Thanks Kevy!!! Actually I did install pdf-reader and inspector gems. These ahems are really great when we work on single pdf document. Yet for comparison between the two pdf files , I am nog aware how these gems can be used. Can you please help in understanding how can FileUtils be used for two pdf file comparison? Thanks for your reply...
Regards Gauri On Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 8:34:47 AM UTC-5, Super Kevy wrote: > > Why not just to ruby FileUtils file compare the *.pdf? > > BTW: other readers that are 100% gems are > http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/pdf-reader/1.3.3 PDF-Reader > https://github.com/prawnpdf/pdf-inspector PDF-Inspector > > > On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 8:23:29 PM UTC-5, Gauri Kuwar wrote: >> >> Hello All, >> Code for reading through a pdf was really helpful. >> Yet we need to compare two pdf's both text and appearance and save the >> differences if any. >> Can anybody suggest on automating the above scenario using ruby? >> >> Thanks >> Gauri >> >> On Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 10:02:36 AM UTC-5, Wesley Chen wrote: >>> >>> Hi, Juuser, >>> Thank you very much for this post, but when I run the command: >>> system("pdftotext.exe -layout c:\\hello.pdf c:\\test.txt") >>> I get warning message: >>> *Error (0): PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref >>> table...* >>> I get the test.txt with an unexpected character in the end. >>> Please see the file attached. >>> >>> So do you have any choice to avoid it? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> Wesley Chen. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:17 AM, juuser <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Try to do it something like this so you only need to have this >>>> pdftotext.exe >>>> >>>> First, try it on your command line to see if that works correctly: >>>> pdftotext.exe -layout input.pdf output.txt >>>> >>>> or omit the -layout switch... >>>> >>>> Now, in Ruby just call the exe with: >>>> >>>> raise "failed!" unless system("pdftotext.exe -layout input.pdf >>>> output.txt") >>>> >>>> Now you can just read the output from file for example: >>>> data = File.readlines("output.txt") >>>> >>>> this should solve your problem about different Ruby versions. >>>> >>>> Hope this helps. >>>> On Aug 9, 3:04 am, Vijay <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Thanks Sameh and Juuser for your valuable and crystal-clear replies. >>>> > The code, which you provided worked like a gem. Now, we are able to >>>> > read 'pdf' files using Ruby. >>>> > >>>> > However, there is a small obstacle. The application, which were >>>> > trying to automate with Watir, has a lot of 'Modal Dialogs' and so, we >>>> > are using 'Ruby 1.82', which, according to the instructions given in >>>> > "http://wtr.rubyforge.org";, only can support these dialogs. The >>>> 'pdf- >>>> > toolkit' code, though works perfectly with Ruby 1.85 (the latest but >>>> > one version of Ruby), it does not work with "Ruby 1.82". The code >>>> > throws some error "undefined method gem or something in one of its >>>> > internal files". >>>> > >>>> > So, I was wondering if it was possible to change the value of the >>>> > "Environment Variable", 'Path', through a 'DOS' command to point to >>>> > the 'Ruby 1.85' installation in the same computer and running this >>>> > 'pdf_read' program so as to execute it. Is this (having two versions >>>> > of Ruby installed in the computer and switching between versions >>>> > whenever needed) possible? or if there is any other way to get round >>>> > this? >>>> > >>>> > Thanks again,Vijay. >>>> > >>>> > On Aug 4, 2:26 am, Sameh <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > HeyVijay, >>>> > > The process is a little complicated and not so straightforward. >>>> > >>>> > > First you will need to download pdftk. Download these files and >>>> > > extract the files only in the C:\windows\system32 folder. >>>> http://www.accesspdf.com/article.php/20041130153545577 >>>> > >>>> > > Secondly you will need to download and isntall xpdf : >>>> http://pdf-toolkit.rubyforge.org/ >>>> > > Extract those files into the C:\windows\system32 folder also >>>> > >>>> > > Then you will need the PDF::TOOLKIT gem. This can be found >>>> herehttp://rubyforge.org/projects/pdf-toolkit/ >>>> > >>>> > > Basically this will convert the pdf to a textfile and you can do >>>> what >>>> > > you like with it. In the following example I have just read a file >>>> on >>>> > > my c:\ and displayed it using the 'puts' command. >>>> > >>>> > > require 'rubygems' >>>> > > require 'pdf/toolkit' >>>> > >>>> > > my_pdf = PDF::Toolkit.open("c:\\file.pdf") >>>> > > text = my_pdf.to_text.read >>>> > > puts text >>>> > >>>> > > I hope that helps a little. >>>> > > Cheers >>>> > > Sameh. >>>> > >>>> > >Vijaywrote: >>>> > > > Hello people, >>>> > >>>> > > > In our project, which we are trying to automate with Watir, we >>>> need to >>>> > > > read check the contents of a 'PDF report' that comes embedded in >>>> a >>>> > > > 'IE' window like the following >>>> > >>>> > > > <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> >>>> > >>>> > > > <BODY leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 scroll=no><EMBED src=http:// >>>> > > > 192.1.2.24:10041/servlets/elite/shared/attachment/N/ >>>> > > > RECEIPT_08012008_014938.pdf width="100%" height="100%" >>>> > > > type=application/pdf fullscreen="yes"></BODY></HTML> >>>> > >>>> > > > Can the contents of this file be read in Ruby after saving it in >>>> the >>>> > > > hardrive? When we use 'File.read' statement, Ruby outputs some >>>> junk >>>> > > > values like the following, >>>> > >>>> > > > %PDF-1.4 >>>> > > > 1 0 obj <</Type /Catalog /Pages 2 0 R >> >>>> > > > endobj >>>> > > > 2 0 obj <</Type /Pages /Count 1 /Kids [3 0 R] /MediaBox [0 0 792 >>>> > > > 612]>> >>>> > > > endobj >>>> > > > 3 0 obj <</Type /Page /Parent 2 0 R /Resources 4 0 R /Contents 6 >>>> 0 R>> >>>> > > > endobj >>>> > > > 4 0 obj <</ProcSet 5 0 R /Font 100 0 R>>...... >>>> > >>>> > > > Thanks for your time, >>>> > > >Vijay.- Hide quoted text - >>>> > >>>> > > - Show quoted text - >>>> >>>> >>> -- -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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