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hoadoan
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14 years ago

how to get the content of a pdf file on window

Hi all, I have a scenario as following - Enter a year - Click on View button - A pdf file will be displayed in another window I read some methods and I see that MSAAObject is on...
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HKosova
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14 years ago

Hi Hoa,


The PDFBox library is a great find, thanks for sharing!


The message "Invalid procedure call or argument" is always shown at function pdfStripper["getText"](doc)


I guess, this error happens because your PDF is untagged, as your code works fine for me for tagged PDFs like this one. Or, your PDF might be encrypted - the getText method description says that it doesn't work with encrypted files.