Specifying a 'Conversion Task'

The syntax for the command line for specifying a conversion task is:

ConvertITP /S{Input File(s)} /T{Output File(s)} /F# [/G] [/V] [/R] [/L{LogFile}] [/B{LogToJobFile}] [/+] [/A{PDF Author}] [/D{PDF Creator}] [/K{PDF Keywords}] [/U{PDF Subject}] [/I{PDF Title}] [/Z] [/M#] [/W{Tiff Pages}]

Items above enclosed in square brackets "[ ]" are optional, all other 'switches' are required. Therefore /S, /T, /F# should always be specified on the command line. There is one exception, however, and that is when /G (Save to input folder) is specified, the /T switch is not necessary.

Command switches are case sensitive, therefore /T is completely different from /t.

You can include or exclude spaces between switches and parameters. For example, "/F6" is the same as "/F 6".

For long file names (e.g. a path or file name with spaces in it, or longer than 8.3 format) you are required to use double quotes. For example:

ConvertITP.EXE /S "C:\Input Folder\Coffee.bmp" /T "C:\Output Folder\CoffeeOut.pdf" /F0 /V

/S{Input File(s)} is used to specify which files to convert. You can specify a single file, or in some cases a whole set of files using the wildcard syntax (i.e. "C:\MyFiles\*.BMP"). /T{Output files} should always be different from /S{Input File(s)}.

/T{Output File(s)} is used to specify where to save the converted file(s) to. You can specify a single file, or in some cases a whole set of files using the wildcard syntax (i.e. "C:\MyFiles\*.BMP"). /T{Output files} should always be different from /S{Input File(s)}.

[/F#] tells ConvertITP what the input file type is. You must supply a number for the # symbol. Remember the input file type is specified by the / S{Input File(s)} switch. For all constants see File Type Constants.

[/G] Save output files to same folder as the input files. Use this instead of /T to place the converted files in the same folder as the input file. This cannot be used when /S specifies a single file. For single file use the /T switch instead.

[/V] Verbose mode. Specify this switch to display a message box indicating success or failure after the job has run. If a failure occurred a reason is usually displayed. See also /L.

[/R] Seek out and do all files found in the sub-folders specified by the /S switch. You may add this switch if you are processing whole directories of files. See /S, /T and /G for more details on selecting whole directories to be converted.

[/L{LogFile}] Log file path and name (i.e. d:\mylogs\CITP.LOG). If this switch is used a log file will be created and the results of the conversion will be written to it. See also /V.

[/B{LogToJobFile}] Save the Log file as a 'Conversion Job', but only if errors occurred. This is useful if the files that had problems can be done at a later time, or with a different method. /B is different from /L, since the file generated with /B will not include extraneous comments not allowed in a 'Conversion Job' file. Save as a .SII file type so it can be loaded as a job.

[/Z] Verbose Log. All file operations will be recorded in the log

[/+] Append (concatenate) image to the end of a PDF file.

[/A{PDF Author}] Specify the Author property of the PDF file.

[/D{PDF Creator}] Specify the Creator property of the PDF file.

[/K{PDF Keywords}] Specify the Keywords property of the PDF file.

[/U{PDF Subject}] Specify the Subject property of the PDF file.

[/I{PDF Title}] Specify the Title property of the PDF file.

[/M#] TIFF ONLY: Compression Method. 0 = No compression, 1 = LZW, 2 = RLE Compression (1bpp), 3 = CCITT3 Compression (1bpp), 4 = CCIT4 Compression (1bpp)

[/W{Tiff Pages}] TIFF ONLY: Which pages to convert. You can specify the pages individually or by ranges, separated by commas. For example "/W 1,2,3,10,11" is the same as "/W 1-3,10-11".

See the complete list of examples.

See also:

Helpful Hints for Using the Command Line

Examples: Complete list of Examples of Using the Command Line

Specifying a 'Conversion Job' File to Run From The Command Line

All Command Line Switches

File Type Constants