Hi,
I'm not shure, but it looks like a bug.
If I select some text by code, it is not possible to call "DeselectAll".
The 2nd question is, how can I select a range of text (e.g. Char 200 - 220) without to know the page No?
...PLEASE see my attachment for a better understanding!
DeselectAll seems not work if selected by code!
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DeselectAll seems not work if selected by code!
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Re: DeselectAll seems not work if selected by code!
I'm afraid that this is really bug. Anyway it will be fixed in new build.If I select some text by code, it is not possible to call "DeselectAll".
You can try to count characters on the document pages to get information which page content specific range. For example please look at the attached sample. But for what exactly do you need such functionality?how can I select a range of text (e.g. Char 200 - 220) without to know the page No?
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Re: DeselectAll seems not work if selected by code!
Thank you. The same way I was already try out. But it is a little bit slowly, if they are PDF's with realy much pages.
But there is another problem:
If I grab all Text with Command "GetAllText". It will give me the complete text incl. all "carriage returns" (vbCrLf). That's realy good - perfect! But if I'want now select some text in the pdf, the textpositions are different - because the viewer seems dont count carriage returns.
For Example:
Content of my PDF is:
"This is Line1
This is Line2"
...the (absolute correct) Result of "GetAllText" is now:
This is Line1<CR>This is Line2
= 27 Chars! (because incl. <CR>!)
...if I want to select now the word "Line2", the correct startposition is 23. But not realy in the viewer-control! The Viewer will start on position 22 - because the viewer will "see the text without CR's", like this: "This is Line1This is Line2"
Hope U and the Tracker-team will understand my bad english!
It is for some protocol. On First step all Text will grab from pdf (with Command "GetAllText") to database. Later, the user searches this "extracted" text - and not the pdf. If he has a hit, the pdf will loaded and showing. But now I have this problem. Because I know the word-position, but I dont know the page-no.Corwin wrote:But for what exactly do you need such functionality?
But there is another problem:
If I grab all Text with Command "GetAllText". It will give me the complete text incl. all "carriage returns" (vbCrLf). That's realy good - perfect! But if I'want now select some text in the pdf, the textpositions are different - because the viewer seems dont count carriage returns.

For Example:
Content of my PDF is:
"This is Line1
This is Line2"
...the (absolute correct) Result of "GetAllText" is now:
This is Line1<CR>This is Line2
= 27 Chars! (because incl. <CR>!)
...if I want to select now the word "Line2", the correct startposition is 23. But not realy in the viewer-control! The Viewer will start on position 22 - because the viewer will "see the text without CR's", like this: "This is Line1This is Line2"
Hope U and the Tracker-team will understand my bad english!

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Re: DeselectAll seems not work if selected by code!
For this case you should setup for GetAllText the second argument to 1(true, means exclude CR/LF symbols from output text, default value is 0), please look 75 page of AX help.
The more PDF's do not contains these symbols(CR/LF) in content, i.e. object ..Pages::<Item>.Text.Chars represents original characters set from PDF, but GetAllText function adds CR/LF automatically into output text (by default, optional).
The more PDF's do not contains these symbols(CR/LF) in content, i.e. object ..Pages::<Item>.Text.Chars represents original characters set from PDF, but GetAllText function adds CR/LF automatically into output text (by default, optional).
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Re: DeselectAll seems not work if selected by code!
Thank you, but can/do you fix the DeselectAll-Bug please? OR Do I anything wrong?
BTW - There are more problems, if seleted text by code:
e.g. The command "GetSelectionState" or "GetAllSelectedText" will also not works...
Please try this to see what I mean:
vDataIn(0) = 2: vDataIn(1) = 5: vDataIn(2) = 0 ' Select some text...
DoVerb "Documents[0].Pages[0].Text", "Select", vDataIn, Nothing ' ...on first page.
DoVerb "Documents[0]", "GetSelectionState", Nothing, vDataOut1, 0 ' Check SelectionState-Status
DoVerb "Documents[0]", "GetAllSelectedText", Nothing, vDataOut2, 0 ' Get Selected Text
MsgBox vDataOut1, "SelectionState" ' ...and U'll see it does not work!
MsgBox vDataOut2, "SelectedText"
BTW - There are more problems, if seleted text by code:
e.g. The command "GetSelectionState" or "GetAllSelectedText" will also not works...
Please try this to see what I mean:
vDataIn(0) = 2: vDataIn(1) = 5: vDataIn(2) = 0 ' Select some text...
DoVerb "Documents[0].Pages[0].Text", "Select", vDataIn, Nothing ' ...on first page.
DoVerb "Documents[0]", "GetSelectionState", Nothing, vDataOut1, 0 ' Check SelectionState-Status
DoVerb "Documents[0]", "GetAllSelectedText", Nothing, vDataOut2, 0 ' Get Selected Text
MsgBox vDataOut1, "SelectionState" ' ...and U'll see it does not work!

MsgBox vDataOut2, "SelectedText"
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Re: DeselectAll seems not work if selected by code!
The first way to improve performance is to extract text from PDF by pages, and mark from which page text was extracted. This information can be used when you want to highlight needed offset on some page.But it is a little bit slowly, if they are PDF's with realy much pages.
The second way is to create additional file with information about characters count on every page of PDF document. Note: getting characters count on some page is much more faster right after document (or page) text extraction.
For VB6 examples please look at the attached sample.
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Re: DeselectAll seems not work if selected by code!
Thx Corwin, meanwhile it works for me with a little Array.
Thank you VERY MUCH - and I like this control more and more...
Thank you VERY MUCH - and I like this control more and more...

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