win2pdfd.exe watchconvert "watchfolder" "completedfolder" "convertedfolder" destformat
Watches the folder specified by "watchfolder" and automatically converts all compatible files to the specified format, and saves the converted files using the same base filename to "convertedfolder". Upon successful conversion, the source file is moved from the "watchfolder" to the folder specified by "completedfolder". If the "completedfolder" is empty (""), the source file is deleted after conversion.
The compatible file formats in the "watchfolder" can be one of:
Extension |
Format |
Portable Document Format |
|
.DOCX, .DOC |
Microsoft Word (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
.RTF |
Rich Text Format (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
.ODT |
OpenDocument Text (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
.TXT |
Text (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
.XLSX, .XLSB, .XLS |
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
.ODS |
OpenDocument Spreadsheet (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
.CSV |
Comma Separated Values (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
.HTML, .HTM, .MHTML, .JS |
HyperText Markup Language |
.SVG |
Scalable Vector Graphics |
.XPS |
XML Paper Specification |
.TIF, .TIFF |
Tagged Image File Format |
.JPG, .JPEG, .JPE |
Joint Photographic Experts Group Image |
.PNG |
Portable Network Graphics |
.BMP, .DIB |
Windows Bitmap |
.GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format |
Files not matching one of these extensions will be skipped.
The "destformat" can be one of the following:
destformat parameter |
Description |
Portable Document Format |
|
pdfimagemono |
PDF Image Only - monochrome |
pdfimagegrayscale |
PDF Image Only - grayscale |
pdfimagecolor |
PDF Image Only - color |
pdfcompressed |
PDF - compressed |
pdfsearchable |
PDF - searchable (OCR) |
pdfa |
PDF for Archiving |
textformatted |
Text - formatted |
textunformatted |
Text - unformatted |
jpggray |
JPG - grayscale |
jpg |
JPG - color |
tiffmono |
TIFF - monochrome |
tiffgray |
TIFF - grayscale |
tiff |
TIFF - color |
tifftransparent |
TIFF - color with transparent background |
pnggray |
PNG - grayscale |
png |
PNG - color |
pnggraytransparent |
PNG - grayscale with transparent background |
pngtransparent |
PNG - color with transparent background |
bmp |
BMP - color (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
bmpgray |
BMP - grayscale (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
bmpmono |
BMP - monochrome (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
gif |
GIF - color (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
gifgray |
GIF - grayscale (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
gifmono |
GIF - monochrome (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
ocrtextformatted |
Text - formatted after making searchable, requires optional Win2PDF OCR Add-on |
ocrtextunformatted |
Text - unformatted after making searchable, formatted after making searchable, requires optional Win2PDF OCR Add-on |
docx |
Microsoft Word (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
rtf |
Rich Text Format (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
odt |
OpenDocument Format (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
xlsx |
Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
xlsb |
Microsoft Excel binary spreadsheet (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
xls |
Microsoft Excel 97-2003 spreadsheet (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
ods |
OpenDocument Spreadsheet (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
csv |
Comma Separated Values (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
xps |
XML Paper Specification (Win2PDF Pro Only) |
Any folder names that contain spaces must be enclosed with quotation marks. If a file of the same name already exists in the "completedfolder", the file is renamed (files are never overwritten).
The command will watch the folder for incoming files indefinitely until it is manually stopped with "CTRL-C" or using the task manager.
This feature requires a licensed version of Win2PDF Pro TSE. Contact us for a time limited evaluation license.
