Another option is the Balabolka Text Extract Utility, I have used it with success in the past.
https://www.cross-plus-a.com/btext.htm This is the command line version, so you can run it from VFP. Example usage: blb2txt -f "My file.pdf" -out "My file.txt" The program has many options, for example you can process many files at once. Gianni On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:46:50 +0000, Chris Davis <chr...@actongate.co.uk> wrote: Forgot Ghostscript could do that, thank you Alan ... works a treat ? -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech <profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com> On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Friday, January 12, 2024 11:27 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: PDF Scraping Chris This is not easy in general and probably not possible without going outside of VFP. You're probably looking at leveraging Ghostcript somehow to parse the PDF files and dump the text out. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/j4v4qi117amg36259o7st5reqqa1l2i...@4ax.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
