Outline/Bookmarks with MergeFileList function

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   I'm having an issue where when merging multiple documents together with the 'MergeFileList' function, the outline/bookmark data does not merge and the resulting document only contains the outline of the first document in the file list.  Is this how it's supposed to work and am I doing something wrong?

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ottokenny Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 04 Apr 07 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote ottokenny Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Outline/Bookmarks with MergeFileList function Posted: 04 Apr 07 at 4:31PM
	I'm having an issue where when merging multiple documents together with the 'MergeFileList' function, the outline/bookmark data does not merge and the resulting document only contains the outline of the first document in the file list. Is this how it's supposed to work and am I doing something wrong?

marian_pascalau Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 28 Mar 06 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 278	Post Options Post Reply Quote marian_pascalau Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 07 at 4:37PM
	I had a similar issue. Can you send me your PDF file to confirm my solution. Email address is: support(at)quickpdf.org

ottokenny Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 04 Apr 07 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote ottokenny Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Apr 07 at 8:51AM
	I sent you an email, as requested, with three attachments and a bit of code, illustrating what I was attempting to do. As I mentioned, if you use 'MergeFileList' (or MergeFilelistFast), the resulting PDF only contains the outline from the first file in your 'FileList'. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

marian_pascalau Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 28 Mar 06 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 278	Post Options Post Reply Quote marian_pascalau Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Apr 07 at 11:51AM
	The MergeFileListFast function does not process outlines. The outlines from the first documents are preserved because of a copy operation and not because of merging. As I have told you per email the alternative would be sponsoring for a correction or to use the MergeDocument function. Best regards, Marian

marian_pascalau Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 28 Mar 06 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 278	Post Options Post Reply Quote marian_pascalau Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Apr 07 at 12:17PM
	Sorry, I have to correct my last statement. It seems that Outlines with QuickPDF are not merged. This feature is totally missing :-(

ixm7 Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 13 Jan 06 Status: Offline Points: 68	Post Options Post Reply Quote ixm7 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 07 at 3:17PM
	In my Visual CUT software, I have a command line option for merging multiple pdf documents. I had to add significant amount of code to also merge the outlines because of this same issue. It works well, but I wish I could have avoided the extra work... :o) While I have my own solution, consider sponsoring Marian's work to add this missing feature to the library. I sponsored Marian's work on another issue, and am very satisfied with the result. Cheers, - Ido

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3529	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 07 at 4:06PM
	Hi Marian! I think 'till now all members here wanted to solve special bugs. Your bugfixing (in this cases) was sponsored by the relevant members... Is it possible to get a list... Bugfix description... What bugfix costs how much... What are the costs for all bugfixes 'till now... ? Best regards, Ingo

marian_pascalau Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 28 Mar 06 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 278	Post Options Post Reply Quote marian_pascalau Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 07 at 7:08PM
	Hi Ingo, at the moment I organize my work based on one of your previous proposal. After sponsoring me for any feature you want I will offer you access to all my binary improvements based on the amount of your sponsorship (240$/Year). Best regards, Marian