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SuperTester
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7 years ago
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Modifying a script to compare PDF's

Hi!   I have a script that uses Acrobat DC to perform a PDF comparison. I need to add two more steps in the script in order to make a effective comparison. I'm not sure how to correctly map to th...
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  • maximojo's avatar
    maximojo
    7 years ago

    Hi Kahle

     

    Personally I would not do it that way. Smartbear have a whole example on how to compare using pdfbox

     

    https://support.smartbear.com/articles/testcomplete/testing-pdf-files-with-testcomplete

     

    Images

    https://support.smartbear.com/articles/testcomplete/testing-pdf-files-with-testcomplete#Comparing_imgs

     

    I have used this before (comparing both image and text) and you can pretty much copy/paste the examples and setup as described and it "just works"! I used it to compare hundreds of pdf reports in a single test run (the reports were for a legacy app where you couldn't generate any other kind of format).

     

    If you still want to use your original solution though this page might help where they mention exposing more of the adobe reader properties with MSAA (though the article is from 2016)

    https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/65847/

     

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maximojo's avatar
maximojo
Frequent Contributor
7 years ago

Hi Kahle

 

Personally I would not do it that way. Smartbear have a whole example on how to compare using pdfbox

 

https://support.smartbear.com/articles/testcomplete/testing-pdf-files-with-testcomplete

 

Images

https://support.smartbear.com/articles/testcomplete/testing-pdf-files-with-testcomplete#Comparing_imgs

 

I have used this before (comparing both image and text) and you can pretty much copy/paste the examples and setup as described and it "just works"! I used it to compare hundreds of pdf reports in a single test run (the reports were for a legacy app where you couldn't generate any other kind of format).

 

If you still want to use your original solution though this page might help where they mention exposing more of the adobe reader properties with MSAA (though the article is from 2016)

https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/65847/

 

m