Open a pdf with a text to search in argument. SOLVED

[gauthierDC]

Hi,
I would like to know if there is a way to open a pdf with a text to search in argument.
Example: search "Tel: +44 (0)20 8503 8711" in the .\Help\PDFXVE10Sm.pdf file

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PS C:\Program Files\Tracker Software\PDF Editor> .\PDFXEdit.exe .\Help\PDFXVE10Sm.pdf -s  "Tel: +44 (0)20 8503 8711"

In my situation, i have a string generated by an external software, and I need to make sure that it is well positioned in the pdf (manual visual inspection).

Since I have a lot of information to seek, and the inspection is really quick, jumping from a software to another and copy past the text to search is time consuming.
Thanks!

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, gauthierDC

I don't believe there is a way to do so via the command line options offered, but I am checking with the Dev team to see if there is a possibility I am unaware of.

[Edit] I am apparently losing memory like a faucet this week - there most definitely is a command line option for this, which I have used in the past and just forgot exists.

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PDFXEdit.exe /A search="sample search words" “D:\test.pdf”

Enjoy!

Kind regards,

[gauthierDC]

Great! Exactly what I was looking for!

Having a web page with the arguments at launch would be appreciable

[Willy Van Nuffel]

That list is available in the on-line manual for PDF-XChange Editor (currently version 10):

https://help.pdf-xchange.com/pdfxe10/co ... ns_ed.html

Look for the switch "/open" ("/A" can also be used for this command).

Kind regards.

[gauthierDC]

Thanks!
These options are really powerful

[Sean - PDF-XChange]

Hi gauthierDC,

Glad to hear that was of some assistance to you, and thanks as always to Willy for his help here.

Kind regards,