gradle changes

lang: update fr_FR

Dockerfile-lite

@@ -30,12 +30,18 @@ RUN mkdir -p /scripts /usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto /configs /customFiles
 #    chown -R stirlingpdfuser:stirlingpdfgroup /usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto /configs /customFiles
 
 # Copy necessary files
+COPY ./scripts/download-security-jar.sh /scripts/download-security-jar.sh
+COPY ./scripts/init-without-ocr.sh /scripts/init-without-ocr.sh
 COPY src/main/resources/static/fonts/*.ttf /usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto/
 COPY src/main/resources/static/fonts/*.otf /usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto/
 COPY build/libs/*.jar app.jar
 
 # Set font cache and permissions
-RUN fc-cache -f -v 
+RUN fc-cache -f -v && \
+chmod +x /scripts/init-without-ocr.sh && \
+chmod +x /scripts/download-security-jar.sh
+
+
 #    chown stirlingpdfuser:stirlingpdfgroup /app.jar
 
 
@@ -50,5 +56,5 @@ ENV DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=false
 
 # Run the application
 #USER stirlingpdfuser
-ENTRYPOINT ["/scripts/init.sh"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/scripts/init-without-ocr.sh"]
 CMD ["java", "-jar", "/app.jar"]

Dockerfile-ultra-lite

@@ -19,19 +19,25 @@ ENV DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=false \
 #    chown -R stirlingpdfuser:stirlingpdfgroup /scripts /configs /customFiles
 
 RUN mkdir -p /scripts /usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto /configs /customFiles
+COPY ./scripts/download-security-jar.sh /scripts/download-security-jar.sh
+COPY ./scripts/init-without-ocr.sh /scripts/init-without-ocr.sh
 
 COPY build/libs/*.jar app.jar
 
 # Set font cache and permissions
 #RUN chown stirlingpdfuser:stirlingpdfgroup /app.jar
 
+RUN chmod +x /scripts/init-without-ocr.sh && \
+chmod +x /scripts/download-security-jar.sh && \
+apk add --no-cache curl
+
 # Expose the application port
 EXPOSE 8080
 
 # Set environment variables
 ENV ENDPOINTS_GROUPS_TO_REMOVE=CLI
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/scripts/init.sh"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/scripts/init-without-ocr.sh"]
 
 # Run the application
 CMD ["java", "-jar", "/app.jar"]

Version-groups.md

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ add-image           |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 add-watermark       |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 adjust-contrast     |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 auto-split-pdf      |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
+auto-redact         |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 auto-rename         |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 cert-sign           |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 crop                |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ img-to-pdf          |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 markdown-to-pdf     |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 merge-pdfs          |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 multi-page-layout   |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
+overlay-pdf         |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 pdf-organizer       |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
+pdf-to-csv          |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 pdf-to-img          |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 pdf-to-single-page  |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 remove-pages        |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
@@ -43,6 +46,8 @@ sanitize-pdf        |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 scale-pages         |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 sign                |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 show-javascript     |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
+split-by-size-or-count |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
+split-pdf-by-sections  |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 split-pdfs          |     ✔️      |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 file-to-pdf         |             |  ✔️   |  ✔️
 pdf-to-html         |             |  ✔️   |  ✔️

build.gradle

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ plugins {
 	id 'java'
 	id 'org.springframework.boot' version '3.1.2'
 	id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.3'
-	id 'org.springdoc.openapi-gradle-plugin' version '1.6.0'
+	id 'org.springdoc.openapi-gradle-plugin' version '1.8.0'
 	id "io.swagger.swaggerhub" version "1.2.0"
 	id 'edu.sc.seis.launch4j' version '3.0.5'
 }
 
 group = 'stirling.software'
-version = '0.17.0'
+version = '0.17.2'
 sourceCompatibility = '17'
 
 repositories {
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ sourceSets {
     }
 }
 
