PDF Comparison

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   Hi,

Would it be possible to advice me a best practise to compare 2 pdf files which is of similar format, but has slight differences (ex: number, lines, alligment, spcial charactors etc).

if there is a code which will do this work for me would really be appriciated. Also please let me know the different technologies which will do this work, i know couple of softwares, but those softwares am not suppose to install into my system. Please help me out!

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pdfissue Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 07 Dec 12 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote pdfissue Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: PDF Comparison Posted: 07 Dec 12 at 11:19AM
	Hi, Would it be possible to advice me a best practise to compare 2 pdf files which is of similar format, but has slight differences (ex: number, lines, alligment, spcial charactors etc). if there is a code which will do this work for me would really be appriciated. Also please let me know the different technologies which will do this work, i know couple of softwares, but those softwares am not suppose to install into my system. Please help me out!

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3529	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Dec 12 at 11:33AM
	Hi! To compare two documents regarding the layout i would use GetContentStreamToString and in the end i would compare these two strings. To compare two documents regarding the textcontent i would use GetPageText putting the content into strings and in the end i would compare these two strings. I don't know if this is BEST practice but it works. Hope i could give you some ideas ;-) Cheers and welcome here, Ingo Edited by Ingo - 07 Dec 12 at 11:34AM