File to Text

The File to Text manipulator is used to convert a file to text. This is useful for reading the contents of a file and storing it in a field.

File Support

The File to Text manipulator supports the following file types:

• Microsoft Word: DOC, DOCX

• Open Office: ODT

• Apple Pages: PAGES

• PDF

• Microsoft PowerPoint: PPTX

• RTF

• XML

• Images: JPG, JPEG, JPE, JFIF, PNG, TIF, TIFF.

• Plain text: TXT

Demonstration Video

Properties

Property	Purpose	Required
addFieldId	Field id where text will be saved	True
binaryFieldId	Id of the field to get the binary from. If not provided, the binary will be taken from the first field of type binary.	False

Specifics

Field will be created as part of the manipulator. It will save 2 values in the motation for that field.

1. The first value will be the metadata of the file

2. The second value will be the text of the file.