-
 openApi {
     apiDocsUrl = "http://localhost:8080/v1/api-docs"
     outputDir = file("$projectDir")
@@ -87,15 +86,24 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: 'org.apache.pdfbox', name: 'jbig2-imageio', version: '3.0.4'
     implementation 'com.github.jai-imageio:jai-imageio-core:1.4.0'
 	implementation 'com.github.jai-imageio:jai-imageio-jpeg2000:1.3.0'
-    implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.13.0'
+    implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.15.1'
     implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:2.2.0'
 
     //general PDF
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.opencsv/opencsv
-    implementation group: 'com.opencsv', name: 'opencsv', version: '5.7.1'
-    implementation 'org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:2.0.29'
-    implementation 'org.apache.pdfbox:xmpbox:2.0.29'
+    implementation ('com.opencsv:opencsv:5.7.1') {
+        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+    }
+    
+    implementation ('org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:2.0.29'){
+        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+    }
+    
+    implementation ('org.apache.pdfbox:xmpbox:2.0.29'){
+        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+    }
+    
     implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on:1.77'
     implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on:1.77'
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator'
@@ -107,7 +115,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.github.vladimir-bukhtoyarov:bucket4j-core:7.6.0'
 
     developmentOnly("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools")
-    compileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.28'
+    compileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.30'
     annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.28'
 }
 

scripts/download-security-jar.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+echo "Running Stirling PDF with DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=${DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY} and VERSION_TAG=${VERSION_TAG}"
+# Check for DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY and download the appropriate JAR if required
+if [ "$DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY" = "true" ] && [ "$VERSION_TAG" != "alpha" ]; then
+    if [ ! -f app-security.jar ]; then
+    	echo "Trying to download from: https://github.com/Frooodle/Stirling-PDF/releases/download/v$VERSION_TAG/Stirling-PDF-with-login.jar"
+        curl -L -o app-security.jar https://github.com/Frooodle/Stirling-PDF/releases/download/v$VERSION_TAG/Stirling-PDF-with-login.jar
+       
+        # If the first download attempt failed, try with the 'v' prefix
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo "Trying to download from: https://github.com/Frooodle/Stirling-PDF/releases/download/$VERSION_TAG/Stirling-PDF-with-login.jar"
+        	curl -L -o app-security.jar https://github.com/Frooodle/Stirling-PDF/releases/download/$VERSION_TAG/Stirling-PDF-with-login.jar
+        fi
+
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then  # checks if curl was successful
+            rm -f app.jar
+            ln -s app-security.jar app.jar
+        fi
+    fi
+fi

scripts/init-without-ocr.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+/scripts/download-security-jar.sh
+
+# Run the main command
+exec "$@"

scripts/init.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copy the original tesseract-ocr files to the volume directory without overwriting existing files
 echo "Copying original files without overwriting existing files"
 mkdir -p /usr/share/tesseract-ocr
-cp -rn /usr/share/tesseract-ocr-original/* /usr/share/tesseract-ocr
+cp -rn /usr/share/tesseract-ocr-original/* /usr/share/tesseract-ocr 
 
 if [ -d /usr/share/tesseract-ocr/4.00/tessdata ]; then 
 	cp -r /usr/share/tesseract-ocr/4.00/tessdata/* /usr/share/tesseract-ocr/5/tessdata/ || true; 
@@ -20,26 +20,7 @@ if [[ -n "$TESSERACT_LANGS" ]]; then
   done
 fi
 
-echo "Running Stirling PDF with DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=${DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY} and VERSION_TAG=${VERSION_TAG}"
-# Check for DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY and download the appropriate JAR if required
-if [ "$DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY" = "true" ] && [ "$VERSION_TAG" != "alpha" ]; then
-    if [ ! -f app-security.jar ]; then
-    	echo "Trying to download from: https://github.com/Frooodle/Stirling-PDF/releases/download/v$VERSION_TAG/Stirling-PDF-with-login.jar"
-        curl -L -o app-security.jar https://github.com/Frooodle/Stirling-PDF/releases/download/v$VERSION_TAG/Stirling-PDF-with-login.jar
-       
-        # If the first download attempt failed, try with the 'v' prefix
-        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            echo "Trying to download from: https://github.com/Frooodle/Stirling-PDF/releases/download/$VERSION_TAG/Stirling-PDF-with-login.jar"
-        	curl -L -o app-security.jar https://github.com/Frooodle/Stirling-PDF/releases/download/$VERSION_TAG/Stirling-PDF-with-login.jar
-        fi
-
-        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then  # checks if curl was successful
-            rm -f app.jar
-            ln -s app-security.jar app.jar
-        fi
-    fi
-fi
-
+/scripts/download-security-jar.sh
 
