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search with regex and add screentip to certain text of a PDF document

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2009-09-09 01:59:32
gavin2u
Registered: Jul 3 2009
Posts: 76
Answered

Hi, guys

I wanna search text with regex pattern in a PDF document, when matched text found in the document, add screen tip to it

screen tip is like title property in html code, as follows,

Quote:

link text

after add it successfully, the screen tip would display once i point to the text with mouse.

so, you see, HOW could i search with regex, and add the screen tip? is there any way.

OR,

Is there any alternative way to display my screen tips when i point to it?

thanks in advance :)

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gavin

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
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2009-09-09 17:01:28
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gavin2u
Registered: Jul 3 2009
Posts: 76
just now, when i select a part of text in my PDF document, i right click on it, and in the content menu, i find a menu item: Underline text(Comment).

i believe this would be an alternative method, but how could i access it using javascript?

BTW, the screen tip would be the best way, hope there be any solution.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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gavin
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2009-09-10 00:16:39
#2
try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
Look at the Annotation object in the reference files.

(ps - did you get my PM?)

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2009-09-10 19:02:09
#3
gavin2u
Registered: Jul 3 2009
Posts: 76
try67 wrote:
Look at the Annotation object in the reference files.(ps - did you get my PM?)
Annotation object?

k, i will check it out later. thanks for ur reply :)

PM, mmm, i have just read it, however, i could not get access to blogspot.com from China. :(

Would you please send the content directly using PM? thanks so much.

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gavin
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2009-09-13 05:44:46
#4
gavin2u
Registered: Jul 3 2009
Posts: 76
I now could add annotation using js.

but, how could i search the certain text, and add the very annotation to it?

var annot = this.addAnnot({type: "Square",page: 59,rect: [100,100,200,150],author: "refer key",name: "annot0001",popupOpen: false,popupRect: [100,100,200,150],contents: "Hi World!",strokeColor: color.red,fillColor: ["RGB",1,1,.855],noteIcon: "Key",opacity: 1.0,width: 0});

the above is an example of adding annotation, and successfully and tooltip to some rect area.
and also i could convert it to underline annotation.

so, now, the problem is Searching with Regex.

var myRegex = /\d{1,3}\.\t/;

.... so, what is next?

I look forward to any response, and thanks for try67 reply again. :)
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2009-09-13 10:10:44
#5
gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4308
There is annotation type of 'Underline' you can use instead of 'Square'

George Kaiser

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2009-09-13 18:27:21
#6
gavin2u
Registered: Jul 3 2009
Posts: 76
gkaiseril wrote:
There is annotation type of 'Underline' you can use instead of 'Square'
yep, i mentioned this in my reply above:

gavin2u wrote:
the above is an example of adding annotation, and successfully and tooltip to some rect area.
and also i could convert it to underline annotation.
actually, i now use underline annotation instead of square. thx. :)
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