Can I do a checkpoint on a text string in a pdf?

[mcp111]

My application prints a pdf and I would like to verify certain strings in that pdf. Is that possible with some sort of checkpoint? The application automatically opens the pdf in a browser and I can navigate to it.

[shankar_r · Accepted solution]

If you are testing only a few String then you can use the MSAA control.

If you want to test more stuff then I would suggest using this article.

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

[jab4743]

Sure ... if you don't want to use the Apache PDFBox - generally you can use a file checkpoint after saving the pdf somewhere - if the pdf displays online you could do an image compare - if the pdf displays online you could use OCR.  Image compare checkpoint isn't perfect - file compare checkpoint isn't perfect - ocr logic isn't perfect.  All have issues you might have to work thru - for example if you each time you produce the pdf - does the pdf contain a current date that you have to account for.....  you need to determine which option works best in your environment.

[mcp111]

Thanks

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@shankar_r wrote:

If you are testing only a few String then you can use the MSAA control.

If you want to test more stuff then I would suggest using this article.

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

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