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Extract web / email links

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Topic: Extract web / email links

Posted By: ZarkoGajic
Subject: Extract web / email links
Date Posted: 18 May 10 at 2:01PM

Hi,

What would be the easiest way to extract web links like "http://" or "www.site.com" and email links like "mailto:mail@domain.com" or "mail@domain.com" from an existing PDF document?

The GetAnnotStrProperty(111) would retrieve the annotation link value.

I am looking for a way to extract those "web-like" links that a PDF reader would represent as web links and ask to open a web browser or start the default email client.

-zarko

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-zarko gajic

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Posted By: Ingo
Date Posted: 18 May 10 at 3:31PM

Hi Zarko!

You need this page:
http://www.quickpdflibrary.com/help/quickpdf/AnnotationsAndHotspotLinks.php
Additional there was an older newsletter from Rowan or Karl explaining how to separate these links.
I think you should go on the official supportpages. There you'll find these things.

Cheers, Ingo

Posted By: ZarkoGajic
Date Posted: 18 May 10 at 3:35PM

Ingo,

Thanks. I'm aware of the Annotations related function.

I'm looking for the best way to extract text and look for "web-alike" patterns :)

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-zarko gajic

Posted By: dsola
Date Posted: 27 May 10 at 3:57PM

Hi,

brute force ?
GetPageText or direct access equivalent method and then search.
If all links have same font or colour search would be simple.

Pozdrav iz Nove

Davor

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registered QuickPDF user

Posted By: ZarkoGajic
Date Posted: 27 May 10 at 4:09PM

Davore, thanks ... that's how it was done :)

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-zarko gajic

Posted By: Ingo
Date Posted: 27 May 10 at 6:10PM

Hi!

I don't think that GetPageText will work in every case.
With GetPageText you'll get things like "please klick on this link to enter the website"
but you won't get the real link behind.

You can do this things by yourself, too.
I've made an Unencryption and search for things like http and so on in the real file-content.

Cheers, Ingo