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Required plugins for this example: MBS DynaPDF Plugin
You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /DynaPDF/Extract Texts
This example is the version from Fri, 4th Feb 2021.
Project "Extract Texts.xojo_binary_project"
Class App Inherits Application
Const kEditClear = "&Delete"
Const kFileQuit = "&Quit"
Const kFileQuitShortcut = ""
EventHandler Sub NewDocument()
Dim f As FolderItem = GetOpenFolderItem("")
If f <> Nil Then
OpenDocument f
End If
End EventHandler
EventHandler Sub OpenDocument(item As FolderItem)
Dim w As New MainWindow
w.Load item
End EventHandler
End Class
Class MainWindow Inherits Window
Control PageSlider Inherits Slider
ControlInstance PageSlider Inherits Slider
EventHandler Sub ValueChanged()
LoadPage
End EventHandler
End Control
Control Output Inherits TextArea
ControlInstance Output Inherits TextArea
End Control
Sub Load(file as FolderItem)
pdf = New DynaPDFMBS
pdf.SetLicenseKey "Lite" // For this example you can use a Lite, Pro or Enterprise License
Call pdf.CreateNewPDF(Nil)
// we don't need all, so only content please.
dim ImportFlags as Integer = BitwiseOr(pdf.kifContentOnly, pdf.kifImportAsPage)
Call pdf.SetImportFlags(ImportFlags)
If pdf.OpenImportFile(file, pdf.kptOpen, "")<>0 Then
MsgBox "error loading pdf"
Quit
End If
// import all pages
Call pdf.ImportPDFFile(1)
// configure slider for all pages
PageSlider.Minimum = 1
PageSlider.Maximum = pdf.GetPageCount
PageSlider.Value = 1 // triggers LoadPage
End Sub
Sub LoadPage()
Dim page As Integer = PageSlider.Value
System.DebugLog CurrentMethodName+": "+Str(page)
// default flags
Dim flags As Integer = pdf.ktefDefault
// extract text from that page
Dim Text As String
Dim b As Boolean = pdf.ExtractText(page, flags, Text)
// standardize line endings
Text = ReplaceLineEndings(Text, EndOfLine)
output.Text = Text
End Sub
Property PDF As DynaPDFMBS
End Class
MenuBar MainMenuBar
MenuItem FileMenu = "&File"
MenuItem FileQuit = "#App.kFileQuit"
MenuItem EditMenu = "&Edit"
MenuItem EditUndo = "&Undo"
MenuItem EditSeparator1 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "Cu&t"
MenuItem EditCopy = "&Copy"
MenuItem EditPaste = "&Paste"
MenuItem EditClear = "#App.kEditClear"
MenuItem EditSeparator2 = "-"
MenuItem EditSelectAll = "Select &All"
End MenuBar
End Project
See also:
The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS DynaPDF Plugin.
