect a copy of the original file to appear at the destination. Not a biggie, but not quite as expected. Cheers!
	Michel

deabrew Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 09 Status: Offline Points: 43	Post Options Post Reply Quote deabrew Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jul 09 at 9:43AM
	I'll have a chat with the team about this one -- in the meantime, you will be able to go ahead using the method I described above. I'll recap -- everytime you merge: 1. Add a dummy page to the start of the list 2. Add the files you wish to merge 3. Delete the first page This will give you the output you are looking for. Cheers, -Karl