Tilman, You don't need to research it for me. If I ever need to use PDFBox to create content, I'll research how to make pageLabels then. For now, I'm able to proceed without dealing with that detail.
You have been very helpful. Dave Patterson On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 16.05.2017 um 15:30 schrieb David Patterson: > >> Tilman, >> >> Thanks. That was what I had come to realize when the PageLabels were null. >> >> Just out of curiosity, how do page labels get created? >> > > I don't know, if somebody would really need to create these, I would have > to research it by looking at the API. > > Tilman > > > > >> Dave Patterson >> >> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Sadly for you, that one has nothing to do with page labels. It's really >>> just a footer on the page. And there is no concept of "footer" in PDF. >>> It's >>> just text at the bottom. >>> >>> Tilman >>> >>> >>> Am 16.05.2017 um 15:21 schrieb David Patterson: >>> >>> They show up when I print the PDF or open it to read it. I want to >>>> extract >>>> the Table of Contents from each of > 100 PDFs so I can make a >>>> super-Table >>>> of Contents and allow users to search for the document they need to >>>> read. >>>> (The file name of the desired contents is not obvious, and so with a >>>> consolidated Table of Contents, a more novice user can find the content >>>> they want to read and open the correct document to see the text. These >>>> are >>>> Standard Operating Procedures for a 24x7 production facility and the >>>> operators might need to review what to do in case of a problem. >>>> >>>> I was hoping that in the transition from Word (where the documents are >>>> authored, the saving as a PDF and combining them into Portfolios some >>>> part >>>> of the process would have identified it as a page label, but I guess >>>> that >>>> did not happen. >>>> >>>> I'm able to find the text of that string since it only occurs in the >>>> footer >>>> of the page. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Dave Patterson >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Tilman Hausherr <[email protected] >>>> > >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Am 16.05.2017 um 14:35 schrieb David Patterson: >>>> >>>>> Tilman, >>>>> >>>>>> The code I tried is: >>>>>> >>>>>> byte[] bytes = // content of file as a byte array >>>>>> PDDocument pdDocument = PDDocument.load( bytes ); >>>>>> PDDocumentCatalog cat2 = pdDocument.getDocumentCatalog(); >>>>>> PDPageLabels pageLabels = cat2.getPageLabels(); >>>>>> if ( pageLabels == null ) { >>>>>> System.out.println( "Page labels missing " ); >>>>>> } >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm getting "Page labels missing" on each document. >>>>>> >>>>>> Then lets go back to the beginning. You mentioned "I've got page >>>>>> numbers >>>>>> >>>>> like "TOC-1", "TOC-2", "Page 1"". Where did these show up? >>>>> >>>>> Tilman >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have no idea of, or control over the process used to convert a Word >>>>> >>>>>> file >>>>>> into a PDF. I just inherited a bunch of PDFs that I'm trying to >>>>>> interpret. >>>>>> >>>>>> Dave Patterson >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Tilman Hausherr < >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Am 15.05.2017 um 19:11 schrieb David Patterson: >>>>>> >>>>>> Alas, after testing with my documents, the PageLabels is null. :-( >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But you said it has "TOC-1". This sounds like pagelabels. You can >>>>>>>> also >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> try >>>>>>> with PDFDebugger, it will show the labels if there are some. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tilman >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you for the help and encouragement. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dave Patterson >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Tilman Hausherr < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Am 15.05.2017 um 18:30 schrieb David Patterson: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Tilman, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thank you very much. (I feel bad asking some of the questions, but >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> data >>>>>>>>>> is stored in "out of the way" corners that are hard to find. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Don't :-) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Is there any documentation that explains how the linkages work? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Would >>>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> help to have the PDF Standard Document? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Yes. I read there all the time. The PDFBox API closely follows the >>>>>>>>>> PDF >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> specification. So here it's linked from the document catalog, so >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> methods used are in the PDDocumentCatalog class. But asking was a >>>>>>>>> good >>>>>>>>> decision as this got you that convenience method (that is in >>>>>>>>> PDFDebugger). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Tilman >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Dave Patterson >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Tilman Hausherr < >>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Am 15.05.2017 um 15:20 schrieb David Patterson: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I've now got my code working to iterate through a PDDocument and >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> process >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> page by page. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Next hurdle: Is there a way to get the page number as printed? >>>>>>>>>>>> I've >>>>>>>>>>>> got >>>>>>>>>>>> page numbers like "TOC-1", "TOC-2", "Page 1", ... >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> How much work is it to get the "TOC-1"? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Dave Patterson >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> /** >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> * Convenience method to get the page label if >>>>>>>>>>>> available. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>>>>> * @param document >>>>>>>>>>> * @param pageIndex 0-based page number. >>>>>>>>>>> * @return a page label or null if not available. >>>>>>>>>>> */ >>>>>>>>>>> public static String getPageLabel(PDDocument document, >>>>>>>>>>> int >>>>>>>>>>> pageIndex) >>>>>>>>>>> { >>>>>>>>>>> PDPageLabels pageLabels; >>>>>>>>>>> try >>>>>>>>>>> { >>>>>>>>>>> pageLabels = document.getDocumentCatalog(). >>>>>>>>>>> getPageLabels(); >>>>>>>>>>> } >>>>>>>>>>> catch (IOException ex) >>>>>>>>>>> { >>>>>>>>>>> return ex.getMessage(); >>>>>>>>>>> } >>>>>>>>>>> if (pageLabels != null) >>>>>>>>>>> { >>>>>>>>>>> String[] labels = pageLabels.getLabelsByPageIndi >>>>>>>>>>> ces(); >>>>>>>>>>> if (labels[pageIndex] != null) >>>>>>>>>>> { >>>>>>>>>>> return labels[pageIndex]; >>>>>>>>>>> } >>>>>>>>>>> } >>>>>>>>>>> return null; >>>>>>>>>>> } >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>>>>>> --------- >>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>>>>>> --------- >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>>>> --------- >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>> --------- >>>>>>> >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
