ExtractText stopped working

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   Hi,
I posted this message originally with the QuickPDF forum, but decided also to come over here.
I switched from a Crystal 8.5 generated PDF document to Version 10.0 of Crystal and the GetPageText no longer retrieves the proper text information.
Obviously, there must have been some format changes in the Crystal V10.0 PDF format. I have sample documents available. Has anybody else experienced these and possibly know a solution?
TIA
Bernhard

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bernhardz Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 30 Nov 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote bernhardz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: ExtractText stopped working Posted: 30 Nov 05 at 5:38PM
	Hi, I posted this message originally with the QuickPDF forum, but decided also to come over here. I switched from a Crystal 8.5 generated PDF document to Version 10.0 of Crystal and the GetPageText no longer retrieves the proper text information. Obviously, there must have been some format changes in the Crystal V10.0 PDF format. I have sample documents available. Has anybody else experienced these and possibly know a solution? TIA Bernhard

chicks Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 29 Oct 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 251	Post Options Post Reply Quote chicks Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Nov 05 at 6:01PM
	Don't know for sure, but here are some possibilities: 1. PDF now gets created as image instead of text streams (are they considerably larger than before?) 2. New PDF creation engine uses newer compression algorithm (zbig?) that QuickPDF may not be able to uncompress. To test, see if the standard freebie commandline tools pdftk and pdftotext (part of xpdf) can uncompress and extract text from them. Also, after uncompressing with pdftk, view PDFs with a text editor, you should see the text inside unless it's in an image.

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 05 at 1:43AM
	Hi Bernhard, try this workaround: LoadFromFile(originalfile)... SaveToFile(workfile)... LoadFromFile(workfile)... GetPageText... SaveToFile will write the pdf-content back to disk with quickpdf-technics. Loading the new saved file a second time will solved your problem i think.
	Cheers, Ingo

bernhardz Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 30 Nov 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote bernhardz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 05 at 11:10AM
	Thanks for the help. THe LoadFromFile / SaveToFile / LoadFromFile did the trick in getting me back into a format that QuickPDF could read. Bernhard