olo 0 Posted April 10, 2013 Hey all,I am trying to open the below file which I can.I then go to the power consumption section using ctrl + fHere I want to read the next 4-5lines from the pdf and have them paste into a notepad- text file.Below in the picture I only want the first 5 columns so excluding the one with lots of text.Can anyone point me in the right direction???; TODO: change filename to input argument Local Const $PDFFileName = 'c:\acra\datasheet\adc_126.pdf' ; TODO:? pdf viewer Local Const $PDFViewer = "C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe" ; how to concatenate multiple strings into one Local $RunString = $PDFViewer & " " & $PDFFileName local $testFun2Result_string = TestFunc2('PDF will open now...') ; open pdf viewer with the file Run( $RunString ) ;Navigate to power consumption table within the ADC_126 pdf _WinWaitActivate("ADC_126.pdf - [untitled] - SumatraPDF","") Send("{CTRLDOWN}f{CTRLUP}power{SPACE}consumption{ENTER}")pic.docx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mechaflash 99 Posted April 10, 2013 You're opening the file in the PDF viewer... then using the viewer's search function to find what you need... The ideal approach would be to convert the PDF to a plain text file first, then run some regexp on the document to get what you need. Hide Mechaflash's signature Hide all signatures Spoiler “Hello, ladies, look at your man, now back to me, now back at your man, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped using ladies scented body wash and switched to Old Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re on a boat with the man your man could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an oyster with two tickets to that thing you love. Look again, the tickets are now diamonds. Anything is possible when your man smells like Old Spice and not a lady. I’m on a horse.” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olo 0 Posted April 10, 2013 I know that sounds and probably is easier. But as a restiction I need to work with the pdf file. Just to get that data of the power cosumption and output it as a csv file in notepad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mechaflash 99 Posted April 10, 2013 Use the AutoIt window info tool to see if the 'text' is accessible. Then you can try WinGetText() or ControlGetText() on it to obtain the text then run some regexp on it. Hide Mechaflash's signature Hide all signatures Spoiler “Hello, ladies, look at your man, now back to me, now back at your man, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped using ladies scented body wash and switched to Old Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re on a boat with the man your man could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an oyster with two tickets to that thing you love. Look again, the tickets are now diamonds. Anything is possible when your man smells like Old Spice and not a lady. I’m on a horse.” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