 # Run the main command
 exec "$@"

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/EndpointConfiguration.java

@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
         addEndpointToGroup("PageOps", "auto-split-pdf");
         addEndpointToGroup("PageOps", "extract-page");
         addEndpointToGroup("PageOps", "pdf-to-single-page");
+        addEndpointToGroup("PageOps", "split-by-size-or-count");
+        addEndpointToGroup("PageOps", "overlay-pdf");
+        addEndpointToGroup("PageOps", "split-pdf-by-sections");
+        
         
         // Adding endpoints to "Convert" group
         addEndpointToGroup("Convert", "pdf-to-img");
@@ -96,6 +100,8 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
         addEndpointToGroup("Convert", "html-to-pdf");
         addEndpointToGroup("Convert", "url-to-pdf");
         addEndpointToGroup("Convert", "markdown-to-pdf");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Convert", "pdf-to-csv");
+        
         
         // Adding endpoints to "Security" group
         addEndpointToGroup("Security", "add-password");
@@ -104,6 +110,7 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
         addEndpointToGroup("Security", "add-watermark");
         addEndpointToGroup("Security", "cert-sign");
         addEndpointToGroup("Security", "sanitize-pdf");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Security", "auto-redact");
         
         
         // Adding endpoints to "Other" group
@@ -197,6 +204,11 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
         addEndpointToGroup("Java", "pdf-to-single-page");
         addEndpointToGroup("Java", "markdown-to-pdf");
         addEndpointToGroup("Java", "show-javascript");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "auto-redact");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "pdf-to-csv");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "split-by-size-or-count");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "overlay-pdf");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "split-pdf-by-sections");
         
         //Javascript
         addEndpointToGroup("Javascript", "pdf-organizer");

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/PdfOverlayController.java

@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ public class PdfOverlayController {
 	            ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 	            overlay.overlay(overlayGuide).save(outputStream);
 	            byte[] data = outputStream.toByteArray();
-	
-	            return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(data, "overlaid.pdf", MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF);
+	            String outputFilename = baseFile.getOriginalFilename().replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "") + "_overlayed.pdf";  // Remove file extension and append .pdf
+		        
+	            return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(data, outputFilename, MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF);
 	        } 
         } finally {
             for (File overlayPdfFile : overlayPdfFiles) {
@@ -84,17 +85,20 @@ public class PdfOverlayController {
     }
 
     private void sequentialOverlay(Map<Integer, String> overlayGuide, File[] overlayFiles, int basePageCount) throws IOException {
-        int currentPage = 1;
-        for (File overlayFile : overlayFiles) {
-            try (PDDocument overlayPdf = PDDocument.load(overlayFile)) {
-                for (int i = 0; i < overlayPdf.getNumberOfPages(); i++) {
-                    if (currentPage > basePageCount) break;
-                    overlayGuide.put(currentPage++, overlayFile.getAbsolutePath());
-                }
+        if (overlayFiles.length != 1 || basePageCount != PDDocument.load(overlayFiles[0]).getNumberOfPages()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Overlay file count and base page count must match for sequential overlay.");
+        }
+
+        File overlayFile = overlayFiles[0];
+        try (PDDocument overlayPdf = PDDocument.load(overlayFile)) {
+            for (int i = 1; i <= overlayPdf.getNumberOfPages(); i++) {
+                if (i > basePageCount) break;
+                overlayGuide.put(i, overlayFile.getAbsolutePath());
             }
         }
     }
 
+
     private void interleavedOverlay(Map<Integer, String> overlayGuide, File[] overlayFiles, int basePageCount) throws IOException {
         for (int i = 0; i < basePageCount; i++) {
         	File overlayFile = overlayFiles[i % overlayFiles.length];

