On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:08:45AM +0200, Jozef Misutka wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:53:13 +0200, Michal Hocko <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 09:50:36AM +0200, Jozef Misutka wrote:
> >>On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:26:34 +0200, Michal Hocko
> >><[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 09:32:18AM +0930, Thiele, Nicholas (TA) wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>I'd like to know if PDFedit (library or GUI) can be used to edit the
> >>>>meta data fields (e.g. Title, Author, Subject, Keywords, Creator) of
> >>>>an existing PDF document and then re-save.
> >>>
> >>>Yes, this functionality is implemented in the library. There is no
> >>>GUI/scripting for it though.
> >>
> >>You should be able to use our GUI and to find those items in the
> >>object tree (if they are already there) and edit them. This is a
> >>cumbersome process though.
> >
> >Trailer is not in the object tree AFAIK.
> 
> Sadly, I am also not sure now but despite the fact that trailer is
> not there, you should be able to display all referenced objects and
> metadata are usually common pdf objects or?

You can see only reachable objects from those which are displayed in the
tree (Catalog, Pages and Outlines).

> 
> and metadata represented by stream object are accessible as they are
> in catalog dictionary. however edit them may be even more cumbersome
> than to find them.

Agreed.

> 
> so in the end michal was right. it is too difficult so let's just
> claim we do not support it ;)
> 
> jozo
> 
> >
> >>
> >>jozo
> >>
> >>>
> >>>>I've had a look through the documentation and couldn't find any
> >>>>info on this.
> >>>>
> >>>>Any assistance would be appreciated,
> >>>
> >>>CPdf::changeTrailer function is what you are looking for. You simply
> >>>need to open a file by CPdf::getInstance and then use the above method
> >>>to add/edit metadata you are mentioning.
> >>>
> >>>Please see also README for information about how to use the library or
> >>>feel free to ask if something is not clear.
> >>>
> >>>>Nic
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
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