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I managed to complete this project. Below is the full code #include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> #include <FileConstants.au3> #include <File.au3> Func _XPDF_ToText($sPDFFile, $sTXTFile, $iFirstPage = 1, $iLastPage = 0, $bLayout = True) Local $sXPDFToText = @ScriptDir & "\pdftotext.exe" Local $sOptions If NOT FileExists($sPDFFile) Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0) If NOT FileExists($sXPDFToText) Then Return SetError(2, 0, 0) If $iFirstPage <> 1 Then $sOptions &= " -f " & $iFirstPage If $iLastPage <> 0 Then $sOptions &= " -l " & $iLastPage If $bLayout = True Then $sOptions &= " -layout" Local $iReturn = ShellExecuteWait ( $sXPDFToText , $sOptions & ' "' & $sPDFFile & '" "' & $sTXTFile & '"', @ScriptDir, "", @SW_HIDE) If $iReturn = 0 Then Return 1 Return 0 EndFunc Func FileSelection() ; Display an open dialog to select a list of file(s). Global $sFileOpenDialog = FileOpenDialog("Select file(s)", @DesktopDir & "\", "Adobe PDF Files (*.pdf)", BitOR($FD_FILEMUSTEXIST, $FD_MULTISELECT)) If @error Then ; Display the error message. MsgBox(0, "", "No file(s) were selected.") Exit ; Change the working directory (@WorkingDir) back to the location of the script directory as FileOpenDialog sets it to the last accessed folder. ;FileChangeDir(@ScriptDir) Else ; Change the working directory (@WorkingDir) back to the location of the script directory as FileOpenDialog sets it to the last accessed folder. ;FileChangeDir(@ScriptDir) ; Replace instances of "|" with @CRLF in the string returned by FileOpenDialog. ;$sFileOpenDialog = StringReplace($sFileOpenDialog, "|", @CRLF) ; Display the list of selected files. ;MsgBox(0, "", "You chose the following files:" & @CRLF & $sFileOpenDialog) EndIf EndFunc FileSelection() Local $FilesArr = StringSplit($sFileOpenDialog, "|") Local $Dir = $FilesArr[1] Local $File[$FilesArr[0]-1] For $iFile = 0 to $FilesArr[0]-1-1 $File[$iFile] = $FilesArr[$iFile+2] Local $CurrentFile = $Dir & "\" & $File[$iFile] _XPDF_ToText($CurrentFile,@ScriptDir & "\temp.txt",1,0,true) ; Open temp text file Local $hFileOpen = FileOpen(@ScriptDir & "\temp.txt",0) ; Retrieve the number of lines in the temp file Local $iCountLines = _FileCountLines($hFileOpen) Local $ReadLine[$iCountLines] Local $ReadLineFull[$iCountLines] Local $ReadLineScore[$iCountLines] For $iLine = 1 to $iCountLines $ReadLine[$iLine-1] = FileReadLine(@ScriptDir & "\temp.txt",$iLine) Local $RegResult = StringRegExp($ReadLine[$iLine-1],'[0-9]+\s+[A-Za-z]+\s+([0-9]+)',2) If Not @error Then ;If regex found matches $ReadLineScore[$iLine-1] = $RegResult[1] ;If score >=90 then write the match to $ReadLineFull array. We need this array for PDF searching and highlighting later on If $ReadLineScore[$iLine-1] >= 90 Then $ReadLineFull[$iLine-1] = $ReadLine[$iLine-1] Else $ReadLineFull[$iLine-1] = "-" EndIf Else ; If not $ReadLineFull[$iLine-1] = "-" $ReadLineScore[$iLine-1] = "-" EndIf Next ; Close the handle returned by FileOpen. FileClose($hFileOpen) ;Here, we have $ReadLineFull array. We need to loop through the array, if value <> "-" then we will need to ; Send Ctrl+F to open the arobat reader search box ; Send Ctrl+V to paste the value to the search box ; Wait sec to ensure the search result is returned ; Send Enter key ; Send control click to the highlight button to highlight the line ; 1st to open the PDF file ShellExecute($CurrentFile,"","","",@SW_MAXIMIZE) ; Wait 5 seconds for the Notepad window to exist $WinActive = WinWaitActive("[CLASS:AcrobatSDIWindow]", "", 5) If $WinActive = 0 Then MsgBox(0,"Error", "No Acrobat Reader window") Exit Else For $iLine = 1 to $iCountLines If $ReadLineFull[$iLine-1] <> "-" Then ClipPut($ReadLineFull[$iLine-1]) Send("^f") Sleep(1000) Send("^v") Sleep(1000) Send("{ENTER}") Sleep(1000) ControlFocus("[CLASS:AcrobatSDIWindow]","","[CLASS:AVL_AVView; INSTANCE:38]") Sleep(1000) ControlClick("[CLASS:AcrobatSDIWindow]","","[CLASS:AVL_AVView; INSTANCE:38]", "left", 1, 65, 10) Sleep(1000) EndIf Next Sleep(1000) Send("^s") Sleep(1000) WinClose("[CLASS:AcrobatSDIWindow]", "") Sleep(5000) EndIf Next MsgBox(0,"AutoProcess","Done. File(s) saved and closed.",5)

