in reply to Review request for PDF::API2 Tutorial

Hi! This is a nice tutorial. It's simple, and easy to follow. I have a somewhat off-topic question, though. Do you have any experience parsing PDFs? I've looked at PDF::Parse, and frankly, it seems incomplete. I was wondering if you have any advice for using this, or another module. Maybe you could write another tutorial! :-) (Ok, I'm probably asking too much. But hey, it's worth a shot.)

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by BigLug (Chaplain) on Aug 17, 2004 at 22:33 UTC
    Parsing PDFs ... what are you parsing them for? Are you attempting to extract the text and pictures?

    More information please.


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      First, I want to say thanks for the reply! I know the question is off topic, and one could make the case that I should start a new top-level node, but I thought you might have some advice off the top of your head.

      what are you parsing them for?

      I was trying to extract the text, and regenerate a new PDF with page numbers. It's been a while since I tried this, and I went with a different solution, but it's been bothering me ever since. PDF::Parse seems like it will get me the pages, but after that, I can't see how to get any data from them.

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        did you ever figure out how to parse the text from a PDF? I'm trying to do the same & could use some tips. Thanx
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