workaround converting pdf to txt
Hi Community I have to a pdf/docx file into txt. I v tried with foxit-reader, abbey-finereader, word, but at this moment when the window "open file" appears and test complete is running (recordi...
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JavaScript shouldn't have any restrictions on opening or saving word documents. You should be able to do so using Sys.OleObject ('Word.Application') I believe.
PDF files, in general, are going to be tricky to work with because of their nature but there are methods of doing so as well.
Generally speaking, though, TestComplete can interact with the dialogs within any application so opening Word and selecting "Save As" is a means as well.
Can you post what you have attempted to date?
Also, I'm curious where you read that JavaScript can't open or save documents.
PDF files, in general, are going to be tricky to work with because of their nature but there are methods of doing so as well.
Generally speaking, though, TestComplete can interact with the dialogs within any application so opening Word and selecting "Save As" is a means as well.
Can you post what you have attempted to date?
Also, I'm curious where you read that JavaScript can't open or save documents.
Assuming you can load the PDF OK, and TC can "see it" (so at least can interact with it on the most basic level), and it's not a protected PDF (you'll need a third party bolt-on for those) ....
You can simply click it to give it focus, then send it keyboard shortcuts (CTRL A then CTRL C) which will select all text and dump it into the clipboard. Then just take the clipboard content into a string in your script and do whatever you need to do with it.
This only gets raw text. No images. No formatting. But if it's just the text you need, it's a simple and effective solution. I've used it many time for validating document content, in the same way you'd screen scrape from an application.
