I'm getting this issue in pdftk

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Error: unable to open file

Error: Failed to open PDF File

Input Error, so no output created.

What I have tried:

My Code:
input = "C:\Users\sathishr\Desktop\Small\a_20160310_*.pdf"
output = "C:\Users\sathishr\Desktop\Small\Test_US.pdf"
MergePdf(input, output)

Private Sub MergePdf(ByVal InputFileNames As Object, ByVal OutputFileName As Object)
Try
'Merging the generated pdf files

Dim oProcess As New System.Diagnostics.Process
oProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "pdftk"
oProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = InputFileNames + "output" + OutputFileName
oProcess.Start()
oProcess.WaitForExit()
oProcess.Close()
Catch ex As Exception
Throw ex
End Try
End Sub

Posted 9-Mar-16 23:19pm

SathishRam

Updated 15-Mar-16 5:06am

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Namith Krishnan E 10-Mar-16 6:09am

did you opened the file a_20160310_*.pdf in any other application while runing the code???

SathishRam 10-Mar-16 6:29am

Yes, physically i can open the path in window explorer

BulletVictim 10-Mar-16 9:29am

I believe Namith Krishnan E question was more directed at if the file is open at the time that the application needs to access it, and not so much if it is a problem with the document being in the wrong format or corrupted.

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CHill60 · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-15T05:06:00

The problem appears to be in the line

C#

oProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = InputFileNames + "output" + OutputFileName

There are no spaces in the argumentsAFAIK the correct syntax for pdftk would be

pdftk C:\Users\sathishr\Desktop\Small\a_20160310_*.pdf cat output C:\Users\sathishr\Desktop\Small\Test_US.pdf

so I think that line should be (note untested)

C#

oProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = InputFileNames + " cat output " + OutputFileName