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/SplitPdfBySectionsController.java

@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ public class SplitPdfBySectionsController {
         PDDocument sourceDocument = PDDocument.load(file.getInputStream());
 
         // Process the PDF based on split parameters
-        int horiz = request.getHorizontalDivisions();
-        int verti = request.getVerticalDivisions();
+        int horiz = request.getHorizontalDivisions() + 1;
+        int verti = request.getVerticalDivisions() + 1;
 
-        List<PDDocument> splitDocuments = splitPdfPages(sourceDocument, horiz, verti);
+        List<PDDocument> splitDocuments = splitPdfPages(sourceDocument, verti, horiz);
         for (PDDocument doc : splitDocuments) {
             ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
             doc.save(baos);
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class SplitPdfBySectionsController {
                     try (PDPageContentStream contentStream = new PDPageContentStream(subDoc, subPage)) {
                         // Set clipping area and position
                         float translateX = -subPageWidth * i;
-                        float translateY = height - subPageHeight * (j + 1) - subPageHeight;
+                        float translateY = height - subPageHeight * (verticalDivisions - j);
 
                         contentStream.saveGraphicsState();
                         contentStream.addRect(0, 0, subPageWidth, subPageHeight);
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ public class SplitPdfBySectionsController {
     }
 
 
+
     
 
 }

src/main/resources/logback.xml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
         <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
             <!-- daily rollover and keep 7 days' worth of history -->
-            <fileNamePattern>auth-%d{MM-dd-yyyy}.log</fileNamePattern>
+            <fileNamePattern>logs/auth-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log</fileNamePattern>
             <maxHistory>1</maxHistory>
         </rollingPolicy>
     </appender>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
         <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
             <!-- daily rollover and keep 7 days' worth of history -->
-            <fileNamePattern>info-%d{MM-dd-yyyy}.log</fileNamePattern>
+            <fileNamePattern>logs/info-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log</fileNamePattern>
             <maxHistory>1</maxHistory>
         </rollingPolicy>
     </appender>

src/main/resources/messages_fr_FR.properties

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ adminUserSettings.submit=Ajouter
 # HOME-PAGE #
 #############
 home.desc=Votre application Web hébergée localement pour répondre à tous vos besoins PDF.
-home.searchBar=Search for features...
+home.searchBar=Rechercher des fonctionnalités...
 
 
 home.viewPdf.title=Visionner le PDF
@@ -336,18 +336,18 @@ home.autoRedact.title=Caviarder automatiquement
 home.autoRedact.desc=Caviardez automatiquement les informations sensibles d\u2019un PDF.
 showJS.tags=caviarder,redact,auto
 
-home.tableExtraxt.title=PDF to CSV
-home.tableExtraxt.desc=Extracts Tables from a PDF converting it to CSV
+home.tableExtraxt.title=PDF en CSV
+home.tableExtraxt.desc=Extrait les tableaux d\u2019un PDF et les transforme en CSV
 tableExtraxt.tags=CSV,Table Extraction,extract,convert
 
 
-home.autoSizeSplitPDF.title=Auto Split by Size/Count
-home.autoSizeSplitPDF.desc=Split a single PDF into multiple documents based on size, page count, or document count
+home.autoSizeSplitPDF.title=Séparer automatiquement par taille/nombre
+home.autoSizeSplitPDF.desc=Séparer un PDF unique en plusieurs documents en fonction de la taille, du nombre de pages ou du nombre de documents.
 autoSizeSplitPDF.tags=pdf,split,document,organization
 
