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Jeff Pickhardt
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Alba Hoxha
2
Apr 5
Problem with extra spaces appearing in the letters of a word
Hi James, I noticed this gem has problems parsing some PDFs where the text is not necessarily clean.
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Problem with extra spaces appearing in the letters of a word
Hi James, I noticed this gem has problems parsing some PDFs where the text is not necessarily clean.
Apr 5
Ashish Sethi
10/13/21
How to extract/check "Content Copying" security flag?
Hi, Is there a way to check the "Content Copying" security flag using this gem? I would
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How to extract/check "Content Copying" security flag?
Hi, Is there a way to check the "Content Copying" security flag using this gem? I would
10/13/21
Xavier Hocquet
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James Healy
2
3/11/21
Usable position data for text elements in a PDF
Hi Xavier, Unfortunately there isn't a public API in pdf-reader that can output text with
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Usable position data for text elements in a PDF
Hi Xavier, Unfortunately there isn't a public API in pdf-reader that can output text with
3/11/21
Ashish Sethi
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Wayne Brissette
3
1/13/21
How to extract StructTreeRoot?
Hi, I found this way: reader.trailer[:Root] This would give you object xref indirect reference and
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How to extract StructTreeRoot?
Hi, I found this way: reader.trailer[:Root] This would give you object xref indirect reference and
1/13/21
John Halloran
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James Healy
3
12/30/20
Curious MalformedPDFError
Thanks so much for the quick turnaround! I will need to find some time to build from source and test,
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Curious MalformedPDFError
Thanks so much for the quick turnaround! I will need to find some time to build from source and test,
12/30/20
Ashish Sethi
,
James Healy
2
11/19/20
PDF/UA support?
I'm not super familiar with PDF/UA, but I suspect the answer is: yes it's possible to read
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PDF/UA support?
I'm not super familiar with PDF/UA, but I suspect the answer is: yes it's possible to read
11/19/20
sercan t.
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Wayne Brissette
5
11/18/20
I try to read two columns at one page orderly. First left co. then right col. How can i do this?
Thanks for help. I'll try to solve this. If i will success i'll write here. 18 Kasım 2020
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I try to read two columns at one page orderly. First left co. then right col. How can i do this?
Thanks for help. I'll try to solve this. If i will success i'll write here. 18 Kasım 2020
11/18/20
Elliot Tison
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James Healy
2
11/9/20
Text extracted seems to be encoded
Hi Elliot, It's hard to know without seeing a sample file. There's cases where pdf-reader can
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Text extracted seems to be encoded
Hi Elliot, It's hard to know without seeing a sample file. There's cases where pdf-reader can
11/9/20
Ashish Sethi
,
James Healy
3
9/16/20
How to extract form field data from Static XFA PDF Forms?
Thanks, James! On Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 7:59:55 AM UTC-7 James Healy wrote: Hi Ashish, Out
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How to extract form field data from Static XFA PDF Forms?
Thanks, James! On Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 7:59:55 AM UTC-7 James Healy wrote: Hi Ashish, Out
9/16/20
Ashish Sethi
, …
James Healy
13
6/5/20
PDF::Reader::MalformedPDFError: Error occured while inflating a compressed stream (Zlib::DataError: invalid stored block lengths)
Thank you, James! On Friday, June 5, 2020 at 8:16:38 AM UTC-7, James Healy wrote: Hi Ashish, The page
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PDF::Reader::MalformedPDFError: Error occured while inflating a compressed stream (Zlib::DataError: invalid stored block lengths)
Thank you, James! On Friday, June 5, 2020 at 8:16:38 AM UTC-7, James Healy wrote: Hi Ashish, The page
6/5/20
Alfredo Franceschetti
,
James Healy
2
9/23/19
Save PDF from FDF
Hi Alfredo, I'm not sure what FDF is - is it another tool? if so, unfortunately I'm only able
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Save PDF from FDF
Hi Alfredo, I'm not sure what FDF is - is it another tool? if so, unfortunately I'm only able
9/23/19
Ajay Anarse
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Jon Kern
3
9/19/19
Got PDF::Reader::MalformedPDFError while reading pdf
I just want to say how much I appreciate your attention to the PDF-READER community, James. THANK YOU
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Got PDF::Reader::MalformedPDFError while reading pdf
I just want to say how much I appreciate your attention to the PDF-READER community, James. THANK YOU
9/19/19
ssci...@gmail.com
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Wayne Brissette
7
1/29/19
How to extract URLs / links from PDF?
Thank you James! This is extremely useful. I wasn't quite seeing this either when I looked at
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How to extract URLs / links from PDF?
Thank you James! This is extremely useful. I wasn't quite seeing this either when I looked at
1/29/19
Marcus Pavani
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Jon Kern
7
1/22/19
PDF::Reader::MalformedPDFError
Marcus, Try googling this: "how can i add an EOF marker to a malformed PDF programmatically?” I
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PDF::Reader::MalformedPDFError
Marcus, Try googling this: "how can i add an EOF marker to a malformed PDF programmatically?” I
1/22/19
Wayne Brissette
11/15/18
Anybody ever try to match comments with text?
