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PDF Attachments

Prior to release 12.7.2, the embedding of PDF attachments into a resulting PDF was limited to individual transaction output – meaning that you could not do PDF attachments in a batch of transactions process.

With this release, embedding PDF attachments within a batch of transactions is supported.

Keep in mind that a batch of transactions performing PDF attachments requires more memory as the process requires hosting the entire PDF to reside in memory before writing the final output. During the PDF generation process, you will see an increased peak memory and disk usage because of this.

You may need to consider limiting the number of transactions within a batch to avoid an out-of-memory situation.

Batching of PDFs into a single output requires the use of the SpoolBatches INI option within the associated PRTTYPE print group and not using either of the multi-file print options that designate you want separate PDF files.

Details of the SpoolBatches feature for batching PDF output is covered in previous release feature documentation.

Details of the PDF Attachment feature for insertion of an external PDF into a transaction destined for PDF output is covered in previous release feature documentation.