To put XPDF in selection more, use
XPDFViewer_ChooseMouseMode "Document1",pMode -- "browse", "selection",
"image"
To select a range of text on (or across) page(s), use
XPDFViewer_Select "Document1",item 1 of tPDFPageRef,item 2 of
tPDFPageRef,item 3 of tPDFPageRef,item 4 of tPDFPageRef
See
Bob.
Am I missing some context here?
Craig
> On Mar 20, 2025, at 7:44 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode =
wrote:
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> Hi all.=3D20
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> I am able to load a fillable PDF form, and I see the actual form data, =
all =3D
> well and good. There are functions that allow me to get the selection, =
Hi all.=20
I am able to load a fillable PDF form, and I see the actual form data, all =
well and good. There are functions that allow me to get the selection, but =
there is no way to select the text! I just get the hand icon for scrolling =
the page by dragging. Is there a way to switch to a sele
Wow. That is not what I typed! Apple mail has become possessed!=20
Bob S
> On Mar 20, 2025, at 3:58 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
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Bob, please try to remove the spell from your email client! 8-)
> Am 21.03.2025 um 16:52 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode =
:
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> Am 21.03.2025 um 16:52 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode =
:
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Thanks Paul, that is very helpful. You are correct of course, I cannot sele=
ct the form data. Very unfortunate. I already have a request in to see if X=
PDF can be made to do so. I seem to remember however that XPDF was done by =
another developer and cannot be modified. I could be mistaken though
XPDF was originally developed by Monte for Researchware, Inc. built on
the open source Google PDFium library, to my specifications.
Later, Livecode acquired the XPDF external (and independently, Monte)
:-) Actually, the order was Livecode acquired Monte and then, I
presented Livecode with an o
I think the only approach now is to run the document through an OCR applica=
tion, so that the resulting text will simply be a part of the text layer. I=
t makes me wonder if there is a way to make an OCR external...
Bob S
> On Mar 21, 2025, at 8:05 AM, Bob Sneidar wr=
ote:
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> Thanks Paul,
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