You can take the user to the correct page in the pdf file? For example, if the user searches for the phrase "Hello, World", the search results will show a link to the pdf doc that contains that page, and when the user clicks on that link it will open the pdf to the page that has that phrase?
----- Original Message ---- From: Anthony Ferrara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 3, 2008 6:18:48 PM Subject: Re: [joomla] Quark to html Highlight the text? I can do that... It's not easy, but I can do it... ;-) --- Donna Marie Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Joomla component that does that. It's > called PDF Indexer. It creates a searchable text > file for the pdf. When you find it in the search > results it tells you which pdf it's in along with a > link to open the pdf. > > But this client wants the search results to take you > to the location of the keyword in the pdf. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Anthony Ferrara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 3, 2008 12:55:52 PM > Subject: Re: [joomla] Quark to html > > well... I do have a class that I wrote that can > extract all text from a pdf... > > BTW, there IS a good site search... It's called > Google Mini... > --- forest mars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Graham Spice > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Too bad the PDF indexer didn't work - that would > > have been the best, I > > > think. > > > > > > > Adobe had the chance to make pdf the format of > > choice for moving print media > > to the web. > > > > They dropped that ball long ago. pdf's work for > what > > they are --portable > > documents-- but are completely inadequate for > > websites. > > > > Since indexing doesn't work, you're just as well > off > > to go with Flash. Oh, > > and lose the Quark too. > > > > InDesign supports XML templating for print and > while > > it has an export > > function for web based workflows, IMO the better > > solution is just to call > > the same XML from Flash that you call from > InDesign > > for print. Easy peasy. > > > > Obviously this leaves the indexibility problem > > unsolved, but preserves the > > design. Fixing indexibility may likely be a matter > > of passing off the XML > > page to the correct handler. If anyone is really > > interested in this, I'll > > save it for another email. > > > > HTH, > > > > Forest > > -- > > "In theory, theory and practice are exactly the > > same. > > In practice, they're completely different." > > > _______________________________________________ > > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
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