I have to write a search application which will read the PDF files and display the results based on search keywords. I am totally naive to Perl. However, after...
I have downloaded the API2.pm file and placed it in /perl/lib and /perl/site/lib directories. #!"D:/Program Files/Perl/bin/perl" -w use strict; use PDF::API2; ...
Or, a safer method would be to use PPM to install it. Jamie ... Or, a safer method would be to use PPM to install it. Jamie merajunk_merahai wrote: I have ...
Thanks for your help. Jamie: Can you tell me what is PPM. I tried to run the Makefile.PL after unzipping the tar files from the http://pdfapi2.sourceforge.net/...
I've used pdf::api2 to create all kinds of pdfs for different things. However now I have to change a pdf file that already exists. One I didn't create. I'm...
I'm assuming you're using ActiveState's Win32 ActivePerl. If so, it comes with a batch file called "PPM.BAT". PPM stands for Perl Package Manager (or...
Jamie: Once again I thank you for your time and help. I tried to use PPM and here is what I get: D:\Program Files\Perl\bin>PPM.bat PPM interactive shell...
Are you behind a firewall? If so, you have to set the following System Environment variable: Variable: HTTP_proxy Value: (your proxy) for example, for me,...
Jamie: I am at my home and have DSL connection. So, I don't think, I am behind a firewall. I un-installed 5.6 and installed the latest one 5.8 on my machine ...
OK I was successful in installing PDF::API2 in my ActiveState version of Perl on Windows 2000. Here's what I did: 1. Downloaded PDF::API2 from CPAN. 2. Looked...
That's OK. No question is stupid! :) Can you provide a copy of your perl script? I didn't test the PDF::API2 installation I just did. There are a lot of ...
You are an angel Jamie!!! I can't thank you enough. Here is the script. I am using this for testing purpose. My real task is to write a search app which will...
Jamie: Here is another script which reads a PDF file: #!"D:/Perl/bin/perl" -w use PDF::API2; $pdf = PDF::API2->new; $pdf = PDF::API2->open('test.pdf'); $page =...
I got this for converting my PDF files into HTML and it's free. http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdftohtml/ [free] After conversion, my searching is a piece of...
Hi, I wanted to patch PDF::API2's importpage to include form elements when it imports a page, but the simple hacks I tried (inserting Annots into the array of...
Merajunk, Sorry I haven't replied to your messages. I only get these at work. What did you do to get your PDF::API2 working? That "Use of /c modifier is...
OK another question. If I use the save_xml() method to convert my PDF file to text, how would I go about weeding out just the text of the document? Jamie...
hi! sorry for the silence, but the holydays * family as always. i'm currently finishing 0.3a28 (rel. mid-jan) and if it's well-received i'll bump it to 0.3b1...
Here is a patch to make the importpage method also import form data and annotations.
COMMENTS (on the patch)
* I don't think it will handle AcroForm Field...
hi! after fighting with santa-clause and our infamous new-year hangover ... ... TATAAA ... i'd like to announce PDF::API2 version 0.3a28 Features/Changes: -...
... and forgot the most important one ! - removed dependancy on Font::TTF so the only module you're required to install is Compress::Zlib :) --fredo...
Alfred, I know you probably have a million things on your plate, but: Wouldn't it be nice if you could get to the elements that have been placed on a PDF page....
i'd urge you to convert the pdf to ps beforehand using the "pdftops" tool coming with xpdf 2.01 http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ it does a far better job than gs. ...
hi! any language is supported via Truetype and UTF8, so if you have a properly constructed TTFont (those comming with windows and coreldraw are) and using the...
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