Command Line Switch Specification

Switch

Meaning

/J{File}

Specify a 'Conversion Job' file (*.SII) to be done. You must have previously created a 'Conversion Job' file to use this switch.

/S{File}

Input File(s) to be converted.

A single file including its complete path can be specified for a one file conversion. For example:

CDTI.EXE /S"D:\Input\Peaches.DOC" /T"D:\Output\Cobbler.TIF"

If specifying a single file, make sure that the /T switch also specifies a single output file as shown in the example immediately above.

Alternatively, you can specify whole directories by using the wildcard syntax (e.g. "D:\MyWordFiles\*.DOC"). If specifying a whole directory, make sure the /T also specifies a whole directory with a new output file extension. (e.g. "D:\MyFiles\*.JPG"). For example:

CDTI.EXE /S"D:\ Input\*.DOC" /T"D:\ Output\*.JPG"

See also: /R for subfolders and /F#

[/F #]

Optional switch used to specify the input file type.

This switch is required if the input file extensions (as specified by /S) are not standard. A non-standard file extension would be, for example, if you use /S"C:\input\MyWordDocument.ABC" to specify a word file since word files are associated with DOC or DOCX file extensions, not ABC.

Please see File Type Constants table for valid values.

NOTE:, if your input file type is a text file, it is highly recommended you use this switch. This is because there are so many different file extensions (log, dat, txt etc) used and also several encodings (Unicode vs. ASCII for example) for text files. Use /F1 for ASCII and /F6 for Unicode.

/T{File}

Output File(s) to be created. A fully qualified path is recommended surrounded by double quotes.

See the /S{File} switch description for proper use of the /T{File} switch when specifying a single or multiple files to convert.

See also: /R for subfolders and /C#

NOTE: This switch is ignored if the /G Switch is used.

[/C #]

Sometimes optional switch used to specify the output file type. You must supply a number for the # symbol. For all possible numbers see File Type Constants.

If you are using /G, you must specify /C#.

The /C switch specifies the output file type. This switch is required if the output file extensions (as specified by /T) are not standard. A non-standard file extension would be, for example, if you use /T"C:\Output\MyJPEG_File.ABC" for a JPEG files since JPEG files are associated with the JPG file extension, not ABC.

/G

Save files to the same location as the input folder(s). Use this instead of /T to place the converted files in the same folder as the input file. Cannot be used when converting a single file. For a single file use the /T switch instead.

Files will be saved with the same name as the input but with a different file extension as specified by the /C# switch. If you are using /G, you must specify /C#.

You cannot specify a different name for the output file when using the /G switch.

/V

Verbose mode. Specify this switch to display a message box indicating how the conversion went. See also /L.

/R

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

/L{File}

Log file path and name (e.g. /L"D:\MyLogs\MoreInfo.LOG"). If this switch is specified a log file with the given path and name will be created and the results of the conversion will be written to it. See also /V.

/M1

Use MS Word to render PDF. Requires Word 2007 or above. Further, you must install the Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS.

[/1{Pages To Convert}]

Which pages to convert. For example if you have a multi page PDF and you want to convert pages 2-5 use /1 2-5 . ALWAYS put a space after the 1 in /1. To do page one for example use /1 1

Default: All pages

/2

Not used at this time.

/3{TRUE/ FALSE}

Append to existing when converting to a TIFF. Use /3 TRUE to append /3 FALSE not to.

Default: Do not append but instead overwrite.

/4{JPEG Quality}

JPEG: Quality of the resulting JPG from 0 to 100 (default is 100). 0 is lowest and 100 is highest quality. The higher the quality the larger the resulting target file. Use /4 100 for highest quality.

Default: 75.

/5{Resolution}

Specified in DPI, the image resolution is critical.

Default: 100 DPI

/6{Width}

Width of the output image in pixels. Leave out this switch or use a value of 0 to use the size as specified within the user interface.

Default: 0

/7{Height}

Height of the output image in pixels. Leave out this switch or use a value of 0 to use the size within the user interface.

Default: 0

/8{TiffConvert

ToSingleFile }

If you are converting multiple pages in a document file to a TIFF, you can have a single file output or muli-file output. Use /8 1 to create a single file or /8 0 to create multiple output files.

Default: 0, multi-file output

[/I{override initialization file}]

Use a specified (and not the default) initialization file for CDTI. This allows you to be able to specify all settings that are in the user interface from the command line, which is especially useful for those few items not available through specific command line switches. The default initialization file created by the program while running the user interface can be used as a template (see below to locate the file). You can modify the default ini file created by the program and rename it to whatever you want for use in the command line.

Note: You can find the default ini file created by running the user interface. Go to the help\about menu item. Double click on the Softinterface logo. Then from within Notepad go to the file\save as menu item to see where it is on your system.

Before Windows Vista:

See the installation folder

c:\program files\softinterface, inc\convert document to image\cdti_SearchHistory.ini

Windows Vista, 7 and newer:

See:

%appdata%\Softinterface, Inc\convert document to image\cdti_SearchHistory.ini

c:\users\Name\AppData\Roaming\Softinterface, Inc\ convert document to image\cdti_SearchHistory.ini