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ako_tde

Hello FME enthusiasts,

 

I am slowly getting better within FME – but now and then I simply get stuck.

 

In my example, I load a simple .xlsx File with a borehole identifier (BID) and a complementing link to its online available drilling profile (URL).

 

The goal is to extract the profile for each BID via ImageFetcher and to write it into a single .pdf File via the fanout option.

 

Works great so far, but I just cannot figure out how to provide the BID as additional information (here: headline directly in each .pdf) via the PDFPageFormatter. Whatever I do, only the fetched raster image is written as .pdf File.

 

This is more a general question, as more information could be added to the .pdf File (e. g. date and time of image extraction).

 

Please see my attached FME template file.

 

I am quite sure the solution is simple, but I need some help/hints.

 

Thank you in advance!

 

Kind Regards

Alexander

Best answer by redgeographics

You'll need to create a feature with geometry in order for the PDFPageFormatter to pick it up. So the features that go in to the Query port should first go through a VertexCreator (just have it create a point at 0,0) and then a TextAdder to add whatever you want to put in that label and then optionally a PDFStyler if you want to style it nicely.

 

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You'll need to create a feature with geometry in order for the PDFPageFormatter to pick it up. So the features that go in to the Query port should first go through a VertexCreator (just have it create a point at 0,0) and then a TextAdder to add whatever you want to put in that label and then optionally a PDFStyler if you want to style it nicely.

 

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redgeographics wrote:

You'll need to create a feature with geometry in order for the PDFPageFormatter to pick it up. So the features that go in to the Query port should first go through a VertexCreator (just have it create a point at 0,0) and then a TextAdder to add whatever you want to put in that label and then optionally a PDFStyler if you want to style it nicely.

 

@Hans van der Maarel​ :

Thanks for your support.

Your remarks & explanations helped me to accomplish my desired output – I understood the missing part and learned something new.

 

Thank you & much appreciation for your time :)

 

Kind Regards

Alexander

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