Paulo Thanks for the confirmation. I thought it was going to be so easy, it looks so simple when you use Acrobat! I assume that Adobe's PDF Library will have the right functionality, but I suspect it is too expensive for a small volunteer effort such as us.
Signing off now. Best regards John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paulo Soares > Sent: 12 April 2005 20:55 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] PDF Searching > > > The answer still applies. To seach the doc you need to > extract first the text. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Kendall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 6:23 PM > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] PDF Searching > > > > > From: Paulo Soares <varioni <at> yahoo.com> > > Subject: Re: PDF Searching > > iText can't help you there. There are some free tools > > that can extract text from pdfs like xpdf. > > Paolo > > Thanks for the reply, but I'm not sure if you understood what > I wanted. I already have the document scanned into PDF > format (I can supply a small part of it if you want) and > although it is images it is text searchable (at least with > acrobat). I do not need to extract text as such, just search > the document and publish the single page where a match is found. > > Does your answer still apply? > > Many thanks > > John > > --- John Kendall <john.kendall <at> eurostep.com> wrote: > > > > > > I am considering using itext but I am not sure it > > can do what I want it to. > > I represent a voluntary historical society which > > publishes transcriptions > > of archives online (search.fibis.org). We want to > > publish digitised > > documents which the public can search as well. We > > currently have been > > donated some C19th directories which nave been > > scanned as a mono PDF - fully > > searchable. What I want to do is put that onto the > > site and allow people to > > search it with the relevant page being returned to > > user's browser - rather > > like what is done at www.historicaldirectories.org. > > > > Is this going to be possible with itext. > > > > Any advice gratefully received. > > > > Thanks > > > > John > > > > > > John Kendall > > http://www.jkaywebdesign.com > > http://www.kendall-family.org http://www.indian-cemeteries.org > > Preserving information for future access > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
