Debenu Quick PDF Library - PDF SDK Community Forum : Extract non-formatted Tabular Text http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:07:11 +0000 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:17:24 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.01 360 www.quickpdf.org/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3057 <![CDATA[Debenu Quick PDF Library - PDF SDK Community Forum]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/forum_images/QPDF_Forum_Title.png http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ <![CDATA[Extract non-formatted Tabular Text : Sorry Andrew I was too quick with...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/extract-nonformatted-tabular-text_topic3057_post12289.html#12289 Author: chrisreed
Subject: 3057
Posted: 04 Feb 15 at 10:17AM

Sorry Andrew I was too quick with my reply.
 
Yes if I use Option 7 it matches very well what is on the PDF file - thanks for your help.
 
Chris
]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:17:24 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/extract-nonformatted-tabular-text_topic3057_post12289.html#12289 <![CDATA[Extract non-formatted Tabular Text : Hi Andrew, Sorry for the lateness...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/extract-nonformatted-tabular-text_topic3057_post12288.html#12288 Author: chrisreed
Subject: 3057
Posted: 04 Feb 15 at 7:10AM

Hi Andrew,
Sorry for the lateness in my reply, but I never received an e-mail that you had posted a reply Unhappy
 
Believe me I tried all the Extraction Options (from 1 to 11) and none of them were any good.  So instead of having the fields/values go across the page I just had them going down the page as follows:
 
<Field Name> <Field Value>
Surname:        Tester
Firstname:       Kenneth
DOB:               29 Mar 1928
Exam Date:     30 Jan 2015 07:46
Site ID:            RPH    etc....
 
and used the Extraction Option (5) - Sort text blocks based on top left position.
 
This worked a lot better, in that this option returned most of the <Field Names> first and then the <Field Values> next, but some still got mixed up so that I couldn't associate all the correct <Field Name> with the matching <Field Value>.
]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2015 07:10:50 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/extract-nonformatted-tabular-text_topic3057_post12288.html#12288 <![CDATA[Extract non-formatted Tabular Text : Chris,PDF&#039;s file do not have...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/extract-nonformatted-tabular-text_topic3057_post12280.html#12280 Author: AndrewC
Subject: 3057
Posted: 27 Jan 15 at 10:18AM

Chris,

PDF's file do not have TAB characters, words, sentences or paragraphs.  Text is drawn at a specific x and y location.  Extraction attempts to collect all the drawn text  but is not always perfect.

GetPageText of DAExtractPageText using option 7 will be your best chance.

Andrew.
]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:18:19 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/extract-nonformatted-tabular-text_topic3057_post12280.html#12280 <![CDATA[Extract non-formatted Tabular Text : Can&#039;t find any site to upload...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/extract-nonformatted-tabular-text_topic3057_post12266.html#12266 Author: chrisreed
Subject: 3057
Posted: 21 Jan 15 at 10:16AM

Can't find any site to upload the example PDF that I'm trying to process without our Firewall blocking it (tried docdroid, scribd, dropbox) so the best I can do is upload an image.
 
http://s5.postimg.org/5hncgugsn/Example_PDF.jpg
 
The text "looks" like it is separated by TABS, but there is no formatting.  When I try to use the DAExtractPageText and DAExtractBlockText functions, instead of the <Field Name>: <Field Value> aligning with each, they are all over the place.
 
I also tried all the differenet options in DASetTextExtractionOptions to no avail.
 
How can I extract this unformatted text so the <Field Name>: <Field Value> align with each other
eg.  Surname: TEST etc.

Thanks Chris.
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