Parse PDF on MAC

sheetal.pawar · Aug 26, 2010, 12:32 AM

Hi,

I need to search a word in a PDF file. Currently I am getting only the page on which the word exists. But the exact location of the word is not known and hence cannot highlight the word.
Are there any PDF parsers available for MAC which can give the position of the word to be searched ?
Or any PDF parsers which will convert PDF file text in XML format on MAC ?

GorillaPaws · 12:42 AM

Did you check the PDF Kit docs?

Also, typically MAC refers to Media Access Control (as in MAC Address); Mac is the computer. It may seem pedantic, but using the proper spellings can greatly reduce confusion in some cases.

Sydde · Aug 26, 2010, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GorillaPaws

Also, typically MAC refers to Media Access Control (as in MAC Address); Mac is the computer. It may seem pedantic, but using the proper spellings can greatly reduce confusion in some cases.

All the letters in PC are capitalized, so some might think it should be the same for Macs. As though it were some sort of Macronym.

sheetal.pawar · Aug 26, 2010, 05:02 AM

Thanks for the reply and sorry for the confusion. I meant Mac OS.

At times the PDF text is encoded in some format. Will this search decode the text also ?
In the PDF kit doc nothing is mentioned on the decoding part.

sheetal.pawar · Aug 26, 2010, 05:30 AM

This will work on Mac machines, but will the same APIs work on ipad ?

wrldwzrd89 · Aug 26, 2010, 06:36 AM

You can do tons of stuff with PDFs on iOS too! The relevant docs are here: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/li...H220-TPXREF101

robvas · Aug 26, 2010, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheetal.pawar

Thanks for the reply and sorry for the confusion. I meant Mac OS.

While we're getting specific, Mac OS would refer to classic, and Mac OS X would refer to what Macs run these days

sheetal.pawar · Aug 27, 2010, 12:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrldwzrd89

You can do tons of stuff with PDFs on iOS too! The relevant docs are here: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/li...H220-TPXREF101

The APIs mentioned in the link are used. I am able to get the page number on which the search string exists and also able to display the page. But I am not able to highlight the exact search string on the page and bring the document visibility to that string.

ytk · Aug 27, 2010, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sydde

All the letters in PC are capitalized, so some might think it should be the same for Macs. As though it were some sort of Macronym.

What do you mean? Everybody knows MAC stands for "Mouse Activated Computer".

Aug 26, 2010, 12:32 AM	#1
sheetal.pawar macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2010	Parse PDF on MAC Hi, I need to search a word in a PDF file. Currently I am getting only the page on which the word exists. But the exact location of the word is not known and hence cannot highlight the word. Are there any PDF parsers available for MAC which can give the position of the word to be searched ? Or any PDF parsers which will convert PDF file text in XML format on MAC ?
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Aug 26, 2010, 12:37 AM	#2
GorillaPaws macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Richmond, VA	Did you check the PDF Kit docs? Also, typically MAC refers to Media Access Control (as in MAC Address); Mac is the computer. It may seem pedantic, but using the proper spellings can greatly reduce confusion in some cases. __________________ How to ask good programming questions: Getting Answers Last edited by GorillaPaws; Aug 26, 2010 at 12:42 AM.
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Aug 26, 2010, 06:36 AM	#6
wrldwzrd89 macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Solon, OH	You can do tons of stuff with PDFs on iOS too! The relevant docs are here: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/li...H220-TPXREF101 __________________ iMac Intel (Rev H, 27"), 1TB HDD, 16GB RAM, Ubuntu
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sheetal.pawar Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2010	Thanks for the reply and sorry for the confusion. I meant Mac OS. At times the PDF text is encoded in some format. Will this search decode the text also ? In the PDF kit doc nothing is mentioned on the decoding part.
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