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 offer for the XPDF external for a developer
license extension since they had already hired the XPDF developer
(Monte) and I didn't really want to try to find someone else.
Later still, Monte made the PDF Widget for Livecode. The idea is that
the Widget would have replaced the External, but I provided Livecode
with a gap-analysis showing that the Widget lacked a number of features
present in the External, which I have argued should be added to the
Widget if they really want to replace the External.
I never included form support in what Researchware paid Monte to develop
as it was not needed for our specific app (and money was and is still
pretty tight in a tiny company).
In general, I think enhancements (vs bug fixes) to the XPDF external or
the PDF widget by Livecode has been primarily driven by professional
service engagements that paid for the added features, but I don't really
know.
On 3/21/2025 11:06 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
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. How u=
nfortunate, and short sighted though. The one thing someone would want from=
a form is not the form but the data it contained.=20
Bob S
On Mar 21, 2025, at 6:56 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode@l=
ists.runrev.com> wrote:
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To put XPDF in selection more, use
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XPDFViewer_ChooseMouseMode "Document1",pMode -- "browse", "selection", "i=
mage"
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To select a range of text on (or across) page(s), use
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XPDFViewer_Select "Document1",item 1 of tPDFPageRef,item 2 of tPDFPageRef=
,item 3 of tPDFPageRef,item 4 of tPDFPageRef
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See the documentation for what the 4 items are above, but it's basically =
startPageNum, startCharPositionNum, endPageNum, endCharPositionNum
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However, XPDF was not designed to get the values of form fields. Unless s=
omething was added by Monte in the intervening years since Researchware tur=
ned the XPDF external over to Livecode, I don't think there is a way to get=
form data.
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In any case, Monte at livecode is the definitive expert who could answer =
this questions for the XPDF external and the PDF Widget (if they added form=
s capability to that newer effort).
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On 3/20/2025 7:44 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
Hi all.=3D20
=20
I am able to load a fillable PDF form, and I see the actual form data, a=
ll =3D
well and good. There are functions that allow me to get the selection, b=
ut =3D
there is no way to select the text! I just get the hand icon for scrolli=
ng =3D
the page by dragging. Is there a way to switch to a selection tool?=3D20
=20
Bob S=3D
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