Original Attachments vs Cleaned Attachments

In the Attachment Cleaning process, some components of the attachment are removed or disabled.

By default, these components of the attachment are cleaned and depending on the file type being cleaned, specific components of the attachment may be removed as shown in this table:

Code File Type Description
1018 All supported file types Query to remote database
1019 All supported file types Files and objects embedded in the documents
1021 All supported file types Stored data for fast document saving
1026 All supported file types Microsoft Office macros and PDF JavaScript code
1034 All supported file types Links to network or local file paths
1137 PDF Open other PDF files
1139 PDF PDF launch action
1141 PDF Open Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) resources
1142 PDF Play sound objects
1143 PDF Play movie files
1150 PDF Execute JavaScript code
1151 PDF Submit data to remote locations

To configure Avanan to clean additional part of attachments which are not cleaned by default, contact Avanan Support.

Code File Type File Part
500 All supported file types Images embedded in documents
1017 All supported file types Custom document properties
1025 All supported file types Links to files that are reviewed by another application
1036 All supported file types Statistic document properties
1037 All supported file types Summary document properties
1178 PDF Embedded 3D Artwork