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Editing pdf content programmatically

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2011-04-08 08:22:33
dfxoreilly
Registered: Mar 12 2010
Posts: 4

I am developing an application to extract certain features from a PDF and programmatically edit those features according to prespecified algorithms. For example an API to extract the location of a particular image or piece of text (say upper left corner of text box) would be extremely useful).

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Acrobat Pro 10.0, Windows
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2011-04-08 13:05:26
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try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
You need to define what you mean by "certain features". Extracting the location of an image is not possible with JavaScript. However, you can get the location (in quad form) of a certain word.

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2011-04-08 13:37:18
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dfxoreilly
Registered: Mar 12 2010
Posts: 4
Suppose a PDF contained a bar code and one wanted to change the color of the bar code from black to red programmatically.
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2011-04-08 13:45:52
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try67
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Not with JavaScript.

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2011-04-08 14:33:23
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gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
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If you could make that bar code a from field, then JavaScript could perform the task.

George Kaiser

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