From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Can't view text segments in certain PDF
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:58:19 -0000
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From: "Jake C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Can't view text segments in certain PDF
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> What did you do to the original document to create your modified
version?
Removed the invisible text rendering.
> Why can't the TreeViewPDF tool view the Content of either my original
> version or your modified version? Is it possible to make the structure
of
It probably has limitations. You should look at
http://www.windjack.com/products/pdfcanopener.html.
> one that doesn't convert to FlashPaper to look like the one that DOES
> convert to FlashPaper using iText?
>
That's something that can't be done without the Flash environment and it
goes somewhat above the scope of this mailing list.
Paulo
>>From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Can't view text segments in certain PDF
>>files
>>Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:50:46 -0000
>>
>>The text pasted from the PDF to the clipboard is correct. It will
probably
>>require more investigation but not related to iText.
>>
>>Paulo
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Jake C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: <[email protected]>
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 6:33 PM
>>Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Can't view text segments in certain PDF
>>files
>>
>>
>> > No, there is actually text there now, but not a single one is
>> > alphanumeric.
>> > I'm pasting in the text that I copied/pasted into notepad:
>> >
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>> >>From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >>Reply-To: Post all your questions about iText here
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>> >>To: "Post all your questions about iText here"
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>> >>Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Can't view text segments in certain
PDF
>> >>files
>> >>Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:02:04 -0000
>> >>
>> >>See if it works now.
>> >>
>> >>Paulo
>> >>
>> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >>To: <[email protected]>
>> >>Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 4:44 PM
>> >>Subject: [iText-questions] Can't view text segments in certain PDF
>> >>files
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>We use an OCR product to generate a PDF from a TIF with the original
>> >>>image
>> >>>plus hidden text, so that you can search/select the text, but only
see
>> >>>the
>> >>>originally scanned image. We then use Adobe FlashPaper 2 to turn it
>>into
>> >>>a
>> >>>SWF that can be imbedded in a web page. However, the hidden text is
>>being
>> >>>stripped out of the final SWF, so that it is no longer searchable.
>>Adobe
>> >>>considers this a "limitation" (we consider it a "bug"). Most other
OCR
>> >>>software has the same problem as the platform we chose, but there is
>>one
>> >>>that seems to convert to SWF just fine. In an attempt to find out
what
>> >>>the
>> >>>difference was between the two files, I tried to use the Tree Viewer
>>from
>> >>>iText to examine the contents of the files. However, when I select
the
>> >>>Content node of the one that gets the text stripped out, I don't see
>> >>>anything. If I use the API to try to extract the Stream directly, I
>> >>>get
>>a
>> >>>NullPointerException.
>> >>>
>> >>>So I guess I really have two questions.
>> >>>
>> >>>1) Is there something wrong with how the PDF is constructed that we
>> >>>cannot
>> >>>examine the text content with iText, or is there a bug in iText?
>> >>>
>> >>>2) Is there a way we can manipulate the PDF from the OCR software we
>> >>>chose
>> >>>to make it structurally look like the one that actually keeps the
text
>> >>>when
>> >>>converted to SWF?
>> >>>
>> >>>I'm attaching a copy of the two files (0112_094_no_text_select.pdf
>> >>>from
>> >>>our
>> >>>selected OCR product, which we cannot view the text content, and
>> >>>0112_094_text_select.pdf from the other product, which we CAN view
the
>> >>>text
>> >>>content, and actually keeps the text in the SWF) in a zip file.
>> >>>
>> >>>OK, it seems I can't attach a file, or the message gets refused.
I've
>> >>>uploaded it to
>>http://www.sharebigfile.com/file/116699/0112-094-zip.html
>> >>>
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