 
-home.overlay-pdfs.title=Overlay PDFs
-home.overlay-pdfs.desc=Overlays PDFs on-top of another PDF
+home.overlay-pdfs.title=Incrustation de PDF
+home.overlay-pdfs.desc=Incrustation d\u2019un PDF sur un autre PDF
 overlay-pdfs.tags=Overlay
 
 home.split-by-sections.title=Split PDF by Sections
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ addPageNumbers.selectText.5=Pages à numéroter
 addPageNumbers.selectText.6=Texte personnalisé
 addPageNumbers.customTextDesc=Texte personnalisé
 addPageNumbers.numberPagesDesc=Quelles pages numéroter, par défaut 'all' (toutes les pages), accepte également 1-5 ou 2,5,9, etc.
-addPageNumbers.customNumberDesc=La valeur par défaut est '{n}', accepte également 'Page {n} sur {total}', 'Texte-{n}', '{filename}-{n}
+addPageNumbers.customNumberDesc=La valeur par défaut est '{n}', accepte également 'Page {n} sur {total}', 'Texte-{n}', '{filename}-{n}'
 addPageNumbers.submit=Ajouter les numéros de page
 
 
@@ -845,41 +845,41 @@ PDFToXML.submit=Convertir
 #PDFToCSV
 PDFToCSV.title=PDF en CSV
 PDFToCSV.header=PDF en CSV
-PDFToCSV.prompt=Choose page to extract table
+PDFToCSV.prompt=Choisir la page pour en extraire le tableau
 PDFToCSV.submit=Extrait
 
 #split-by-size-or-count
-split-by-size-or-count.header=Split PDF by Size or Count
-split-by-size-or-count.type.label=Select Split Type
-split-by-size-or-count.type.size=By Size
-split-by-size-or-count.type.pageCount=By Page Count
-split-by-size-or-count.type.docCount=By Document Count
-split-by-size-or-count.value.label=Enter Value
-split-by-size-or-count.value.placeholder=Enter size (e.g., 2MB or 3KB) or count (e.g., 5)
-split-by-size-or-count.submit=Submit
+split-by-size-or-count.header=Séparer le PDF par taille ou par nombre
+split-by-size-or-count.type.label=Sélectionner le type de division
+split-by-size-or-count.type.size=Par taille
+split-by-size-or-count.type.pageCount=Par nombre de pages
+split-by-size-or-count.type.docCount=Par nombre de documents
+split-by-size-or-count.value.label=Entrer la valeur
+split-by-size-or-count.value.placeholder=Saisir la taille (par exemple, 2MB ou 3KB) ou le nombre (par exemple, 5)
+split-by-size-or-count.submit=Séparer
 
 
 #overlay-pdfs
 overlay-pdfs.header=Overlay PDF Files
-overlay-pdfs.baseFile.label=Select Base PDF File
-overlay-pdfs.overlayFiles.label=Select Overlay PDF Files
+overlay-pdfs.baseFile.label=Sélectionner le fichier PDF de base
+overlay-pdfs.overlayFiles.label=Sélectionner les fichiers PDF à superposer
 overlay-pdfs.mode.label=Select Overlay Mode
 overlay-pdfs.mode.sequential=Sequential Overlay
 overlay-pdfs.mode.interleaved=Interleaved Overlay
-overlay-pdfs.mode.fixedRepeat=Fixed Repeat Overlay
-overlay-pdfs.counts.label=Overlay Counts (for Fixed Repeat Mode)
+overlay-pdfs.mode.fixedRepeat=Superposition à répétition fixe
+overlay-pdfs.counts.label=Nombre de superpositions (pour le mode de répétition fixe)
 overlay-pdfs.counts.placeholder=Enter comma-separated counts (e.g., 2,3,1)
 overlay-pdfs.position.label=Select Overlay Position
-overlay-pdfs.position.foreground=Foreground
-overlay-pdfs.position.background=Background
+overlay-pdfs.position.foreground=Premier plan
+overlay-pdfs.position.background=Arrière-plan
 overlay-pdfs.submit=Submit
 
