[waltsyd]

Mobilesheets 3.8.43. MobileSheets Companion 3.2.0. 

On Windows 11, I used exiftool to add the metadata Artist. 

exiftool -Artist=testartist "99 years.pdf"

Then, displaying the metadata with exiftool shows that it worked:

exiftool "99 years.pdf"

File Name                      : 99 years.pdf
Directory                      : .
File Size                      : 30 kB
File Modification Date/Time    : 2024:07:13 14:46:44-07:00
File Access Date/Time          : 2024:07:13 14:46:47-07:00
File Creation Date/Time        : 2024:07:13 11:46:09-07:00
File Permissions               : -rw-rw-rw-
File Type                      : PDF
File Type Extension            : pdf
MIME Type                      : application/pdf
PDF Version                    : 1.3
Linearized                     : No
Page Count                     : 1
XMP Toolkit                    : Image::ExifTool 12.89
Artist                         : testartist
Producer                       : GPL Ghostscript 9.06
Create Date                    : 2015:04:04 09:34:18-05:00
Modify Date                    : 2015:04:04 09:34:18-05:00
Title                          : Microsoft Word - 99 Years - JD Crowe.doc
Creator                        : PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2
Author                         : Bill

I run the Mobilesheets Companion, connect my android tablet, and import that file. The Artist field is still blank. What am I doing wrong?

[Zubersoft]

The current version of the companion app doesn't support extracting metadata from PDFs. That is only support when importing on the tablet itself. The next update of the companion app is significant, as I've rewritten the application using a different framework, and as part of this, I've added code to extract PDF metadata (I still need to test this, as I'm using a different library for it as my current PDF library only works in UWP applications).

Mike

[waltsyd]

The current version of the companion app doesn't support extracting metadata from PDFs. That is only support when importing on the tablet itself. The next update of the companion app is significant, as I've rewritten the application using a different framework, and as part of this, I've added code to extract PDF metadata (I still need to test this, as I'm using a different library for it as my current PDF library only works in UWP appliations).

Mike

Thanks. I will use the direct import in future.