Ok, I wrote some codes as below Func _XPDF_ToText($sPDFFile, $sTXTFile, $iFirstPage = 1, $iLastPage = 0, $bLayout = True)     Local $sXPDFToText = @ScriptDir & "\pdftotext.exe"     Local $sOptions     If NOT FileExists($sPDFFile) Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0)     If NOT FileExists($sXPDFToText) Then Return SetError(2, 0, 0)     If $iFirstPage <> 1 Then $sOptions &= " -f " & $iFirstPage     If $iLastPage <> 0 Then $sOptions &= " -l " & $iLastPage     If $bLayout = True Then $sOptions &= " -layout"     Local $iReturn = ShellExecuteWait ( $sXPDFToText , $sOptions & ' "' & $sPDFFile & '" "' & $sTXTFile & '"', @ScriptDir, "", @SW_HIDE)     If $iReturn = 0 Then Return 1     Return 0 EndFunc #include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> #include <File.au3> _XPDF_ToText("C:\Users\Duc Phu\Desktop\Score.pdf","C:\Users\Duc Phu\Desktop\temp.txt",1,0,true) ; Open temp text file Local $hFileOpen = FileOpen("C:\Users\Duc Phu\Desktop\temp.txt",0) ; Read the fist line of the file using the handle returned by FileOpen Local $sFileRead = FileReadLine($hFileOpen, 1) ; Retrieve the number of lines in the temp file Local $iCountLines = _FileCountLines($hFileOpen) Local $ReadLine[$iCountLines] Local $ReadLineFull[$iCountLines] Local $ReadLineScore[$iCountLines] For $i = 1 to $iCountLines $ReadLine[$i-1] = FileReadLine("C:\Users\Duc Phu\Desktop\temp.txt",$i) Local $RegResult = StringRegExp($ReadLine[$i-1],'[0-9]+\s+[A-Za-z]+\s+([0-9]+)',2) If Not @error Then     ;If regex found matches     $ReadLineScore[$i-1] = $RegResult[1]     ;If score >=90 then write the match to $ReadLineFull array. We need this array for PDF searching and highlighting later on     If $ReadLineScore[$i-1] >= 90 Then         $ReadLineFull[$i-1] = $RegResult[0]     Else         $ReadLineFull[$i-1] = "-"     EndIf Else     ; If not     $ReadLineFull[$i-1] = "-"     $ReadLineScore[$i-1] = "-" EndIf Next ; Close the handle returned by FileOpen. FileClose($hFileOpen) ;Here, we have $ReadLineFull array. We need to loop through the array, if value <> "-" then we will need to ; 1st to open the PDF file ; Send Ctrl+F to open the arobat reader search box ; Send Ctrl+V to paste the value to the search box ; Wait sec to ensure the search result is returned ; Click on the full matched result. The line containing the result should be selected ; Send control click to the highlight button to highlight the line Do you think that the idea here is doable ;Here, we have $ReadLineFull array. We need to loop through the array, if value <> "-" then we will need to ; 1st to open the PDF file ; Send Ctrl+F to open the arobat reader search box ; Send Ctrl+V to paste the value to the search box ; Wait sec to ensure the search result is returned ; Click on the full matched result. The line containing the result should be selected ; Send control click to the highlight button to highlight the line

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Ok, let me try to clarify. Basically I have an input file, which is PDF. Currently, user need to open the file manually, check through the records and highlight the records which has Score >= 90. The example I attached is the OUTPUT. The INPUT is the same file but without records highlighted. What I want to achieve is to get this process done automatically using Autoit. And yes, the PDF file allowed user to edit.

Yes, the input file is pdf 😔

Hi, thanks for the reply. I come out with some general idea as below. 1. Use Xpdf to export the PDF file to text file 2. Use FileOpen to open the text file 3. Use _FileCountLines to get the number of lines 4. Loop each line, use FileReadLine to read the line 5. Use StringRegExp to check if the line matches the format. And extract the values e.g. Score value 6. Determine if extracted values meet criteria. E.g. score >= 90 7. If yes, highlight the line in PDF file (PDF comment/highlight button) 8. Save the PDF and delete the text file Anything I missed/ or wrong here? And I have concern at step 7. How to do it? If the PDF file contains pic/chart, will the line number in the text file and pdf file tally?

Hi all, I'm new to Autoit and I have a question regarding on how to work with PDF file. Let say, I have a pdf file (pls see the example that I attached). I need to read the file line by line and highlight the line if a condition is met, e.g. if the score is 90 and above. Can it be achieved with autoit? Any guidance are much welcome. Thank you all. Score.pdf