 
 #split-by-sections
-split-by-sections.title=Split PDF by Sections
-split-by-sections.header=Split PDF into Sections
-split-by-sections.horizontal.label=Horizontal Divisions
-split-by-sections.vertical.label=Vertical Divisions
-split-by-sections.horizontal.placeholder=Enter number of horizontal divisions
-split-by-sections.vertical.placeholder=Enter number of vertical divisions
-split-by-sections.submit=Split PDF
+split-by-sections.title=Diviser le PDF en sections
+split-by-sections.header=Diviser le PDF en sections
+split-by-sections.horizontal.label=Divisions horizontales
+split-by-sections.vertical.label=Divisions verticales
+split-by-sections.horizontal.placeholder=Saisir le nombre de divisions horizontales
+split-by-sections.vertical.placeholder=Entrer le nombre de divisions verticales
+split-by-sections.submit=Diviser le PDF

src/main/resources/templates/split-pdf-by-sections.html

@@ -17,13 +17,70 @@
                             <div th:replace="~{fragments/common :: fileSelector(name='fileInput', multiple=false, accept='application/pdf')}"></div>
                             
                             <label for="horizontalDivisions" th:text="#{split-by-sections.horizontal.label}">Horizontal Divisions</label>
-                            <input type="number" id="horizontalDivisions" name="horizontalDivisions" class="form-control" min="1" required th:placeholder="#{split-by-sections.horizontal.placeholder}">
+                            <input type="number" id="horizontalDivisions" name="horizontalDivisions" class="form-control" min="0" max="300" value="0" required th:placeholder="#{split-by-sections.horizontal.placeholder}">
                             <br>
 
                             <label for="verticalDivisions" th:text="#{split-by-sections.vertical.label}">Vertical Divisions</label>
-                            <input type="number" id="verticalDivisions" name="verticalDivisions" class="form-control" min="1" required th:placeholder="#{split-by-sections.vertical.placeholder}">
+                            <input type="number" id="verticalDivisions" name="verticalDivisions" class="form-control" min="0" max="300" required value="1" th:placeholder="#{split-by-sections.vertical.placeholder}">
                             <br>
-                        
+                        	<style>
+                        	.pdf-visual-aid {
+							    width: 150px; /* Adjust as needed */
+							    height: 200px; /* Adjust as needed */
+							    border: 1px solid black; /* Represents the PDF page */
+							    position: relative;
+							}
+							.line {
+							    position: absolute;
+							    background-color: red; /* Line color */
+							}
+                        	
+                        	</style>
+                        	
+                        	<div id="pdfVisualAid" class="pdf-visual-aid"></div>
+                        	<Script>
+                        	function updateVisualAid() {
+                        	    const horizontalDivisions = document.getElementById('horizontalDivisions').value;
+                        	    const verticalDivisions = document.getElementById('verticalDivisions').value;
+                        	    const aid = document.getElementById('pdfVisualAid');
+								
+                        	    if(horizontalDivisions > 300)
+                        	    	horizontalDivisions = 300
+                       	    	if(verticalDivisions > 300)
+                       	    		verticalDivisions = 300
+                        	    // Clear existing lines
+                        	    aid.innerHTML = '';
+
+                        	 // Add horizontal lines
+                        	    for (let i = 0; i < horizontalDivisions; i++) {
+                        	        const line = document.createElement('div');
+                        	        line.classList.add('line');
+                        	        line.style.width = '100%';
+                        	        line.style.height = '1px';
+                        	        line.style.top = `${((i + 1) / (parseInt(horizontalDivisions) + 1)) * 100}%`;
+                        	        aid.appendChild(line);
+                        	    }
+
+                        	    // Add vertical lines
+                        	    for (let i = 0; i < verticalDivisions; i++) {
+                        	        const line = document.createElement('div');
+                        	        line.classList.add('line');
+                        	        line.style.height = '100%';
+                        	        line.style.width = '1px';
+                        	        line.style.left = `${((i + 1) / (parseInt(verticalDivisions) + 1)) * 100}%`;
+                        	        aid.appendChild(line);
+                        	    }
+                        	}
+
+                        	// Event listeners
+                        	document.getElementById('horizontalDivisions').addEventListener('input', updateVisualAid);
+                        	document.getElementById('verticalDivisions').addEventListener('input', updateVisualAid);
+
+                        	// Initial draw
+                        	updateVisualAid();
+
+                        	</Script>
+                        	</br>
                             <button type="submit" id="submitBtn" class="btn btn-primary" th:text="#{split-by-sections.submit}">Submit</button>
                         </form>