I've got a project I'm involved in where we're looking at trying to automate extracting
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Anybody ever try to match comments with text?
I've got a project I'm involved in where we're looking at trying to automate extracting
11/15/18
Miguel Torres
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Uğur YILMAZ
3
7/26/18
Error while parsing landscape table
Hi Miguel, I started to use Pdf-reader gem. I have the same problem. How did you solve it? 16 Ağustos
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Error while parsing landscape table
Hi Miguel, I started to use Pdf-reader gem. I have the same problem. How did you solve it? 16 Ağustos
7/26/18
Wayne Brissette
4/4/18
Not really PDF Reader specific
James, you may know the answer to this. I've looked over the PDF Specification and I'm not
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Not really PDF Reader specific
James, you may know the answer to this. I've looked over the PDF Specification and I'm not
4/4/18
Rafael Porto
8/22/17
Not encoding correctly a specific PDF file
Hi, I'm using pdf-reader for a while and didn't have this problem until now. But this file
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Not encoding correctly a specific PDF file
Hi, I'm using pdf-reader for a while and didn't have this problem until now. But this file
8/22/17
Ramakrishnan Rajendran
,
James Healy
2
7/26/17
no such file to load -- pdf-reader exception while Reading the value from PDF
Hi, I'm not really familiar with jruby or marathon, so I'm not really sure what the issue
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no such file to load -- pdf-reader exception while Reading the value from PDF
Hi, I'm not really familiar with jruby or marathon, so I'm not really sure what the issue
7/26/17
Wayne Brissette
,
James Healy
2
6/24/17
Any way to read GoTo destinations?
So you'd like access to the raw offset numbers that are stored in the xref table(s)? pdf-reader
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Any way to read GoTo destinations?
So you'd like access to the raw offset numbers that are stored in the xref table(s)? pdf-reader
6/24/17
Damian Martinelli
,
James Healy
2
6/24/17
Convert raw text to utf-8
Unfortunately using the raw_content method is unlikely to help with the vast majority of PDFs. Are
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Convert raw text to utf-8
Unfortunately using the raw_content method is unlikely to help with the vast majority of PDFs. Are
6/24/17
Dan
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James Healy
2
4/1/17
Problem with Superscripts
Hi Dan, It looks like the superscript characters are rendered as regular characters but smaller and
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Problem with Superscripts
Hi Dan, It looks like the superscript characters are rendered as regular characters but smaller and
4/1/17
James Healy
2/14/17
pdf-reader 2.0.0.beta1
Hi Folks, 5 years after pdf-reader 1.0 was released, I feel it's finally time to remove the old
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pdf-reader 2.0.0.beta1
Hi Folks, 5 years after pdf-reader 1.0 was released, I feel it's finally time to remove the old
2/14/17
David de Lucca
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James Healy
2
2/14/17
Keep tab-delimiter
Hi David, At this stage, pdf-reader doesn't provide a way to keep the tab delimiters when
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Keep tab-delimiter
Hi David, At this stage, pdf-reader doesn't provide a way to keep the tab delimiters when
2/14/17
Carl Johnson
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Wayne Brissette
3
2/4/17
How to detect read-only files?
James: Thanks! This is very helpful information! While I currently have no need for this, I can
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How to detect read-only files?
James: Thanks! This is very helpful information! While I currently have no need for this, I can
2/4/17
jamn...@gmail.com
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Thomas Connolly
3
11/14/16
how to read data from PDF in ruby on rails
I visit https://github.com/yob/pdf-reader link and read full documentation, but again i can't
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how to read data from PDF in ruby on rails
I visit https://github.com/yob/pdf-reader link and read full documentation, but again i can't
11/14/16
jamn...@gmail.com
11/10/16
Extract information from resume/pdf file
Hi Fiends, I am new in ruby in rails, I want to extract information from pdf file. I read pdf-reader
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Extract information from resume/pdf file
Hi Fiends, I am new in ruby in rails, I want to extract information from pdf file. I read pdf-reader
11/10/16
Marcel Felipe Machado Lopes
10/13/16
NameError: uninitialized constant PDF
Hi, I'm just beginning with Ruby and i couldn't manage to run the first script example of pdf
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NameError: uninitialized constant PDF
Hi, I'm just beginning with Ruby and i couldn't manage to run the first script example of pdf
10/13/16
Scott Mascio
9/6/16
How to inspect the footer of a PDF and gets is dimensions
Is it possible to inspect a pdf and get the height of the footer of a PDF? My goal is to render a pdf
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How to inspect the footer of a PDF and gets is dimensions
Is it possible to inspect a pdf and get the height of the footer of a PDF? My goal is to render a pdf
9/6/16
Sriram R
8/4/16
Detecting attachments in PDF
Hello, Subj: Validation to check if a PDF has attachments. I have a pdf with attachments inside. (I
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Detecting attachments in PDF
Hello, Subj: Validation to check if a PDF has attachments. I have a pdf with attachments inside. (I
8/4/16