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PaulS
New Contributor
10 years ago

How to partially compare PDF files?

Hi,   I have set up a test where it compares to PDF files. However, even if the content is exactly the same, it returns a false due to the difference in the printed date. How can I compare the rele...
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Colin_McCrae
Community Hero
10 years ago

How are you doing the current compare?

 

And do you care about presentation and formatting or actual content (text, numbers etc) what you're interested in.

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    PaulS
    New Contributor
    10 years ago

    I compare the files using the aqFile.Compare(x, y).

     

    I'm interested on the actual content and the formatting too.

     

    I'll have a look at the PDFBox. Thanks!

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      maximojo
      Frequent Contributor
      10 years ago

      Fyi the absolute bees knees comparer imho is this tool. We have the lower price version and its pretty incredible 

       

      https://www.inetsoftware.de/products/pdf-content-comparer

       

      However the commandline/api accessible version is quite pricey which is what you would want to use for automation.