Extracting outline (bookmark) information from PDF files

Kerplunk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Foolishly I this was going to be pretty straightforward. I'm trying to extract the outline information from a PDF file (and then render it as a simple tree structure.) My assumption had been that PDF::API2 would be hammer of choice for this job. But I haven't had any luck figuring how to use it to this end. Tips and/or recommendations appreciated.

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Re: Extracting outline (bookmark) information from PDF files by imrags (Monk) on Jul 28, 2009 at 03:56 UTC
Haven't tried this, but you can try PDF::API2::Outline Raghu	[reply]
Re^2: Extracting outline (bookmark) information from PDF files by Kerplunk (Acolyte) on Jul 28, 2009 at 15:25 UTC
Thanks. I did look at PDF::API2::Outline. But it seems to be useful only for creating outlines, not processing existing ones.	[reply]

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