ELAN Converter™ Barcode Edition will create one PDF file for each sub-folder placed into the "Input" folder of a "Watched directory" set. The PDF file name will be the same as the name of the sub-folder.

The application window

Before any conversion can occur, one or more directories need to be defined and watched folders. Each watched folder will also have other folders associated to dispose the processed and generated files. Once a Watch directory is defined, the following settings can be applied, specific to each set of folders, thus providing various processing parameters with the same application running:

Directory Settings:

The "Directories" settings screen

Input Directory: The "hotfolder" for the set. Only files that are placed into a sub-folder will be recognized and converted.

Output Directory: The converted PDF files will be created in this folder.

There are two more settings providing housekeeping functions:

On Success: Also called the "Archive" folder, the files that are first placed into the "input folder" will be moved here if the operation is successful. The files will be moved along with the subfolders.

On Failure: Also called the "Fail" folder, the files that are first placed into the "input folder" will be moved here if the operation is unsuccessful. The files will be moved along with the subfolders.

PDF Settings:

The PDF settings screen

The PDF creation settings can be controlled using the dialog, including OCR, encryption and user permissions.

PDF Encryption:

The encryption program refuses to encrypt the document if the user password is the same as the owner password. There are only two possible cases:

Consider this: If the owner password is the same as the user password, there’s no difference between ownership and restricted user. This situation is ambiguous and is not allowed.