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: >=20 > To put XPDF in selection more, use >=20 > XPDFViewer_ChooseMouseMode "Document1",pMode -- "browse", "selection", "i= mage" >=20 > To select a range of text on (or across) page(s), use >=20 > XPDFViewer_Select "Document1",item 1 of tPDFPageRef,item 2 of tPDFPageRef= ,item 3 of tPDFPageRef,item 4 of tPDFPageRef >=20 > See the documentation for what the 4 items are above, but it's basically = startPageNum, startCharPositionNum, endPageNum, endCharPositionNum >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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). >=20 >=20 > 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 >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscrip= tion preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscript= ion preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
