Replacing Text in a PDF

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   Hello, 

Does anyone know if it's possible to directly replace text in a PDF?  Looking at the help file, ReplaceTag certainly looks promising; but when I use it, however nothing happens.  The following code

QP.SelectPage 1
QP.ReplaceTag "Original text>", "<New text>"

is ineffectual and the only way I have at the moment of replacing text is to draw a white box that covers up the existing text and then draw new text on top of that.

Is there a trick to getting ReplaceTag to work, or does it perhaps not apply to all text in the PDF?  If the latter is true, they is it possible to directly replace text in a PDF?

Thanks.

PhilG

Edited by PhilG - 11 Mar 07 at 10:49PM

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PhilG Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 02 Nov 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote PhilG Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Replacing Text in a PDF Posted: 11 Mar 07 at 10:46PM
	Hello, Does anyone know if it's possible to directly replace text in a PDF? Looking at the help file, ReplaceTag certainly looks promising; but when I use it, however nothing happens. The following code QP.SelectPage 1 QP.ReplaceTag "Original text>", "<New text>" is ineffectual and the only way I have at the moment of replacing text is to draw a white box that covers up the existing text and then draw new text on top of that. Is there a trick to getting ReplaceTag to work, or does it perhaps not apply to all text in the PDF? If the latter is true, they is it possible to directly replace text in a PDF? Thanks. PhilG Edited by PhilG - 11 Mar 07 at 10:49PM
	PhilG

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 07 at 1:51AM
	Hi Phil! Few weeks ago i've mailed with Uli in this case... Replacing text in a pdf-document isn't easy. You need much functionality from a pdf-reader. It's not only replace... it's unencrypt... again encrypt... text can be in objects and not between the "normal" text-tags... There are many things you have to keep in mind when replacing. For my understanding it's ReplaceTag and not ReplaceText ;-) ReplaceTag can replace the tag of beginning textcontent or other objects inside a pdf-document. Best regards, Ingo