Hesham, sorry, I wasn't clear. I didn't mean that PDFBox should be able to extract the text, but only the meta-information the same way that my program does. I thought that Faisal was looking for that information.
Cheers Thomas Am 10.11.2009 um 11:58 schrieb Hesham G.: > Thanks Thomas ... > > I don't see the reason why you are saying PDFBox can extract it. This PDF > allows only printing for users, I tried extracting text as a user but it > failed. > > Best regards , > Hesham > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Thomas Fischer" <fischer...@aon.at> > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 5:57 PM > To: <pdfbox-users@incubator.apache.org> > Subject: Re: PDF Permissions > >> Faisal, >> >> I am afraid this may not be helping you, but for this kind of question I >> use my Mac with program "Skim" and AppleScript. >> The result on Hersham's file is a record >> >> {modification date:date "Sonntag, 20. August 2006 10:37:32", tags: {}, >> title:"Layout Islam_a4K", logical size:8.78712E+5, page count:9, >> producer:"Acrobat Distiller 5.0.5 f.r Macintosh", allows copying:false, >> file size:"860.0 KB (878.712 bytes)", encrypted:true, page size:"21.0 x >> 30.3 cm (21.0 x 30.3 cm)", creation date:date "Sonntag, 20. August 2006 >> 10:32:14", creator:"QuarkXPress. 4.03: AdobePS 8.7.2 (104)", rating:0.0, >> author:"Rolf Thieme", physical size: 8.8064E+5, allows printing:true, >> version:"1.5", file name:"ListOfPublications_Schmidt.pdf"} >> >> Is this what you are looking for? So it is there in any case and pdfbox >> should be able to extract it. >> >> Cheers >> Thomas >> >