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Merge Attachments Stage

This stage can merge PDF attachment files into a PDF subject file.

If an unsupported attachment (non pdf) is selected then it will be skipped.

Attachment Selection

Specifies which attachments to merge.

Option

Description

All

This will attempt to merge all supported (pdf) attachments into the subject file.

Frontend

Combine this stage with an Attachment Selection frontend to allow the users to select which files to merge.

Use the following placeholder to supply the user selected attachment ID’s to the stage:

{{frontend["front-end-alias-here"]}}
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Remaining

Attempt to merge all of the remaining supported (pdf) files into the subject file.

You might use this in combination with a Single attachment select configuration to pre-pend a certain attachment and then append the rest.

Single

Attempt to merge a specified Attachment Id into the subject file.

Use this in combination with a Generate Attachment stage to specifically merge only the generated attachment.

Use the following placeholder to supply the attachment id from the generate attachment stage:

{{stages["stage-alias-here"]|property("attachmentid")}}

Attach Method

The attach method tells the processor how to handle the attachments from the selection.

Option

Description

Append

Append the attachments to the end of the subject file.

Prepend

Prepend the attachments to the start of the subject file.

No Action

Do nothing with the selected attachments.

Delete Attachments

When enabled any attachments that are successfully merged will be removed from the bundle.