Extracting text problem

I want to scan the pdf for all text that has '@somevariablename' and get the fontsize,coordinates,etc and then convert them into formfields.

The purpose is to create a pdf form filler that i can save the results from.

 

I tried to do a GetPageText(3) but the results don't have any readable text. If I try a pdf with formfields i get the extracted text properly.

 

How do I extract this text ?

 

Thank you,

Robert

 

here is a sample pdf file with the "@sometext" in it.

it was generated using excel and printed to PDF via PrimoPDF.

I have tried a few other printer drivers, but the result was the same.

 

I tried  GetPageText() with 0,1,2,3,4 but all with the same result.

I can open it in Acrobat Reader and extract the text without a problem.

 

 

Thank you,

Robert

 

 

procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
var oDoc : TQuickPDF0713;
    sTemp,sFilename : string;
begin
  sFilename := 'c:\Temperature_Transmitter_Template.pdf';
  oDoc := TQuickPDF0713.Create;
  try
  if oDoc.UnlockKey('...') = 1
  then begin
         if oDoc.LoadFromFile(sFilename) = 1
         then begin
                sTemp := oDoc.GetPageText(0);
                ShowMessage(sTemp);
                // this returns an empty string
              end
         else begin
                ShowMessage('invalid PDF');
              end;
       end
  else begin
         ShowMessage('Invalid KEY');
       end;
  finally
    FreeAndNil(oDoc);
  end;
end;

The output is blank for GetPagetext() 0,1

for 2 - I get the text coordinates,etc in CSV format

for 3 and 4 - I get the same as 2, but all text is garbled.

Do i need to convert it.

 

sample output :

"UBTAOI+Arial",#000000,6.71,60.1272,118.3487,295.7056,118.3487,295.7056,124.6588,60.1272,124.6588,"())*++,-../*, )0 +-)0)+*.("

 

Thanks,

Robert