Can I create a thumbnail from a PDF file using Coldfusion 8?

Question

Can I create a thumbnail from a PDF file using Coldfusion 8? (thumbnail of this page, default on page 1)

Answer 1

Create thumbnails from pages in a PDF

<cfpdf required action = "thumbnail" source = "absolute or relative pathname to a PDF file|PDF document variable| cfdocument variable" optional destination = "directory path where the thumbnail images are written" format = "png|jpeg|tiff" imagePrefix = "string used as a prefix in the output filename" overwrite = "yes|no" password = "PDF source file password" pages = "page or pages to make into thumbnails" resolution= "low|high" scale = "percentage between 1 and 100" transparent = "yes|no"> 

http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/Tags_p-q_02.html

http://cfquickdocs.com/cf8/?getDoc=cfpdf#cfpdf

Answer 2

Adobe added quite a bit of support for PDF files in ColdFusion after they took Macromedia. This way, you can also print and manipulate PDF files.