Detect PDF
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What is the Detect PDF Action?
The Detect PDFs Action force detects the open PDF documents. Before Nintex RPA can interact with a PDF document, it must first be aware that the document is open. Nintex RPA is designed to automatically detect PDF documents when they are opened. In certain scenarios, a document may not be detected due to how the document loads into memory and the time it takes for the PDF document to open. In these cases, a Detect PDFs Action can be added to a Botflow to instruct Nintex RPA to look through all the open PDF documents and detect any that may have been missed when it was opened.
Note: The Detect PDFs Action is slow to execute, therefore use this Action sparingly to maximize speed. In most cases, this Action is not needed.
Creating a Detect PDF Action
Select
Advanced Actions 
to expand the Action list. Select theDetect
PDF
Action
from the Actions list to display the Action Builder.
There are no special settings for this Action.
Optionally add Notes
to the Action to document any special instructions
or functionality. When the Run Switch
is set to Run, the action
will be executed after clicking OK.
Note: The run switch is set to Run by default. To create or modify this action without executing it, click the slider to change the option to Don't Run. For more information, see Action Builder.
Click the OK
button 
to save the Action.