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2010-06-19 23:56:03
kshailove
Registered: Jun 19 2010
Posts: 2

hello,
I am newbie to this, please forgive me for dumb questions.
I have more than 100 pdfs which are password protected. I need to open these files one by one, search for a text which matches a fixed pattern, extract that text into a doc or xls file. Doing all this manually is very cumbersome.

Any ideas how to automate this? I explored Advanced Batch Processing but didnt get an idea on how to use it.

I would really appreciate any help regarding this.

Thanks
ks

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro Extended 9.3.1, Windows
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2010-06-22 09:30:18
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thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Opening files and searching for text isn't a problem. It's the password protected part. If the file can only be opened with a password Acrobat demands user interaction. If changes are password protected then you are ok.

Look in the javaScript references for the "doc.getPageNthWord" function

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

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