GetPageText() problem with Acrobat 4.x

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   By mistake, I posted this as a follow-up on a previous thread.  I figured I should start a new threat with it:

Using GetPageText(3) works perfectly with documents that are PDF Version 1.2 (Acrobat 3.x).

However, the csv information returned from documents that are PDF Version 1.3 (Acrobat 4.x) fails to return the full text content. It seems to return only the first 1 or 2 characters from each text object.

Is this a known issue? Any solution?

Many Thanks!

- Ido

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ixm7 Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 13 Jan 06 Status: Offline Points: 68	Post Options Post Reply Quote ixm7 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: GetPageText() problem with Acrobat 4.x Posted: 16 Jan 06 at 11:41AM
	By mistake, I posted this as a follow-up on a previous thread. I figured I should start a new threat with it: Using GetPageText(3) works perfectly with documents that are PDF Version 1.2 (Acrobat 3.x). However, the csv information returned from documents that are PDF Version 1.3 (Acrobat 4.x) fails to return the full text content. It seems to return only the first 1 or 2 characters from each text object. Is this a known issue? Any solution? Many Thanks! - Ido

ixm7 Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 13 Jan 06 Status: Offline Points: 68	Post Options Post Reply Quote ixm7 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan 06 at 3:53PM
	By the way, using the SaveToFile / LoadFromFile approach (that was suggested in an earlier thread describing a similar problem) doesn't fix the issue for me. - Ido

swb1 Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 05 Dec 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 100	Post Options Post Reply Quote swb1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan 06 at 4:55PM
	Posted in the other thread as well... I am using GetPageText(3) in v1.3 docs with no issues at all. In fact, GetPageText(3) was the single most compelling reason for my purchase of QuickPDF. How are your PDFs created? Can you post an example? sb

ixm7 Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 13 Jan 06 Status: Offline Points: 68	Post Options Post Reply Quote ixm7 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan 06 at 5:05PM
	They are created through Crystal Reports. The 1.2 (Acrobat 3) version is from Crystal 9. Here's a sample that works perfectly with GetPageText(3): http://www.milletsoftware.com/Download/visual_cut_9.pdf The 1.3 (Acrobat 4) version is from Crystal XI. Here's a sample that fails to return the full text with GetPageText(3): http://www.milletsoftware.com/Download/visual_cut_11.pdf Doing LoadFromFile(originalfile)... SaveToFile(workfile)... LoadFromFile(workfile)... to try to work around the problem doesn't make a difference. The GetPageText()still returns only the first 1-2 characters from each text object. - Ido

swb1 Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 05 Dec 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 100	Post Options Post Reply Quote swb1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan 06 at 6:00PM
	I am getting the same results as you. Sometimes the first letter and sometimes no text at all. I am however getting the proper bounding rectangle of the text. This problem likely has more to do with the file creation utility than with fact that it is v1.3. I�m sorry that I do not have more to offer. sb

ixm7 Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 13 Jan 06 Status: Offline Points: 68	Post Options Post Reply Quote ixm7 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan 06 at 6:07PM
	Thanks for the confirmation - at least I know I'm not dreaming... :o) - Ido

DELBEKE Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 31 Oct 05 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 151	Post Options Post Reply Quote DELBEKE Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 06 at 12:56AM
	I have also got some problems with this function, not the sames, but try these http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=264&PN=1

swb1 Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 05 Dec 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 100	Post Options Post Reply Quote swb1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 06 at 10:02AM
	This Code... quickPDF.SplitPageText(0); While quickPDF.LayerCount > 1 do begin quickPDF.SelectLayer(1); quickPDF.DeleteLayer; end; Memo1.Lines.Text := quickPDF.GetPageText( 3 ); ...gives the same results as before - only a few of the first characters. Edited by swb1

ixm7 Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 13 Jan 06 Status: Offline Points: 68	Post Options Post Reply Quote ixm7 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 06 at 10:45AM
	Thanks! So we know that trying to play with Layers doesn't fix the issue. It's strange that the text is clearly there in the pdf, and the function finds it, but then it fails to recognize all of it. Many thanks for the detective work... - Ido